Allied, scientific and complementary health professionals: a new model for Australian allied health

Effects of visitation among allied health professionals.

OBJECTIVE Visitation is a method for external peer review. The goal is to improve the quality of patient care by giving feedback on quality of competence and performance of a professional during a practice visit. Feedback is offered as recommendations for improvement. This study aims to evaluate the effects of visitation and to determine which factors are related to the effectiveness of visitat...

Allied health: untapped potential in the Australian health system.

Although comprising around 20 per cent ofAustralia's health care workforce, allied health and its contribution to improving health outcomes remains poorly understood and largely invisible in the Australian health policy and reform environment. There is strong evidence demonstrating the benefits of allied health in improving patient outcomes, minimising risk and harm from illness and improving h...

Effectiveness of Clinical Supervision of Allied Health Professionals: A Survey.

UNLABELLED The practice of clinical supervision (CS) is recommended for allied health professionals. Preliminary evidence suggests that CS can be effective, but it is unknown for which allied health professions it is most effective. METHOD The effectiveness of CS was measured using the allied health-specific modified Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale (MCSS-26). Subscales of the MCSS-26 we...

Extended Roles for Allied Health Professionals in the NHS

Diffusion of a quality improvement programme among allied health professionals.

OBJECTIVE To assess the diffusion of a quality improvement (QI) programme among allied health professions in The Netherlands. DESIGN Descriptive study, based on a questionnaire distributed to allied health professionals; response rate, 63%. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS All subsectors in health care were covered, including primary care and institutional care. The participants were either salari...