Ms Amy Bowman1,2, Kathryn Cirone1, Jessica Crowe1, A/Prof Alicia Martin1,2, Dr Lara Edbrooke1,2
1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Australia
Biography:
Amy is a senior oncology physiotherapist and allied health clinical informatics officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Amy is committed to developing educational resources and opportunities that empower allied health professionals to advance their skills and effectively address the ever-changing demands of the healthcare landscape.
Amy has recently completed her Master of Philosophy in the area of lung cancer and exercise pre and rehabilitation with the University of Melbourne. Amy is a member of the Department of Health Allied Health Clinical Informatics Committee.
Abstract:
Introduction:
Evaluating and improving allied health workplace education is fundamental for ensuring teams deliver safe, effective and patient-centered care. A standardised evaluation approach ensures consistency in data collection and provides insights into learning needs across allied health professions and grades.
This project evaluates the quality and staff satisfaction of Allied Health workplace education in a tertiary cancer specialist hospital, measuring intended and emergent outcomes to optimise the education program.
Methods:
A retrospective audit of survey responses from Allied Health education sessions will be conducted. The 13-item survey consists of demographic and employment characteristics, questions based on Kirkpatrick’s model focused on satisfaction, relevance and translation, education mode of delivery and category. Descriptive statistics will be used to report findings, including subgroups according to grade and discipline.
Evaluation:
Interim analysis of 22 responses across 5 sessions (Dec 2024-Feb 2025) was conducted. Respondents were predominantly Grade 2 (68% [13/19]) physiotherapists (55% [12/22]) or social workers (41% 9/22).
Respondents indicated strong agreement to the following questions: presenter was engaging (91% [20/22]); sessions were engaging (73% [16/22]); content was relevant (86% [19/22]); achieved learning aims (68% [15/22]). 73% [16/22]) of respondents strongly agreed they could apply learnings to their role. Analysis of full results will be presented at the conference.
Discussion:
Findings will inform education planning to ensure education content meets clinician needs. Grade and discipline specific education could be targeted accordingly. Other services could extrapolate these results to assist in the development of their own allied health standardised education evaluation and workplace education program.