Opportunities and future directions
The Centre for Language and Communication Science Research at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City, University of London welcomes Professor Liz Ward to discuss the body of work undertaken to help build the AH clinician-researcher workforce within Queensland Health, Australia and to evaluate its impacts, as part of the research seminar series.
Abstract
Aligned with the work conducted in the UK over the past decade, the engagement of Allied Health (AH) clinicians in research, as well as supporting the careers of AH clinician-researchers, are key issues for Australian health policy.
The pathway and processes available to support AH to engage in research and remain research active, however, are complex, and unfortunately clinician-researchers often report career pathways that are ad-hoc and sometimes unappealing.
In this presentation the body of work undertaken to help build the AH clinician-researcher workforce within Queensland Health, Australia and then evaluate its impacts, will be discussed.
Then, recent work to develop a career development pathway for AH clinicians within Queensland Health – i.e.., the “Allied Health Research Careers Development Framework” - will be detailed.
The framework consists of 61 competencies across 5 domains:
- Research knowledge and skills
- Research impact and translation
- Clinical and healthcare research context
- Research leadership and strategy
- Research capacity building and mentorship.
The “Allied Health Research Careers Development Framework” provides a structure for AH services to inform workforce planning, and provides individual staff engaging in research with a tool to map their skills and plan their careers.
About the speaker
Professor Liz Ward is a speech pathologist and the Director of the Centre for Functioning and Health Research within Queensland Health, and a Conjoint Professor with the University of Queensland, Australia.
Liz is an international leader in the field of speech pathology with over 450 refereed publications to date.
As an embedded researcher within Queensland Health, Liz supports clinical teams to conduct research to improve patient outcomes and clinical services.
A key focus of her own work is improving the management, care, and support for people with head and neck cancer (HNC).
Her work has contributed to enhanced understanding of treatment effects, greater understanding of survivorship issues and impacts for patients, and has supported the implementation of multiple new models of care, including telehealth, for patients receiving HNC care.
She has had invited presentations at conferences in over 20 countries.
In 2014 she was awarded “Fellow” of Speech Pathology Australia for her outstanding contributions to the profession.
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