| Medical Delegation Myth Busting | |||
Workshop on a framework for safe delegated practice in the Australian health system. |
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| Mt Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health | December 13th and 14th 2006. |
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The future will require a more adaptable and responsive health workforce than that afforded by existing medical, nursing and allied health professional models. While team-based care and flexible clinical task delegation are widely accepted in rural and remote areas, ambiguity about responsibility can leave professionals exposed where clinical practice falls outside conventional scope or the letter of law. As a result there is increasing interest in developing a framework for delegated medical practice in Australia as a means of: |
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| • | assuring communities of accessible, quality and affordable health care | ||
| • | increasing workforce flexibility | ||
| • | complementing existing autonomous expanded clinical practice models (eg: the Nurse Practitioner) | ||
Aims This workshop will explore the pros and cons of the delegated medical practice model in the Australian healthcare setting - an important but relatively neglected policy topic in the national health workforce debate. Participants include |
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| • | Professor Andrew Wilson, Executive Director | • | Professor Ian Wronski |
| Policy, Planning and Resourcing Division Queensland Health |
Pro Vice Chancellor James Cook University |
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| • | Mr Bob Wells, Executive Director | • | Professor Rod Hooker |
| College of Medicine and Health Sciences Australian National University |
Director of Rheumatology Research, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Texas, USA |
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| • | Professor Peter Brooks, Executive Dean | ||
| Faculty of Health Sciences University of Queensland |
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| Speakers will provide food for thought before embarking on workshop sessions to explore myths about delegated practice, such as: | |||
| • | It's illegal! |  |
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| • | You need a Masters degree! | ||
| • | We can't afford it! | ||
| • | They want to be doctors - without the responsibility! | ||
| • | It'll never be accepted! | ||
| • | They'll take over our turf and we'll all go broke! | ||
| • | We are dumbing down the health workforce if we let these people in! | ||
| • | Ambulance drivers should stay in their cars and out of the hospitals! | ||
| The workshop participants will help inform strategies for moving the delegation debate forward constructively | |||
| When | |||
| • | Workshop: Wednesday 11.30am December 13 to 10.20 am Thursday December 14 with workshop dinner. | ||
| • | Post-workshop think-tank afternoon of Thursday 14 | ||
| How to get there: | |||
| • | Via Brisbane: connect with QF1076 to Mt Isa (8.10am arriving 10.40am). | ||
| • | Early return Thursday QF1077 (11.20am arriving 1.35pm) | ||
| • | Also daily flights via Townsville and Cairns | ||
| Accommodation | |||
Block bookings for workshop participants have been made at the following hotels. Please tell them your are attending for this event when you book. |
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The Redearth Hotel, |
All Seasons Verona Hotel Room rate: $136 per night Telephone: (07) 47433024 E-mail: h0575-am01@accor.com |
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| Registration | |||
Conference registration fee $300. |
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"Come to Mt Isa - the place where politics meets reality" |
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Medical Delegation Myth Busting, December 13th and 14th 2006, Mount Isa, Queensland.
Workshop on a framework for safe delegated practice in the Australian health system.
