Conference Themes

Building bridges to better health – the crux of the matter

Health of the future is a shared responsibility; the bridge between the individual, the community and the workforce; self management and healthy lifestyle; healthy workforce; healthy carers

Building bridges to future workforce and health services

Service delivery

• Current solutions/ideas leading into new directions for service delivery; innovation in service delivery
• Rethinking the workforce and service delivery – allied health leadership to drive how the workforce will look in the future, how will services be delivered, how will services be funded

Workforce

• Current solutions and ideas, innovative and revolutionary views – new directions for professions, educators, workforce policy and planning to meet the future needs for the Australian rural and remote population

Crossing borders: policy, funding, sectors, jurisdictions

Policy and planning

• The challenges of future health service delivery in rural and remote Australia and of a top-down approach to solving the problem of a dwindling and ageing health workforce to meet the needs of an ageing population

Funding

• “Building bridges between silos” – across sectors, health workforce, projects and programs, funding sources, jurisdictions.

Building bridges from student to a supported and valued rural / remote practitioner

Education and support

• Roles of Universities, University Departments of Rural Health, Rural Clinical Schools and Rural Training Units, TAFE, Institutes etc in relation to planning, education and ongoing support of current and future workforce
• Developing competencies relating to rural health practice and service delivery
• Models that successfully support rural and remote students and graduates, and application of this across the spectrum and professions