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Allied Health: Entering a new era in Victoria Kath Philip Chief Allied Health Advisor for Victoria

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Allied Health: Entering a new era in Victoria

Kath Philip

Chief Allied Health Advisor for Victoria

In the beginning…

Recent changes

• Creation of a Chief Allied Health Advisor role

•Naming of the Workforce Innovation and Allied Health team

• Ex-Allied Health practitioner Minister of Health

Patients as objects

Patient-centred care

Wellness focus

There’s a lot happening!

• Focus on allied health early graduate programs

• Allied Health assistant implementation program

• Allied Health Assistant forum

• Roll out of Advanced Physiotherapy roles

• Regional allied health mentoring program

• Medical radiations and imaging technology workforce strategy

The department counts a lot of professions in allied health…

Art therapy

Audiology

Chiropracty

Dietetics

Exercise physiology

Medical laboratory science

Medical physics

Music therapy

Nuclear medicine

Nutrition

Occupational therapy

Optometry

Oral Health (not dentistry)

Orthotics and prosthetics

Orthoptics

Osteopathy

Pharmacy

Physiotherapy

Play therapy

Podiatry

Psychology

Social work

Sonography

Speech therapy

Radiation therapy

Radiography

Diversity of allied health

The challenge is balancing the strength of being a group known as “allied health” with an understanding of the diversity of professions within the group

It takes a village… of professions and skills

Therapy group

Art therapy

Chiropracty

Dietetics

Exercise physiology

Music therapy

Nutrition

Occupational therapy

Oral Health (not dentistry)

Osteopathy

Orthotics and prosthetics

Physiotherapy

Play therapy

Podiatry

Psychology

Social work

Sonography

Speech therapy

Science group

Audiology

Medical laboratory science

Medical physics

Nuclear medicine

Optometry

Orthoptics

Pharmacy

Radiation therapy

Radiography

Growing our leaders and connecting with the department

• Ministerial Advisory Committee for Allied Health

• Education Advisory Group (therapy)

• Education Advisory Group (science)

• Allied Health Directors Strategic Discussion Group

• Allied Health Science Senior Clinicians Group

More new developments…

• Allied health research conference

• Weekend allied health services research

• Professional practice governance and competency frameworks

• Input into key departmental initiatives – Victorian Quality Framework, Sustainable Hospitals Initiative

• Renewed focus on data

Longer term…