New Facility to Train Nurses in Wound Management
Clinical training for doctors, nurses and other health professionals in Western Australia will be boosted with the development of a high technology education centre dedicated to wound management.
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14 July
Clinical training for doctors, nurses and other health professionals in Western Australia will be boosted with the development of a high technology education centre dedicated to wound management.
As part of the Australian Government’s reform to the health and hospital system, Health Minister Nicola Roxon today announced support for Silver Chain Nursing Association to lead the project. The Curtin University of Technology in Bentley, which will host the centre, and WoundsWest will also contribute to the project.
The new wound clinical education centre will contain the latest diagnostic and treatment technology and custom made ‘real-life’ acute and chronic latex wounds and simulation models. It will contain a computer resource laboratory to allow students’ to access Curtin University’s interactive online education program.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students from Perth and rural and remote WA across the disciplines of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and podiatry will attend the centre for hands-on training in wound management procedures.
It will also provide vocational training for aged care staff, general practitioners, registered nurses and Indigenous health workers.
The project will receive $380,000 and is expected to be open for training within one month of finalising funding arrangements and to be fully operational within three months.
The funding will be provided under the Australian Government’s $90 million Innovative Clinical Teaching and Training Grants program to boost the number of clinical teaching and training opportunities available around Australia. The projects are part of the Australian Government’s health reforms and will increase substantially the number of training opportunities to support the long-term sustainability of the nation’s health workforce.
More and better education and training opportunities for our health and medical professionals are essential ingredients of the Australian Government’s investment in a better health system.
The Government’s strong management of the economy has enabled it to increase the health and ageing budget by 8.8 per cent to around $69 billion, and to allocate $7.4 billion to fund vital reforms.
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