Rural Generalist Education

The Allied Health Rural Generalist Education Framework (PDF 9773 kB) was created in 2015-16 to support the development of rural generalist training programs for seven allied health professions. Profession-specific information for social work and psychology was added in 2018.

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association completed a project for Queensland Health in 2018 to design the foundations of an accreditation system for post-graduate rural generalist education programs for the allied health professions. The project outputs included a:

• Project completion report (PDF 1005 kB)
• Accreditation system key documents including competency framework (PDF 1424 kB)

The Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer is working with James Cook University and the Queensland University of Technology on the implementation of the Level 1 Rural Generalist Program and the Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice (Level 2 program). The education programs are specifically designed to meet the development needs of rural and remote allied health professionals and support the implementation of the Allied Health Rural Generalist Training Positions.