Dr Pascale Dettwiller1, Ms Heidi Silverston1, Ms Kristina Judd1, Ms Kate Morefield1, Dr Ingrid Linsink1
1SA Health Department of Health and Wellbeing – Australian Teletrial Program, Adelaide, Australia
Biography:
Dr Pascale Dettwiller holds a Doctorate in pharmacy and is a clinical trial liaison officer and business developer for the South Australian Teletrial Program since 2022. She also holds a senior executive position at the Country SA Primary Health Network and SA Pharmacy. Pascale is involved in developing leads for Teletrials to address health gaps for the regional residents of South Australia. She has been a successful researcher with many well-published works. Pascale is an advocate for equity, diversity, inclusion, and access to rural and regional development and community engagement for the betterment of healthcare delivery for regional care.
Abstract:
Background:
In 2023, the Leading Clinician Program (LCP) was a finalist in the SA Health Awards for Excellence in Non-Clinical Services, which represents an immense acknowledgment of the leadership program’s contribution to developing future leaders within the organisation.
The program has been running in its current format since 2016 with a quality improvement (QI) patient project embedded at its core.
Method:
Data mining has been applied to the detailed curated data of all the QI projects since 2022, allowing the extraction of the allied and scientific data separately from the nurses’ and medical data.
This sub-set was analysed for demographic characteristics, location, geography of origin, and patient story quality improvement aligned with the eight standards for accreditation in healthcare.
Results:
The allied health and scientist participation in the LCP has been a steady number of participants since 2016 with the physiotherapist discipline providing the larger number over the years. Applications are carefully examined on merit to ensure a balance of discipline and local health networks, both urban and regional, and to ensure a consistent opportunity for networking and engagement between the participants. Over the years, there is a large proportion of the QIs situated in Standard 2 (partnering with consumers) with Standard 1 alignment second and standard 5 third.
Discussion/Conclusion:
What the participants valued the most: networking opportunities and patient stories in pairs. They remarked on the game-changing window in their practice and for those around them.
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