RECOMMENDATIONS |
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– Engage local communities to help attract and retain rural AH professionals |
– Provide access to universities in regional centres |
– Increase access to CPD through travel subsidy, locum backfill and management support |
– Encourage development of regional professional networks |
– Invest in infrastructure and IT support for online education, and develop blended learning models to deliver CPD while also addressing professional isolation |
– Support extended practice roles for rural AH professionals, as well as enhancing opportunities for career progression appropriate to life stage |
– Address workplace culture and provide stress management training & personal support to rural AH professionals |
– Train allied health managers, and increase their role in decision making for resource deployment and service delivery design |
– Preserve some access to clinical practice for allied health managers |