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The final short course in the workforce development education suite, Developing clinicians as leaders, was launched in late April.  All 30 courses are now available for enrolment via the UQ Health Insitu or PriMeD education portals.  The short courses are delivered across five key themes:

• Quality, safety and clinical improvement;
• Innovation, change and strategic planning;
• Teaching and learning in a clinical setting;
• Health services management skills;
• Clinical leadership and communication. 

Medeserv-PrimEd COO, Dr Raisa Monteiro, says that the completion of the project is a key achievement for the company. 

“In completing the project our team has developed over 300 hours of online education designed to develop leadership and management skills in health professionals. All of the 30 professional development short courses are on an academic pathway to postgraduate qualifications at The University of Queensland. This is the first program of its kind.”

To date there have more than 4200 enrolments across the 30 courses. All of the courses are endorsed by the RCNA and the majority (28 courses) are accredited with the RACGP’s QA&CPD program.

Current evaluation data indicates the short courses have been well received by healthcare professionals:  99% of learners who have completed the courses reported that their expectations were met or exceeded.  The course evaluation data so far, rates the extent of reaching the learning goals at 4.2 on a scale of 1 – 5, (where 1=unable to meet and 5 =can confidently meet).

DCAL short courses are available for enrolments via UQ Health Insitu or PriMeD education portals.