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A framework to promote integrated and interdisciplinary clinical placements for allied health students in aged care settings

This project mapped allied health clinical placement activity, both real and potential, in Northern Metropolitan Clinical Placement Network (Melbourne North) aged care facilities. The project established an interdisciplinary framework to deliver allied health clinical placements in these aged care settings via partnerships with education providers.

A pilot project exploring increased capacity for student placements through procurement and trial of emerging technology

This pilot project explored opportunities to increase student placement within selected community and sub-acute programs by using iPads to deliver remote supervision to occupational therapy students.

Accommodation refurbishment

Tallangatta Health Service refurbished existing accommodation to increase their capacity for entry-to-practice students and assisted these students with undertaking clinical placements in rural environments.

Achieving the best in the west: Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST)

This project developed a pool of thirty trained and culturally diverse simulated patients (SPs) who assisted entry-to-practice learners and graduate staff with interprofessional learning via four piloted cultural sensitivity training modules and eight case scenarios using immersive simulation scenarios. The SPs came from non-English speaking backgrounds and were from six cultural groups (Muslim, Italian and Greek, Vietnamese, Iraqi, Sudanese and Chinese). Religious backgrounds and sexual orientations were also factors that were examined and taken into consideration during this process. For more information and to register for the CREST program, please visit http://commercial.unimelb.edu.au/custom-education/courses/crest.

Alpine Institute accommodation

In this project, Alpine Health improved organisational effectiveness through the continued development of a defined undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate strategy. In order to achieve this, Alpine Health relies on its ability to attract and retain students in a traditional small rural health environment, which has limited accommodation and public transport options. The development of this project has allowed for the refurbishment of student accommodation and has contributed to a substantial increase in student numbers, enabling further development of relationships with education providers. Additionally, a dedicated learning space equipped with information and communication technology now allows for in-house staff and student training ? contributing to the continuum of care.

BASE Teaching Clinic

This project developed a functioning clinic in which students from nutrition/dietetics, psychology, physiotherapy, social work/welfare, medicine, nursing and exercise physiology can provide guided assessment and service provision. The clinic provides health students with learning opportunities and guided assessment using real-life experiences with video feedback. The clinic will be able to provide clinical placement hours for students, improve preparedness for clinical placement and offer students opportunities to focus on particular competencies.

BPCLE - Quality in clinical placements in the Loddon Mallee

This project locally implemented the Best Practice Clinical Learning Environments (BPCLE) Framework and resources throughout the Loddon Mallee Region by cross-sectoral collaboration and cooperation. The project promulgated the benefits of the BPCLE Framwork and resource templates, identified and engaged adoption champions and identified barriers/solutions.

BPCLE implementation support for Loddon Mallee CPN expanded settings health services

Builds upon the partnerships developed during previously funded projects to facilitate rollout and uptake of BPCLE Framework in Loddon Mallee CPN expanded settings.

Capacity building for clinical placements across Southern Metropolitan CPN: A focus on community placements and supervisory capacity

This project facilitated effective and efficient usage of clinical placements within the community setting of the Southern Metropolitan (Melbourne South) CPN by identifying latent capacity and maximising opportunities for clinical placements of undergraduate health professional students from across all disciplines.

Castlemaine Health's computers on wheels for the clinical learning environment project

This project implemented computers on wheels (COWs), situating them in the acute, subacute and residential clinical environments which supported and facilitated clinical education and training during placements for all students and learners. The increase in dedicated mobile computer systems reduced congestion at ward computers and wasted learning time.

Central Hume interprofessional clinical placement pilot

This project expanded an existing, inter-organisational Graduate Nurse Program to professional-entry clinical placements for nursing and allied health students. This included sharing resources, establishing inter-organisational student placements, supporting students and developing partnerships.

Chronic disease training facility project

This project engaged a dedicated chronic disease training manager to develop and implement a syllabus for chronic disease management and assessment, initially for use within the Macedon Ranges and North Western Melbourne Medicare Local and the Western Metropolitan CPN, but with potential application to other like entities in future. The project also introduced new audiovisual aids to support the delivery of the syllabus.

Clinical supervision support across contexts (ClinSSAC)

This project (formerly known as: a multi-modal clinical supervisor training system for quality, efficiency and sustainability), developed and delivered supervision training across three CPNs: Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan and Mornington Peninsula. Participants were also given access to an online platform and discussion forum through which supervisors can network and share knowledge and experiences. As a capacity building measure, a number of training programs were targeted to community health and aged care.

Clinical supervision training in the Loddon Mallee

This project developed four interrelated, yet independent, modules for supervision training and delivered these to five hundred clinicians in the Loddon Mallee CPN. The modules include a train-the-trainer component and this was delivered to ten trainers over the course of the project. The project also produced a supervision guidebook to further support supervisors in practice.

Creating an electronic virtual education platform for health professional students

This project expanded an existing Peninsula Health virtual education platform, PHPrime, making it available for a larger interprofessional group of users (students/supervisors and administrators) within the CPN.

Cultural safety and awareness for clinical supervision - the Aboriginal midwifery and nursing project

This project delivered cultural safety training to supervisors thereby improving the quality and cultural awareness of supervision delivered to indigenous students.

The Victorian Strategy for the Development of Simulation-Based Education and Training

Simulation-Based Education and Training (SBET), is identified by stakeholders as a useful tool to increase clinical training capacity and efficiency, without negatively impacting on patient, learner, educator or staff safety.This report provides an account of the activities that took place as part of creating the the Victorian Strategy for the Development of SBET (2012-2015) (Health and Social Care).

Development of learning resources and student accommodation

To provide new and improved learning resources and accommodation for students on clinical placement thereby improving the quality of their education whilst on placement at Cohuna District Hospital.

Eastern Health SLE initiative for outer metropolitan and rural clinical sites

This project purchased and equipped a mobile simulation van alongside developing an education and simulation training centres across the eastern metropolitan region. The focus of the simulation training is on delivering care in community health environments.

Educational resources and processes for health professionals who facilitate placements

This project undertook a situational analysis of the current environment and supports for student supervisors. Includes reviewing recent funding initiatives, assessing current professional development needs and opportunities, gathering information around curriculums.