We provide courses with a unique opportunity to meet expert clinicians as they explain the clinical application of their knowledge. Our Allied Health education team provides quality educational experiences for learners, including pre-qualification student placement programs and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for post-qualification Allied Health Professionals
Pre-qualification education
We offer about 50 Allied Health Undergraduate and Masters level placements across Nutrition, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Social Work, Spiritual Care, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Clinical Psychology.
We have extensive partnerships with major higher education providers in Melbourne and across Victoria. One example of our partnerships is the annual two-day Nutrition Oncology Student Education Program, where we host up to 160 dietetic students. If you are interested in placement opportunities with us, please speak to the placement coordinator at your education institution.
Foundations for Allied Health in Cancer Care
Are you a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, exercise physiologist or allied health assistant with an interest in cancer care? A desire to learn about how to deliver best practice for cancer patients and their carers? Then this is a course for you!
Find out more about Foundations for Allied Health in Cancer Care.
Post-qualification Allied Health education
We offer several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and education resources for Allied Health Professionals. Some focus on profession specific practice while other opportunities foster inter-professional collaboration.
Inter-professional Allied Health education
We encourage Allied Health Professionals to undertake formal education activities that we host such as:
Other inter-professional education events include the Introduction to Oncology Study Day hosted by the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy department.
Our Nutrition and Speech Pathology department hosts a biennial professional development event "Talking about the 'C' Word" for dietitians working in cancer. This is the only event of its kind in Australia, bringing together a range of clinicians to present on the latest clinical, research and education developments in the field of cancer nutrition. Oncology nutrition: An essential resource for dietitians on the nutritional management of cancer is a publication for dietitians on the nutritional management of cancer. This is available for sale to dietitians and clinicians interested in oncology nutrition.
Our Physiotherapy Department conducts several courses, workshops and lectures to a wide audience covering the topics of exercise prescription and lymphoedema management.
Clinical Psychology offers internships two days per week to provisionally registered Psychologists in the final year of their clinical Masters or Doctorate degree. Our Psychology department also conducts an annual cancer-specific Professional Development Program.
The Social Work and Music Therapy department run a comprehensive professional supervision and training program that promotes and maintains best practice. This program conforms with the Australian Association of Social Workers Supervision Standards to help:
- Enhance professional skills and competence of social work practitioners, thereby increasing their capacity to achieve positive patient outcomes
- Engage social workers in ongoing professional learning to enhance their capacity to respond effectively to complex and changing practice environments
- Retain our social workers by supporting and resourcing the clinicians to provide quality, ethical and accountable services in line with our vision, goals and policies
The Speech Pathology team conducts regular presentations and lectures at various forums, workshops, and interest groups. These cover aspects of swallowing and communication in both head and neck and non-head and neck cancer. We can tailor education workshops to meet specific needs.
We offer training and supervision in spiritual and pastoral care through the Centre for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). The CPE is accredited with the Association for Supervised and Clinical Pastoral Education in Victoria (ASACPEV). We accept both full-time and part-time pastoral care internship placements.
Allied Health education contact information
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