Allied Health
Allied health is used as the collective term for a wide range
of tertiary qualified health professionals, including (with links
to their Professional Associations where available):
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The Department is working with professional associations, Victorian
Allied Health Professions' Alliance registration boards, employers,
universities, training institutions and special interest groups
to understand and address workforce issues affecting these health
professions.
- The Department acknowledges the need for more systematic information
and has undertaken a major data collection project to build intelligence
on each profession.
- A number of rural allied health recruitment and retention
pilot projects have been funded across Victoria during the past
3 years:
- Mentorlink
- Locum optometrist support
- Country Education Program
- Victorian Allied Health Postgraduate Rural Retention Bonus
- Rural Professional Improvement Assistance Fund
- Continuing Professional Education Program for Rural Allied
Health Practitioners
- Podiatry self-care demand management strategy
- Rural Health Scholarships Scheme
- The Department is currently undertaking an evaluation of these
pilot projects. Results of the evaluation will feed into the
development of an allied health workforce strategy and successful
pilots may be rolled out into other geographic areas and professions.
- The Victorian Government provides support to health professional
students who intend to practice after graduation in rural and
regional Victoria. The Rural Health Scholarship Foundation manages
scholarship programs for both undergraduate and postgraduate
allied health students who can demonstrate a commitment to rural
careers. Further information is available on the Victorian
Heathcare Association Ltd. website - Rural Scholarships page.
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Workforce Studies
 Medical Radiation Technology Labour Force Victoria 2004 (2007) (PDF, 2.4Mb)
Summary
The Medical Radiation Technologists Labour Force Survey, Victoria 2004 aims to explore the composition of the Medical Radiation
Technologists Labour Force within Victoria and provide an understanding about the changing composition and work practices of the profession.
Podiatry Labour Force Victoria 2003–04 (2006) (PDF, 643kb)
Summary
The Podiatry Labour Force Survey, Victoria 2003 aims to explore the composition of the podiatry labour force within Victoria, and provide an understanding about the changing composition and work practices of the profession.
Occupational Therapy Labour Force Victoria 2003–04 (PDF, 1.2MB)
Summary
The data obtained in the survey has been analysed to obtain a profile of the workforce and identify any possible trends in the profession. Data from earlier surveys, in 1998 and 2003, has also been used to assist in identifying trends over time. Occupational therapy is not a registered profession in Victoria. There is a professional association “OT Australia”, and it appears that most occupational therapists are members.
Physiotherapy
Labour Force Victoria 2003-04 (2006) (PDF, 731kb)
Summary
The survey aimed to explore the composition of the Physiotherapy
Labour Force within Victoria, and provide an understanding about
the changing composition and work practices of the profession.
In order to provide an insight into changes in the Victorian
Physiotherapy Labour Force between 1998 and 2003, responses to
a Labour Force Survey conducted in 1998 were also analysed, in
conjunction with registration renewals for the Physiotherapists
Registration Board of Victoria.
Pharmacy Labour Force Victoria 2003-04 (2006) (PDF file 939KB)
Summary
The Pharmacy Labour Force Survey, Victoria 2004 was distributed to pharmacists registered with the Registration Board of
Victoria to explore the composition of the pharmacy labour force within Victoria. It also provides an understanding of the composition and
work practices of the pharmacy profession.
Survey data from 2004 describes a workforce that comprises near equal numbers of males and females. With a greater number of females expected to enter
the workforce after graduation it is expected that the proportion of females in the workforce will increase within the next 10 years.
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