Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes of Practice program: evaluation progress report 1

Authors

Cristina Thompson, University of WollongongFollow
Karen Quinsey, University of WollongongFollow
Kate Williams, University of WollongongFollow
Milena Snoek, University of WollongongFollow
Robert Gordon, University of WollongongFollow
Kathy Eagar, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

77817

Publication Details

C. Thompson, K. Quinsey, K. Williams, M. Snoek, R. Gordon & K. Eagar, Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes of Practice program: evaluation progress report 1 (Centre for Health Service Development, Australian Health Service Research Institute, Wollongong, Australia, 2013). http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/documents/doc/uow172359.pdf

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Centre for Health Service Development

Abstract

The Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong, was appointed in June 2012 to undertake the program evaluation of the Health Workforce Australia - Expanded Scopes of Practice (HWA-ESOP) program. Health Workforce Australia (HWA) currently funds 26 organisational projects across Australia. Several organisations have more than one implementation site.

The focus of this first evaluation progress report is the set-up phase; it is consequently formative - providing a view of the progress and development of the four sub-projects: - Advanced Practice in Endoscopy Nursing (APEN) - Physiotherapists in the Emergency Department (PED) - Nurses in the Emergency Department (NED) - Extending the Role of Paramedics (ERP)