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Volume 2012 Number 1
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Some years ago an Australian hospital pharmacist pioneered wound management in Australian hospitals and went on to develop courses to train community pharmacists interested in setting up a specialty wound management clinic in their pharmacy setting.
This type of service initially established itself in a restricted number of pharmacy settings, but gradually faded away due to the pressure of PBS dispensing.
Now the opportunity is reappearing in WA at Curtin University with a purpose built facility established to train all health students (including pharmacy).
And here is the dilemma.
Many pharmacists would like to be involved in this type of activity but most community pharmacies are not physically designed to accommodate this service.
However, with the future development of Primary Health Care Organisations (PHCO's) under way, it may be possible for pharmacists to be part of the wound management team in that type of organisation.
Nicola Roxon is contributing $380,000 towards the project and is expected to be operational within three months.
Clinical training for doctors, nurses and other health professionals in Western Australia will be boosted with the development of a high technology education centre dedicated to wound management.
As part of the Australian Government’s reform to the health and hospital system, Health Minister Nicola Roxon today announced support for Silver Chain Nursing Association to lead the project. The Curtin University of Technology in Bentley, which will host the centre, and WoundsWest will also contribute to the project.
The new wound clinical education centre will contain the latest diagnostic and treatment technology and custom made ‘real-life’ acute and chronic latex wounds and simulation models. It will contain a computer resource laboratory to allow students’ to access Curtin University’s interactive online education program.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students from Perth and rural and remote WA across the disciplines of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and podiatry will attend the centre for hands-on training in wound management procedures.
It will also provide vocational training for aged care staff, general practitioners, registered nurses and Indigenous health workers.
The project will receive $380,000 and is expected to be open for training within one month of finalising funding arrangements and to be fully operational within three months.
The funding will be provided under the Australian Government’s $90 million Innovative Clinical Teaching and Training Grants program to boost the number of clinical teaching and training opportunities available around Australia. The projects are part of the Australian Government’s health reforms and will increase substantially the number of training opportunities to support the long-term sustainability of the nation’s health workforce.
More and better education and training opportunities for our health and medical professionals are essential ingredients of the Australian Government’s investment in a better health system.
The Government’s strong management of the economy has enabled it to increase the health and ageing budget by 8.8 per cent to around $69 billion, and to allocate $7.4 billion to fund vital reforms.
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