a corporate journey into digital education - mark priddle and shirley fung, primary health

Mr Mark Priddle - Commercial Development Manager, Primary Health CareDr Shirley Fung - Clinical Education & Program Design Manager, Primary Health Care

A corporate journey into digital education“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

• Founded in Sydney in 1985 with the first 24 hour clinic

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Primary Health Care, Who are we?

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Primary Health Care opened its doors in 1985 with the aim of delivering affordable, accessible healthcare to all Australians.

Primary offers:

• Over 70 medical centres across the country

• Over 2160 pathology sites

• Over 140 diagnostic imaging sites

We have more than 1000 GPs and 11,000 staff

Primary Health Care, who are we?

The Primary Medical HomeHolistic array of medical services to satisfy the needs of our patients.

Offering: • Medical Centres that are open 365 days

a year, including public holidays • Extended hours of operation• Easily accessible care with no need for

appointments• Bulk billing for affordable care.• Onsite radiology, pathology and

pharmacy

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Primary Health Care Supervisor Workshop 2016

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Educational journey from medical student to GP

Medical Student

GP Registrar GP

Universities Regional Training Organisations with clinical attachments in GP clinics

Name the groups we need to educate and engage at Primary?

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Over to you…

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User groups

• GPs, GP registrars, Medical Students• Specialists, Pathologists, Radiologists• Allied Health Professionals, Dentists• Nurses, Dental assistants• Administrative support• Corporate management• Wider medical community

What challenges you see in the delivery of training and education at

Primary?

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Over to you…

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Challenges

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Challenges

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Challenges - Digital is scary surely face to face is better?

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Challenges

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Primary Health Care key challenges

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The need for better training

How would you overcome the challenges faced to deliver training

and education at Primary?

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Over to you…

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The need for better training

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The need to lobby and get stakeholder buy in

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Young Professionals

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Why Blackboard?

Corporate

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We are up and running, so what have we learned?

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We are up and running, so what have we learned?

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Tip for those starting out in the journey

• Communicate• Advocate benefit of education • Use the expertise in Blackboard to help lobby within organisation• Consider all user groups• Start with small defined project

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