Innovations in education and training of health staff.
Art in Health - Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health
The Art in Health (AiH) program provides inter-professional learning opportunities for health science students of all disciplines to participate in learning that compliments the requirements of the individual student's curricula.
Date created: 16 Mar 2012 | Date reviewed: 22 Mar 2012
Talking About Change - South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
The team at SESLHD have developed a training DVD to introduce health professionals to Motivational Interviewing, sometimes known as “Change Talk”. This communication tool can help patients develop their motivation to change unhealthy lifestyle behaviour such as smoking, weight gain, substance use etc.
Date created: 06 Oct 2011 | Date reviewed: 21 Feb 2012
Collecting Patient Registration Information Training Program - NSW Health
This program assists Health staff to confidently ask all questions required at patient registration and understand the importance of obtaining information on Aboriginal status.
Date created: 13 Feb 2009 | Date reviewed: 21 Dec 2010
Aboriginal Mental Health First Aid Training - Greater Western Area Health Service
The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid (AMHFA) Training and Research Program is a culturally adapted version of the internationally acclaimed Mental Health First Aid Program.
Date created: 21 Jul 2010 | Date reviewed: 27 Jul 2010
Peer Oriented Approach to Intern Orientation - Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service
The Code Red program a is peer-led, practical, interactive, relevant, social, confidence building and critically appraised orientation program from JMOs.
Date created: 02 Feb 2010 | Date reviewed: 11 Feb 2010
Translating Innovation from Practice to Paper - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
A Framework that provides participants with the knowledge, skill and collegial support to enable them to translate their new ideas and approaches into a publishable format that can be disseminated to others.
Date created: 27 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 18 Jan 2010
Multi-disciplinary Human Factors Training Course - Hunter New England Area Health Service
The impact of multi-disciplinary human factors training courses integrated with resuscitation training to improve safety protective attitudes and behaviours in rural hospitals.
Date created: 27 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 18 Jan 2010
Cutting the Cost! Mandatories Online - North Coast Area Health Service
The introduction of mandatory training online in fire, infection control, manual handling, security and aggression and occupational health and safety, has resulted in numerous benefits.
Date created: 30 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 15 Jan 2010
Integrated Risk Management - Sydney South West Area Health Service
A structured risk management approach provides staff at all levels with skills and techniques resulting in a systematic approach to managing risks that are fundamental parts of their daily responsibilities.
Date created: 31 Aug 2006 | Date reviewed: 22 Dec 2009
BMDH Imaging, CT Training for NSW Health - Sydney West Area Health Service
Aim was to deliver a high-quality 24-hour in-house CT service based on demand, not urgency, though providing ongoing CT training for all BMDH Radiographers.
Date created: 20 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 22 Dec 2009
Intravenous Cannulation - a National Unit of Competence - Hunter New England Area Health Service
A project to provide increased access for relevant clinicians to a nationally accredited, quality training program across HNEAHS, which espouses the principles of safe, timely and appropriate intravenous cannulation practices.
Date created: 21 Oct 2005 | Date reviewed: 17 Dec 2009
Breathe Easy Walk Easy - Boyle, Eileen
The Breathe Easy Walk Easy Rural and Remote Pulmonary Rehabilitation toolkit is a project to improve the management of chronic lung disease in rural & remote Australia.
Date created: 04 Dec 2007 | Date reviewed: 07 Dec 2009
Mentor Program : Neonatology at Westmead Hospital - Sydney West Area Health Service
Aim was to create a new neonatal nursing workforce and reduce long term neonatal nursing vacancies and to meet the future neonatal nursing demands with a known aging workforce.
Date created: 20 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 01 Dec 2009
Transition Skills Program for Nurses New to Mental Health - South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
Program to assist new graduate nurses and nurses new to mental health attain competence in a range of clinical skills necessary to work in mental health nursing, with a subsequent aim to increase retention rates.
Date created: 04 Nov 2008 | Date reviewed: 30 Nov 2009
Trainee Doctor Leadership Development Forum Pilot 2007 - NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training
This program offered a diverse group of prevocational and vocational trainees the opportunity to acquire or formalise the skills they require to carry out leadership roles, now and into the future.
Date created: 03 Nov 2008 | Date reviewed: 26 Nov 2009
