Addressing Australia’s healthcare workforce crisis: development of a competent and safe healthcare professions workforce

Campus Plus is pleased to announce the commencement of an Australian Government Department of Education National Industry PhD Industry Researcher Award in South Australia.

How do we address Australia’s healthcare workforce crisis?

SA Pharmacy a statewide hospital pharmacy service has partnered with the University of South Australia to better understand education frameworks that support the development of a competent and safe healthcare professions workforce. With new frameworks being implemented across Australia that utilise entrustment as a basis for supporting workforce development, its critical that we understand how these frameworks are being used and how they can be optimised to support trainee and healthcare workforce development.

With over 30 hospitals using these frameworks across South Australia in pharmacy and medical education this project enables a deep dive into how these frameworks are used, implemented and impact on the learning of healthcare professionals. This work will involve a systematic review of the literature, and a grounded theory study to understand the process of entrustment for supervisors and trainees in the healthcare environment.

This collaboration brings together:
Sally Marotti – Research Director SA Pharmacy
Associate Professor Marije Hennus – Pediatric intensivist and Associate Professor Teaching at University Medical Centre Utrecht
Professor Debra Rowett, Pharmacist, UniSA
Professor josephine thomas – Clinical Dean, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide
Professor Saravana Kumar – Physiotherapist, UniSA
Professor Olle ten Cate – Professor emeritus at University Medical Centre Utrecht
Dr Carolyn Murray – Occupational Therapist, UniSA

Together they are shaping the future of healthcare education