University Clinical Placements Survey
The NHWT has developed an electronic survey for higher education providers to complete that will inform the allocation of funding under the Council of Australian Governments national health workforce reform initiative (please see below for more detail about the survey).
If you are a higher education provider who delivers courses in medicine, nursing or the allied health disciplines, your institution will have received an email and letter, requesting that you complete a survey response for each discipline in which you teach professional entry courses.
Amended NHWT clinical placement survey 2009 - version 16 Nov (xls, 1.15mb)
Please note. This is an updated version of the survey (16 Nov 2009). Please use this version instead of the one you may have down-loaded previously from this site. This version of the survey is designed for use on a pc platform. Please contact us if you only have access to a mac computer
You will find instructions on the first tab of the excel document when you open the survey however a copy is also available.
Detailed Instructions - NHWT clinical placement survey (pdf, 190kb)
This user guide may also help you with any queries or problems you may have, however help is also available should you require assistance with any aspect of the survey from Chris Ingamells or Gerri Lim on (03) 9092 2069, or by emailing nhwt@dhs.vic.gov.au.
User Guide - NHWT clinical placement survey (pdf, 481kb)
About the request
In November 2008, the Council of Australian Governments announced funding of more than $1.55 billion for comprehensive reforms to address national health workforce shortages. The wide ranging reform package includes $496 million from the Commonwealth and $496 million from the State and Territory Governments (over the next four years), to directly support clinical training in the medical, nursing, allied health and dentistry professions, and a further $97 million for the provision of simulated learning environments and $56 million to build clinical supervision capacity. The package also includes Commonwealth funding of $90 million to support innovative clinical teaching and training initiatives, and $40 million to establish or expand education and training at major regional hospitals as part of the Rural Clinical Schools Program. The arrangements and details of this package are contained in a National Partnership Agreement between the Commonwealth and all State and Territory governments.
A new national organisation, Health Workforce Australia (HWA), is being established to oversee and manage these reforms. Given the tight timeframes, however, the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference (AHMC) has determined that the National Health Workforce Taskforce (NHWT) will progress these initiatives until HWA is in place. The NHWT is working closely with the respective Government jurisdictions, universities and health service providers to develop the policy and parameters around these reforms, including arrangements for a national clinical training funding model, support for clinical supervisors, a national approach to simulated learning environments and a national clinical placements system that will support university and health service provider management of clinical placements as well as effective integration of clinical placement information across the education and health systems.
To inform the development of these reforms, prior to the implementation of this national system, however, it is necessary to obtain and analyse detailed information covering a range of health disciplines, including student numbers, clinical training requirements and supervision arrangements. As the funding provided through the four year National Partnership Agreement is fixed, accurate information in these areas is critical to ensuring appropriate policy, arrangements and allocations are developed for all provided courses within agreed disciplines. Whilst the disciplines to be covered will be finally determined by Health Ministers, at this stage the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council has agreed that 24 disciplines will be explored for the purpose of analysing costs and establishing funding structures. It is important to note that, subject to final determination of AHMC, the identified disciplines may be subject to change.
