Darcy Associates Consulting Services
A New Model of
Clinical Placement Governance
in Victoria
Final Report
to
Council of Victorian Health Deans
and the
Department of Human Services
June 2009
Clinical Placement Governance Project – Final Report
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Table of Contents
ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ V
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................. VII
1
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1
1.1
Training of health professionals in Australia ........................................................................... 1
1.2
Clinical education in context ................................................................................................. 1
1.3
Current arrangements for the organisation and management of clinical placements in Victoria ..... 2
1.4 Major issues affecting clinical placements in Victoria ............................................................... 3
1.5
Addressing the issues.......................................................................................................... 4
1.6
Background to this project: the new national context .............................................................. 5
1.7
Approach ........................................................................................................................... 6
1.7.1
Project conduct and oversight ......................................................................................................... 6
1.7.2
Project scope ................................................................................................................................ 6
1.7.3
Project tasks................................................................................................................