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Learning Together: Education and Training Partnerships in Mental Health

This report provides guidelines, information and resources to update mental health education and training to meet consumer and carer need as well as the benchmarks on quality and effectiveness provided by the Second Mental Health Plan.

In this section:

PDF printable version of Learning Together: Education and Training Partnerships in Mental Health (PDF 1715 KB large file)

The same publication in smaller sections:

Cover page (PDF 393 KB)

Title page and copyright (PDF 163 KB)

Foreword (PDF 40 KB)

Contents (PDF 47 KB)

Executive summary (PDF 65 KB)

1. Introducing the project (PDF 89 KB)

2. Themes and issues (PDF 174 KB)

3. Service users as consultants, educators and trainers (PDF 92 KB)

4. Carers: their needs, rights and contributions (PDF 77 KB)

5.1 Mental health nursing (PDF 79 KB)

5.2 Occupational therapy (PDF 79 KB)

5.3 Psychiatry (PDF 113 KB)

5.4 Psychology (PDF 80 KB)

5.5 Social work (PDF 94 KB)

6. What the disciplines have in common (PDF 81 KB)

7. The role of the universities (PDF 65 KB)

8. The workplace as a learning place (PDF 99 KB)

9. Where to from here: conclusions and recommendations (PDF 72 KB)

Advisory Committee members and List of contributors (PDF 37 KB)

Appendices

Appendix 1 - A national audit of mental health education and training (PDF 216 KB)

Appendix 2 - Attendance at workshops (PDF 40 KB)

Appendix 3 - National Mental Health Workforce: Education and Training Consultancy: Report December 1994 KPMG Consulting (PDF 73 KB)

Appendix 4 - The project brief (PDF 39 KB)

Appendix 5 - Dates and places of workshops (PDF 34 KB)

Appendix 6 - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Fellowship Curriculum 1995 (PDF 154 KB)

Appendix 7 - Specific needs for updating of the RANZCP fellowship curriculum 1995, as recommended by psychiatrist training task group workshop 3 (PDF 54 KB)

Appendix 8 - Pulling together: the future roles and training of mental health staff (PDF 40 KB)

Appendix 9 - University of Queensland (1997) Report 1: Executive summary: professional development strategy for adult mental health services (Queensland Health) (extract) (PDF 43 KB)

Appendix 10 - Select bibliography: education and training of mental health professionals (PDF 69 KB)

Appendix 11 - Contact details of five professional bodies (PDF 62 KB)

Page last reviewed: 1 April 2008

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