Enhanced Capacity and Quality
Clinical training plays an essential role in preparing health students to meet the demands of professional practice. Creating and maintaining an education culture within health services is critical to recruiting and retaining the necessary workforce to deliver essential client services into the future.
Clinical learning environments should provide learners with an opportunity to learn clinical skills and experience the reality of professional practice in a safe, supportive environment. Fostering a positive learning environment involves commitment to innovation, capacity-building and exceptional clinical practice. A strong learning environment will support students and staff throughout the clinical placement experience and may enhance health services' overall placement capacity as a result.
In Victoria, a significant amount of work has been done by health services, training providers and government to expand clinical placement capacity and improve the clinical placement experience for staff and students.
- Best Practice Clinical Learning Environment Project
Identifies components of a best-practice clinical learning environment and proposes a framework against which to build successful learning environments. - Student Orientation
Resources for health services to aid student transitions into the clinical placement environment. - Clinical Supervision Supports Program
Program to support professional development opportunities for student supervisors in healthcare settings. - Continuing Professional Development for Allied Health Professionals
Professional development opportunities for allied health professionals (also known as the Statewide Allied Health Workforce Education Project, or SAHWEP). - Professional Development
Public short courses with a focus on clinical supervision skills. - Expanded Settings
Project to determine the potential for expanding Victoria's clinical placement activity into non-acute settings.