Clinical Placement Settings & Priority Areas The Request for Proposal document (RFP) for the Clinical Training Funding for Student Growth and Expanding Clinical Training Capacity identified the following priority under serviced or high needs areas for clinical training: Rural and remote Primary care Community care Dental Mental health Aged care Private and non-government settings The table in Appendix A details the number of clinical placement days per state and territory under steadystate for all settings by each eligible profession under the RFP. Note that as Rural and Remote and Private and Non-government settings can also apply across the remaining priority settings they are detailed separately in Appendix C (Rural & Remote Clinical Placement Days) and Appendix D (Private and Non- Government Settings). The total number of clinical placement days under a steady-state for all professions is 1,196,733. Of these, 494,065 are in priority settings. This represents 41% of total clinical placement days. Aged Care Dental (Oral Health) Mental Health Primary/ Total 69,148 days 8,215 days 83,642 days 333,060 days 494,065 days The percentage of clinical placement days in the priority areas for each profession and each state are shown at Appendix B.
CLINICAL PLACEMENT DAYS ALL SETTINGS (BY PROFESSION/STATE) PROFESSION SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Medicine Acute Hospital 8,335 81,937 19,058 0 5,412 275 0 0 115,017 Medicine Aged Care 0 0 901 0 54 0 0 0 955 Medicine General Practice 0 22,971 1,528 0 8,842 0 0 0 33,341 Medicine Care 536 69 3,680 0 819 0 0 0 5,103 Medicine Other 0 1,073 1,420 0 0 0 0 1,257 3,751 Medicine Mental Health 2,142 35 0 0 12,000 0 0 0 14,177 Medicine Rehabilitation 208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208 Medicine Sub Acute 0 0 25,446 0 0 0 0 0 25,446 Medicine Total 197,998 Nursing Acute Hospital 46,172 46,316 34,269 655 3,400 431 3,283 7,071 141,598 Nursing Aged Care 2,895 10,943 5,591 389 2,679 44 2,772 814 26,127 Nursing General Practice 10,486 847 1,777 0 15,502 0 569 0 29,181 Nursing Care 8,934 4,795 17,793 12,605 11,840 104 981 6,919 63,970 Nursing Human Services 0 203 0 1,627 0 0 0 0 1,830 Nursing Other 3,670 10,889 12,632 4,103 3,400 0 6,587 2,442 43,723 Nursing Mental Health 11,352 13,908 1,963 14,023 10,864 1,370 0 814 54,294 Nursing Rehabilitation 1,425 2,547 0 49 1,700 18 0 0 5,738 Nursing Sub Acute 4,387 6,675 6,441 150 0 1,325 0 0 18,979 Nursing Total 385,440 Audiology Acute Hospital 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Audiology Care 943 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 955 Audiology Total 968 Dentistry Acute Hospital 0 0 2,518 0 0 0 0 0 2,518 Dentistry Aged Care 0 1,320 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,320 Dentistry General Practice 0 0 1,259 0 0 0 0 0 1,259 Dentistry Other Primary/Community Health Care 0 0 1,259 0 0 0 0 0 1,259 Dentistry Mental Health 0 1,320 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,320 Dentistry Oral Health 0 0 3,195 0 0 1,007 0 1,007 5,209 Dentistry Total 12,885 Dietetics Acute Hospital 2,249 0 3,900 0 0 0 2,280 0 8,429 Dietetics Aged Care 254 0 0 535 373 0 0 0 1,162 Dietetics General Practice 0 0 750 0 0 0 0 0 750 Dietetics Care 0 0 750 2,829 0 0 0 0 3,579 Dietetics Other 1,400 3,278 0 0 2,400 0 0 149 7,227 Dietetics Rehabilitation 158 0 0 0 187 0 0 0 345 Dietetics Sub Acute 0 0 0 0 187 0 0 0 187 Dietetics Total 21,679 Exercise Physiology Care 5,334 2,121 1,414 0 0 0 0 0 8,870 Exercise Physiology University Clinic 0 2,121 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,121
PROFESSION SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Exercise Physiology Total 10,991 Medical Lab Science Other 0 90 1,500 2,240 0 0 0 857 4,687 Medical Lab Science Specialist Laboratory 0 2,436 6,349 480 74 0 171 0 9,510 Medical Lab Science University Clinic 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 Medical Laboratory Science Total 15,197 Midwifery Acute Hospital 13,484 8,923 23,220 4,500 0 0 598 0 58,806 Midwifery Care 0 431 7,566 0 0 0 737 0 16,734 Midwifery Other 907 0 810 0 3,837 0 0 0 5,554 Midwifery University Clinic 0 0 0 0 0 0 555 0 555 Midwifery Total 81,649 Therapy Acute Hospital 910 213 311 0 0 0 0 0 1,434 Therapy Aged Care 4,565 213 298 1,057 0 0 0 0 6,133 Therapy General Practice 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 Therapy Care 1,615 511 1,833 15,851 7,000 0 0 0 26,809 Therapy Other 0 2,797 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,797 Therapy Mental Health 1,684 0 23 1,993 0 0 0 0 3,699 Therapy Rehabilitation 2,343 80 3,271 0 0 0 1,993 0 7,687 Therapy Sub Acute 436 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 436 Therapy University Clinic 0 0 2,464 0 0 0 0 0 2,464 Therapy Total 51,557 Oral Health Acute Hospital 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 Oral Health General Practice 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 Oral Health Care 0 4,800 162 0 0 0 0 0 4,962 Oral Health Other 0 4,000 1,625 0 0 0 0 0 5,625 Oral Health Oral Health 0 0 0 3,006 0 0 0 0 3,006 Oral Health Total 13,916 Orthoptics Acute Hospital 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 Orthoptics Aged Care 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 Orthoptics Total 360 Paramedicine Acute Hospital 0 1,051 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,051 Paramedicine Care 6,264 7,246 8,040 0 0 0 0 0 21,550 Paramedicine Other 0 0 12,960 0 1,462 0 0 0 14,422 Paramedicine Mental Health 0 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 Paramedicine Total 38,280 Pharmacy Acute Hospital 235 740 3,673 1,300 0 610 275 278 7,111 Pharmacy Aged Care 353 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 353 Pharmacy General Practice 39 0 1,135 0 0 0 0 0 1,174 Pharmacy Care 78 0 246 3,960 0 0 0 649 4,933 Pharmacy Other 300 76 0 0 0 0 0 126 503
PROFESSION SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Pharmacy Mental Health 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Pharmacy Sub Acute 0 0 771 0 0 0 0 0 771 Pharmacy University Clinic 0 0 1,999 0 0 0 760 0 2,758 Pharmacy Total 17,642 Physiotherapy Acute Hospital 14,176 2,321 3,082 0 0 129 1,911 0 21,620 Physiotherapy Aged Care 11,748 702 165 232 0 0 0 0 12,848 Physiotherapy General Practice 3,688 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 3,841 Physiotherapy Care 0 1,125 3,618 21,303 7,038 0 596 0 33,679 Physiotherapy Human Services 0 0 16,313 5,566 0 0 0 0 21,879 Physiotherapy Other 0 0 12,477 0 0 0 0 0 12,477 Physiotherapy Mental Health 0 0 0 1,449 0 0 0 0 1,449 Physiotherapy Rehabilitation 3,831 1,048 1,103 0 0 0 477 0 6,459 Physiotherapy Sub Acute 646 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 704 Physiotherapy University Clinic 0 0 0 0 0 0 891 0 891 Physiotherapy Total 115,847 Podiatry Acute Hospital 4,810 1,714 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,524 Podiatry Aged Care 391 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 391 Podiatry Care 2,750 539 2,540 0 0 0 0 0 5,830 Podiatry Other 1,017 0 2,500 0 0 0 315 0 3,832 Podiatry Rehabilitation 0 0 610 0 0 0 0 0 610 Podiatry Sub Acute 0 1,526 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,526 Podiatry Total 18,713 Psychology Aged Care 268 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 420 Psychology General Practice 461 938 0 1,070 1,014 0 0 0 3,482 Psychology Care 0 0 756 1,615 108 0 0 0 2,479 Psychology Human Services 0 0 0 0 1,385 0 0 0 1,385 Psychology Other 3,343 450 95 0 0 0 0 378 4,266 Psychology Mental Health 0 1,308 756 336 0 1,215 429 0 4,043 Psychology Rehabilitation 0 428 0 0 0 0 0 0 428 Psychology Sub Acute 0 469 0 0 0 0 0 0 469 Psychology University Clinic 3,448 806 2,857 0 0 0 939 0 8,051 Psychology Total 25,024 Radiation Science Acute Hospital 1,428 0 3,529 1,313 0 629 315 0 7,214 Radiation Science Care 0 0 369 0 0 0 0 0 369 Radiation Science Other 4,927 7,319 18,250 0 0 236 0 0 30,731 Radiation Science Total 38,314 Social Work Acute Hospital 2,138 1,462 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,600 Social Work Aged Care 1,777 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,777 Social Work Care 3,639 6,826 15,340 0 0 0 0 700 26,505 Social Work Human Services 1,259 0 898 0 0 0 0 0 2,157 Social Work Other 0 4,250 0 0 0 0 884 0 5,135 Social Work Mental Health 3,141 562 449 0 0 0 0 0 4,153 Social Work Rehabilitation 0 900 1,604 0 0 0 0 0 2,503
PROFESSION SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Social Work Sub Acute 609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 609 Social Work 46,439 Sonography Acute Hospital 1,344 960 15,782 3,606 0 0 0 0 21,692 Sonography General Practice 3,896 1,440 1,440 0 0 0 480 0 7,256 Sonography Care 0 561 0 0 1,985 0 0 0 2,546 Sonography Other 460 2,483 1,600 64 1,517 676 0 0 6,801 Sonography Total 38,294 Pathology Acute Hospital 550 0 1,618 871 0 0 0 0 3,040 Pathology Aged Care 1,037 0 0 53 296 0 0 0 1,386 Pathology General Practice 0 0 270 0 0 0 0 0 270 Pathology Care 562 0 180 5,932 0 0 0 0 6,674 Pathology Human Services 198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 Pathology Other 198 0 8,045 0 254 1,146 0 0 9,644 Pathology Mental Health 0 0 0 210 0 0 0 0 210 Pathology Rehabilitation 878 0 299 0 0 0 0 0 1,177 Pathology Sub Acute 0 3,780 0 273 0 0 0 0 4,053 Pathology University Clinic 0 0 249 0 0 0 0 0 249 Pathology Total 26,900 Aboriginal Health Care 2,933 1,467 2,933 5,867 2,933 1,467 0 5,840 23,440 Aboriginal Health Other 0 0 0 3,200 0 0 0 12,000 15,200 Aboriginal Health Total 38,640 TOTAL PLACEMENTS (STEADY STATE) 242,124 292,701 347,103 124,462 108,562 11,682 28,798 41,302 1,196,733
CLINICAL PLACEMENT DAYS FOR PRIORITY SETTINGS (BY PROFESSION/STATE) PROFESSION PRIORITY SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Medicine Aged Care 0 0 901 0 54 0 0 0 955 Medicine 536 23,040 5,208 0 9,661 0 0 0 38,445 Medicine Mental Health 2,142 35 0 0 12,000 0 0 0 14,177 Medicine - Priority Placement Days 2,678 23,075 6,109 0 21,716 0 0 0 53,577 Medicine - Total Placement Days 11,220 106,086 52,033 0 27,127 275 0 1,257 197,998 Medicine % in priority settings 24% 22% 12% 0% 80% 0% 0% 0% 27% Nursing Aged Care 2,895 10,943 5,591 389 2,679 44 2,772 814 26,127 Nursing 19,420 5,642 19,570 12,605 27,342 104 1,550 6,919 93,151 Nursing Mental Health 11,352 13,908 1,963 14,023 10,864 1,370 0 814 54,294 Nursing - Priority Placement Days 33,668 30,493 27,124 27,016 40,885 1,517 4,322 8,547 173,572 Nursing - Total Placement Days 89,321 97,124 80,467 33,600 49,385 3,291 14,191 18,060 385,440 Nursing % in priority settings 38% 31% 34% 80% 83% 46% 30% 47% 45% Audiology 943 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 955 Audiology - Priority Settings 943 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 955 Audiology - Total Placement Days 943 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 968 Audiology % in priority settings 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 99% Dentistry Aged Care 0 1,320 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,320 Dentistry 0 0 2,518 0 0 0 0 0 2,518 Dentistry Mental Health 0 1,320 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,320 Dentistry Oral Health 0 0 3,195 0 0 1,007 0 1,007 5,209 Dentistry - Priority Settings 0 2,640 5,713 0 0 1,007 0 1,007 10,367 Dentistry - Total Placement Days 0 2,640 8,231 0 0 1,007 0 1,007 12,885 Dentistry % in priority settings 0% 100% 69% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 80% Dietetics Aged Care 254 0 0 535 373 0 0 0 1,162 Dietetics 0 0 1,500 2,829 0 0 0 0 4,329 Dietetics - Priority Settings 254 0 1,500 3,364 373 0 0 0 5,491 Dietetics - Total Placement Days 4,061 3,278 5,400 3,364 3,147 0 2,280 149 21,679 Dietetics % in priority settings 6% 0% 28% 100% 12% 0% 0% 0% 25% Ex Physiology 5,334 2,121 1,414 0 0 0 0 0 8,870 Exercise Physiology - Priority Settings 5,334 2,121 1,414 0 0 0 0 0 8,870 Exercise Physiology - Total Placement Days 5,334 4,243 1,414 0 0 0 0 0 10,991 Ex Physiology % in priority settings 100% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 81% Medical Laboratory Science - Priority Settings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Medical Laboratory Science - Total Placement Days 0 2,526 8,849 2,720 74 0 171 857 15,197 Medical Lab Science % in priority settings 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Midwifery Aged Care 16,080 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,080 Midwifery 0 431 7,566 0 0 0 737 0 8,734 Midwifery - Priority Settings 16,080 431 7,566 0 0 0 737 0 24,814 Midwifery - Total Placement Days 30,471 9,354 31,596 4,500 3,837 0 1,890 0 81,649 Midwifery % in priority settings 53% 5% 24% 0% 0% 0% 39% 0% 30% OT Aged Care 4,565 213 298 1,057 0 0 0 0 6,133
PROFESSION PRIORITY SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL OT 1,615 511 1,932 15,851 7,000 0 0 0 26,908 OT Mental Health 1,684 0 23 1,993 0 0 0 0 3,699 OT - Priority Settings 7,864 723 2,252 18,900 7,000 0 0 0 36,739 OT - Total Placement Days 11,553 3,813 8,298 18,900 7,000 0 1,993 0 51,557 OT % in priority settings 68% 19% 27% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 71% Oral Health 0 4,800 324 0 0 0 0 0 5,124 Oral Health Oral Health 0 0 0 3,006 0 0 0 0 3,006 Oral Health - Priority Settings 0 4,800 324 3,006 0 0 0 0 8,130 Oral Health - Total Placement Days 0 8,800 2,110 3,006 0 0 0 0 13,916 Oral Health % in priority settings 0% 55% 15% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 58% Orthoptics Aged Care 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 Orthoptics - Priority Settings 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 Orthoptics - Total Placement Days 360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 Orthoptics % in priority settings 55% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 55% Paramedicine 6,264 7,246 8,040 0 0 0 0 0 21,550 Paramedicine Mental Health 0 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 Paramedicine - Priority Settings 6,264 7,503 8,040 0 0 0 0 0 21,807 Paramedicine - Total Placement Days 6,264 8,554 21,000 0 1,462 1,000 0 0 38,280 Paramedicine in priority settings 100% 88% 38% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 57% Pharmacy Aged Care 353 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 353 Pharmacy 117 0 1,381 3,960 0 0 0 649 6,107 Pharmacy Mental Health 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Pharmacy - Priority Settings 509 0 1,381 3,960 0 0 0 649 6,499 Pharmacy - Total Placement Days 1,045 816 7,823 5,260 0 610 1,035 1,053 17,642 Pharmacy % in priority settings 49% 0% 18% 75% 0% 0% 0% 62% 37% Physiotherapy Aged Care 11,748 702 165 232 0 0 0 0 12,848 Physiotherapy 3,688 1,125 3,771 21,303 7,038 0 596 0 37,520 Physiotherapy Mental Health 0 0 0 1,449 0 0 0 0 1,449 Physiotherapy - Priority Settings 15,436 1,827 3,936 22,984 7,038 0 596 0 51,817 Physiotherapy - Total Placement Days 34,089 5,254 36,911 28,550 7,038 129 3,875 0 115,847 Physio % in priority settings 45% 35% 11% 81% 100% 0% 15% 0% 45% Podiatry Aged Care 391 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 391 Podiatry Care 2,750 539 2,540 0 0 0 0 0 5,830 Podiatry - Priority Settings 3,141 539 2,540 0 0 0 0 0 6,221 Podiatry - Total Placement Days 8,968 3,780 5,650 0 0 0 315 0 18,713 Podiatry % in priority settings 35% 14% 45% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 33% Psychology Aged Care 268 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 420 Psychology 461 938 756 2,685 1,122 0 0 0 5,962 Psychology Mental Health 0 1,308 756 336 0 1,215 429 0 4,043 Psychology - Priority Settings 729 2,246 1,512 3,173 1,122 1,215 429 0 10,424 Psychology - Total Placement Days 7,520 4,399 4,464 3,173 2,507 1,215 1,368 378 25,024 Psychology % in priority settings 10% 51% 34% 100% 45% 100% 31% 0% 42% Radiation 0 0 369 0 0 0 0 0 369
PROFESSION PRIORITY SETTING NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT TOTAL Science Radiation Science - Priority Settings 0 0 369 0 0 0 0 0 369 Radiation Science - Total Placement Days 6,355 7,319 22,148 1,313 0 865 315 0 38,314 Radiation Science % in priority settings 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% Social Work Aged Care 1,777 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,777 Social Work 3,639 6,826 15,340 0 0 0 0 700 26,505 Social Work Mental Health 3,141 562 449 0 0 0 0 0 4,153 Social Work - Priority Settings 8,557 7,388 15,789 0 0 0 0 700 32,435 Social Work - Total Placement Days 12,563 14,000 18,292 0 0 0 884 700 46,439 Social Work % in priority settings 68% 53% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 70% Sonography 3,896 2,001 1,440 0 1,985 0 480 0 9,802 Sonography -Priority Settings 3,896 2,001 1,440 0 1,985 0 480 0 9,802 Sonography - Total Placement Days 5,700 5,444 18,822 3,670 3,502 676 480 0 38,294 Sonography % in priority settings 68% 37% 8% 0% 57% 0% 100% 0% 26% Pathology Aged Care 1,037 0 0 53 296 0 0 0 1,386 Pathology 562 0 450 5,932 0 0 0 0 6,944 Pathology Mental Health 0 0 0 210 0 0 0 0 210 Pathology - Priority Settings 1,599 0 450 6,195 296 0 0 0 8,540 Pathology - Total Placement Days 3,423 3,780 10,662 7,339 550 1,146 0 0 26,900 Pathology % in priority settings 47% 0% 4% 84% 54% 0% 0% 0% 32% Aboriginal Health 2,933 1,467 2,933 5,867 2,933 1,467 0 5,840 23,440 Aboriginal Health - Priority Settings 2,933 1,467 2,933 5,867 2,933 1,467 0 5,840 23,440 Aboriginal Health - Total Placement Days 2,933 1,467 2,933 9,067 2,933 1,467 0 17,840 38,640 Aboriginal Health % in priority settings 100% 100% 100% 65% 100% 100% 0% 33% 61% Total - Priority Settings 110,081 87,267 90,395 94,465 83,348 5,206 6,563 16,743 494,065 Total Clinical Placement Days 242,124 292,701 347,103 124,462 108,562 11,682 28,798 41,302 1,196,733 TOTAL % in PRIORITY SETTINGS 45% 30% 26% 76% 77% 45% 23% 41% 41% NB: Primary/ includes General Practice Further information on this project can be found at: www.hwa.gov.au Telephone: 08 8237 8102 Freecall: 1800 707 351.