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2011-12 program

The 2011-12 funding round of the VTFP provides up to $20,000 to each successful applicant to undertake international travel of up to 12 weeks' duration to investigate key quality and safety issues.

Fellow / Health service	Fellowship award	Area of study	Fellowship summary and Fellow's bio	Report
Ms Imogen Edeson Department of Health	Open topic	Ms Edeson will look at successful strategies for the implementation of recovery-oriented frameworks in mental health, to inform and assist the local implementation of a similar framework, which has recently been developed. She will visit the UK, Canada and New Zealand.	Ms Imogen Edeson summary and bio	Ms Imogen Edeson - Final Report
Ms Cathy Keenan Department of Health	Patient-centred care	Ms Keenan aims to improve care coordination for older people with mental health conditions. She will visit successful Partnership Projects currently underway in UK.	Ms Cathy Keenan summary and bio
Ms Angela Khera Caulfield Continence Service	Management of people with chronic conditions in the community	Ms Khera will examine best-practice multidisciplinary management of chronic functional anorectal disorders. She will visit the UK, US, Denmark and Italy.	Ms Angela Khera summary and bio
Dr Anthony Dowling St Vincent's Hospital	Patient-centred care	Dr Dowling will undertake a twelve week observership at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre of programs for management of people with high grade gliomas. He will focus on programs for assessing cortical function and behaviour changes to help patients better manage their conditions and to improve quality of life.	Dr Anthony Dowling summary and bio	Dr Anthony Dowling - Final Fellowship Report
Ms Yvonne Panek-Hudson and Mrs Priscilla Gates Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre	Patient-centred care	Ms Hudson and Mrs Gates will observe Advanced Practice Nurses/Practice Nurses who specialise in the care of cancer survivors and practice within nurse-led disease-specific survivorship clinics. They will visit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, NY and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre, Seattle, USA.	Ms Yvonne Panek-Hudson and Mrs Priscilla Gates summary and bio
Ms Noni Bourke Peninsula Health	Patient-centred care	Ms Bourke's fellowship will address strategies and approaches that have been successful in converting theory into practice in the area of person-centred care, with an emphasis on improving staff capability and capacity for change. She will visit a range of US institutes and health centres.	Ms Noni Bourke summary and bio