Innovations in Allied Health Hospital Workforce National Conference
Over 500 people registered to attend the conference, which aimed to understand challenges associated with the Australian allied health hospital workforce, and strategies working towards addressing related practice, knowledge and research gaps.
Alfred Health Chief Executive Officer Adam Horsburgh and La Trobe University's Head of Clinical Education A/Prof Matthew Oates opened the conference.
Other presenters included both Australia's and Victoria's Chief Allied Health Officers, representation from Victoria's Department of Health, the CEO of the Victorian Healthcare Association, and Directors/Deputy Directors of Allied Health, Chief Allied Health Officers and Allied Health Discipline Managers from The Alfred, Northern, Eastern, Barwon Health, Royal Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospitals and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Research presentations covered topics including allied health assistants, international workforce perspectives, the rural health workforce, and allied health clinical skills development and wellbeing.
The conference led to over 70 new members joining the Australian Allied Health Hospital Workforce Research Network.
