Year in review

Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) has continued to adapt the content and delivery of our education and training to serve the needs of the NSW Health workforce post pandemic. Our world-class education and training resources available on the statewide learning management system My Health Learning continues to grow, while older resources are reviewed to be refreshed or retire.

Our mandate to provide leadership and management training for NSW Health included delivering the People Management Skills Program to more than 1,250 participants across NSW Health with a completion rate of more than 90%. This year, we reviewed, redesigned and piloted the Medical Leadership and Management program for Clinical Heads of Department, focusing on skills and knowledge directly applicable to the NSW Health context. A new stage three leadership course was designed and developed, and being delivered to our psychiatry workforce as part of the postgraduate course in psychiatry offered by HETI Higher Education. To support the Premier’s priorities, we developed the units of Core Suicide Prevention and Engagement with people who may be suicidal as training resources for NSW Health staff. We also prepared the Workplace Learning Proposal for implementation as part of the Zero Suicides in Care approach with the Mental Health Branch and Agency for Clinical Innovation.

Key achievements

• 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.