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Taking care

Taking care

Written by: Ahpra
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 The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency hosts conversations and interviews with people in our community. We discuss current issues, address myths and common questions, and think about what we can do to best protect the public and support the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia. Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • E65 - Coming to a land down under: Australia as a destination for health practitioners

    E65 - Coming to a land down under: Australia as a destination for health practitioners
    Aug 18 2023
    This episode of Ahpra’s Taking Care podcast examines the path overseas health workers must tread when wanting to work in Australia’s health system. With the final recommendations of a wide-ranging review into Australia’s regulatory settings for international health workers being handed down soon, we look at what solutions are on the table, why they are needed, and what impact they may have in the areas health workers are most wanted. "Sappheiros - Embrace" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license "Neutrin05 - Timeless" is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license
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    21 mins
  • The challenges for our overseas workforce

    The challenges for our overseas workforce
    Mar 14 2023
    Our focus for this episode is the varied experiences of health practitioners who choose to move to Australia to live and work. Host Susan Biggar joins Dr Rekha Mangalore, General Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician, Dr Renee Kelsall, Chief Medical Officer at Bass Coast Health and Helen Townley, National Director, Policy & Accreditation at Ahpra. They discuss complications of changing countries and continuing your career here, the requirements of ensuring a safe and appropriate workforce. This conversation highlights how important it is to hear firsthand from the experience of people navigating the whole process, including their views on how we can improve it. If you have feedback, a story to share or an idea for a future episode, you can find us at communications@ahpra.gov.au
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    38 mins
  • 'Racism makes us sick’: Associate Professor Carmen Parter on tackling discrimination in healthcare

    'Racism makes us sick’: Associate Professor Carmen Parter on tackling discrimination in healthcare
    Mar 2 2023
    Associate Professor Carmen Parter is a proud descendent of the Darumbal and Juru clans of the Birra Gubba Nation of Queensland with South Sea Islander heritage, the Tanna Island of Vanuatu. She has seen it all in her work in Australia’s healthcare system. She has hope that things are improving, and we can make our healthcare system culturally safe. Now, she holds many roles, including Ahpra Board member, co-Founder and Director at the Learning Centre for Systemic Change and Research, was the inaugural Co-chair of the Indigenous Working Group of the World Federation of Public Health Association, a member of the Lowitja Institute member community, and Fellow of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives. But, in this conversation we head back to beginning of her career... If you have questions or feedback about the podcast, email communications@ahpra.gov.au
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    21 mins
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