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About HETI

The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) is a leading provider of high quality training and education to support more than 110,000 clinical and non-clinical staff, trainers, managers and leaders across the NSW health system.

Working closely with Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks, health professionals and other public health organisations across NSW, ensures that our programs are relevant and responsive to the needs of health professionals and patients.

We combine evidence-based research and evaluation with educational design expertise to develop contemporary, responsive education and training that has person-centred care and interprofessional practice at its heart.

Our work is diverse and includes:

  • eLearning modules delivered through My Health Learning on topics such as Violence Prevention, Refugee Health to Clinical Care of People who maybe be suicidal.
  • Workshops on managing health resources and people management to intensive programs designed to develop NSW Health’s future leaders.
  • Scholarships, grants in areas of need and to enable participation in educational opportunities.
  • Managing Junior Medical Officer internships on behalf of the State as well as clinical placements through Clinconnect.
  • State-wide programs that support medical professionals in rural and remote NSW.
  • Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters level courses in Mental Health.

The contemporary, innovative and meaningful health education and training that we develop and deliver helps to support a world-class workforce delivering improved health outcomes for patients.

Supporting NSW Health 2022-2023 highlights:

  • Developed a new pathway and e-learning modules for Between the Flags - Deteriorating Patient training in collaboration with the Clinical Excellence Commission.
  • Developed the NSW Health Virtual Care Education Framework 2022-2026 in collaboration with the NSW Ministry of Health Virtual Care Taskforce.
  • Developed a new website to support the expansion of the Rural Generalist Medical Training Program and for junior doctors to find rural opportunities for training. -
  • Developed and piloted the NSW Health General Manager Training Program.
  • Delivered Financial Management Essentials training to staff from 31 NSW Health organisations.
  • Facilitated clinical placements for 31,428 students with 59,034,493 student placement hours across NSW Health. -
  • Administered $8.4 million in 28 scholarships and grants to 1,842 student recipients and a further $0.7 million for Rural and Regional Scholarships to 232 student recipients on behalf of the NSW Ministry of Health to support upskilling NSW Health staff and clinical workforce recruitment.
  • Allocated 1,090 medical students to NSW intern positions for clinical year 2023.
  • Modularised the curriculum for post graduate qualifications in Applied Mental Health Studies to 50-hour units of study that qualify as microcredentials.
  • Commenced preparations for the implementation of the new National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training in NSW.