Australian Government Funding to Drive Reform in Clinical Teaching
The Australian Government is acting to address Australia’s critical shortage of health professionals by investing $157 million in clinical teaching and training infrastructure and to support undergraduate health professional students in 2010.
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11 December 2009
The Australian Government is acting to address Australia’s critical shortage of health professionals by investing $157 million in clinical teaching and training infrastructure and to support undergraduate health professional students in 2010.
$90 million will be provided over the four years from 2009-10 for capital projects that will support health professional students and trainees across a range of health disciplines. The Grants, known as Innovative Clinical Teaching and Training Grants (ICTTG), are part of the nationally competitive infrastructure allocation, a key component of the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) commitment to investing in health workforce infrastructure.
Under the ICTTG, a Commonwealth contribution of between $100,000 and $5 million (GST exclusive) will be available to public and private organisations for infrastructure projects that:
- are innovative approaches to dealing with the increase in the numbers of people undertaking health professional training and education;
- improve distribution and capacity for teaching and clinical training outside tertiary hospitals; and
- are in settings that may not normally be considered for Commonwealth funding.
In addition up to $67.5 million will be provided as a one-off investment so that all undergraduate health students enrolled for the 2010 training year can undertake the clinical training required for the completion of their studies.
Joint proposals are being sought from educational institutions and clinical training providers in the public and private health sectors, for projects that:
- support innovative approaches to dealing with the increase in the numbers of students undertaking health professional training and education;
- improve distribution and capacity for teaching and clinical training outside of traditional training settings;
- address training across the mix of eligible disciplines; and
- have immediate capacity to provide increased clinical training capacity.
These new projects are an important part of the Government’s strategy to work with the health and education sectors to build training capacity and enhance the long-term sustainability of the health workforce.
An Invitation to Apply for funding for both programs will be advertised tomorrow by my Department at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/grantITA+1950910 and http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/grant2130910
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