Northern Territory Clinical Academy

• The Academy welcomes members who facilitate health learning experiences from the breadth of health services in the Northern Territory. The Academy is accessible to all medical clinical educators in the NT.
• Membership of the Academy is via submission of an application and approval by the Steering Group, or its delegate.

• The NT Clinical Academy recognises the environments that our members work within. Events are contextualised to the NT’s workforce and geographical environment with an emphasis on reducing isolation in practice.
• You will have opportunities to collaborate with other clinical educators using innovative mechanisms to help you to deliver learning in all settings.
• Academy events are inclusive and are hosted regionally and Territory wide.
• You will be a part of a community of medical clinical educators that provides collegiate and professional development support for its members, who share a love of teaching, learning and research, including the fostering of ongoing conversations and connections between people.
• Access to relevant clinical educator research papers and links to external providers resources.
• Access to Flinders University research based professional development workshops and guidance.
  

Upcoming events

Project ECHO

The Clinical Educator and Preceptor Project ECHO network aims to build the confidence and skills of NT clinical educators and preceptors. Project ECHO is a program that is already well-established in Australia and overseas, it uses a hub-and-spoke tele-mentoring model to ‘move knowledge instead of people’. ECHO is an acronym for Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes. By participating in monthly virtual sessions with teams of specialist mentors, healthcare practitioners will acquire the contextualised expertise they need to become even better educators.

Past events

Flinders Post Graduate Study in Clinical Education

This articulated suite of courses aims to provide health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality education, evaluate and improve learning and teaching, undertake clinical education research, and lead education in health service and other settings. The courses have an authentic and applied focus, in that learners are guided to apply evidence to local educational practices and processes, as a basis for improvement and change. This delivers direct benefit to the individual, their own students, and organisations.

Mentor Training and Upskilling

The NT Regional Training Hub delivers an annual upskilling program that offers the opportunity for participants to further develop their skills as a dynamic and effective mentor and/or mentee.

Professional development workshops include sessions on self-awareness, communication, and resilience in addition to how to source and to get the most out of mentoring relationships. For mentors, it provides an additional mechanism for you to share your knowledge and expertise whilst giving back to the local medical community. Throughout the program, participants are further supported with mentoring resources and a community of practice.

The content of the program was co-developed with local NT practitioners, the TELL Centre and the Pam McLean Centre (PMC), a leader in clinical communication skills training.

Supervisor Training

These workshops allow you to expand your theoretical knowledge and practical skills in workplace-based clinical supervision. The facilitators help you contextualize your learning and promote discussion of issues that enhance your confidence as an effective clinical supervisor. Workshops are available face-to-face or as a webinar series.

Research Support and Professional Development

Please contact fnt.rth@flinders.edu.au for further information on Flinders University’s research support.

Other Organisations' Resources

• Doctors for the Environment Australia: dea.org.au
• Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute – Prideaux Health Professionals Education: flinders.edu.au/health-medical-research-institute/prideaux-research-health-professions-education
• Medical Journal of Australia: mja.com.au
• The Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators: anzahpe.org