Ausmed Podcasts
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Is your strategy being discussed regularly? or is it just gathering dust in a drawer?
Zoe, Michelle and Karen explore how strategy can support capability, guide decision-making, and bring people into alignment.
They talk about what it takes to make strategy visible, turning it into something people actually use — and how to keep it alive through everyday habits, team culture, and shared unde...
Change is everywhere in healthcare — new roles, new reforms, new technologies. But how we navigate that change? Why do some of us thrive on change while others dread it?
Zoe, Michelle and Karen tackle the real-world messiness of change management and the capability it takes to lead, support, and shape it. What starts as a reflection on Zoe’s own role transition quickly unfol...
Get ready to rethink how we verify and value professional capability as Zoe, Michelle and Karen unpack one of the trickiest concepts in healthcare: competency.
Together, they examine how competency needs to be more than a process — it needs to be a conversation. They also discuss how to move beyond static asses...
Let's dive headfirst into the often dreaded but undeniably essential world of mandatory training in healthcare.
Zoe, Michelle, and Karen discuss whether mandatory training truly builds capability or if it's just a checkbox culture driven by regulation and fear of risk.
It's time to move beyond “death by e-learning” and think critically about Read more
Welcome to the first episode of Capability Corner, the podcast where we explore building workforce capability in healthcare! Hosted by Zoe Youl, Dr. Karen Patterson and Michelle Wicky.
Discover the latest trends in healthcare education, the real meaning of triangulation during audits, and how building capability can transform workforce performance and patient care outcomes.
Whether you're in workforce developmen...
What does it take to navigate the complexities of scope of practice in Australia's healthcare system? Will Egan sits down with Kate Rowan-Robinson, Chair of the Nursing Regulation Faculty at the Australian College of Nursing, to find out.
Kate sheds light on how nurses are expanding their roles and responsibilities while understanding the critical balance between competence, confidence, and authority.
Tune in to learn how evolving...
Will is joined by Rebecca Rundle, Head of Learning at Ramsay Healthcare, as they dive into how Ramsay is transforming its learning culture from reactive to proactive!
Bec shares how the CARE Leadership Framework (Coach, Achieve, Relate, Evolve) is empowering leaders at every level to not just learn, but drive real behavioural change.
With over 280 leaders already through the program, Ramsay’s Leadership Academy is shaping a more en...
In this exciting episode of Outcomes, Will Egan chats with Dr. Jennifer Graebe, Senior Director of Nursing at the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), about the game-changing shift from time-based learning to an outcomes-based approach that’s transforming the way healthcare professionals grow.
Dr. Graebe dives into the evolution of nursing education in the USA, the rise of Outcomes-Based Continuing Education (OBCE) models, ...
In this episode of Outcomes, Will Egan speaks with LGBTQIA+ advocate Matthew Robert Parsons (they/them), co-author of the updated Rainbow Tick framework. Matthew discusses the importance of challenging the “default script” in healthcare — the outdated assumptions about gender, sexuality, and bodies that exclude LGBTQIA+ individuals from equitable care.
Matthew shares their journey from disability support to LGBTQIA+ advocacy, expla...
In this episode of Outcomes, Katie Farrell and Nicole Greig from the South Western Sydney Local Health District join the discussion to explore the challenges and innovations in maternity care within one of New South Wales’ most diverse and rapidly growing regions.
Katie and Nicole are working to help ensure that every expectant mother receives timely and effective care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
As leaders in...
In this episode Outcomes, Will Egan is joined by Bernadette O'Connor, the former Director of Allied Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Bernadette brings over four decades of experience in health care, sharing her journey from a speech pathologist to leading major healthcare initiatives. She discusses the Stepped Care Project, a transformative approach to paediatric diagnostic pathways that ensures consistent, acc...
In this episode, we are joined by Simon Kerrigan, Managing Director of Guide Healthcare. Simon is a passionate physiotherapist dedicated to reshaping societal views on the capabilities of older adults. He dives the importance of allied health, highlighting key professions such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, dieticians, and podiatrists. He discusses the current trend of aged care providers employi...
In this episode, Will is joined by Leanne Boase, CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners. Leanne highlights how the persistent advocacy, determination, and lobbying efforts by nurse practitioners have led to significant changes in our healthcare system. From influencing medication legislation to shaping community health services accreditation, these efforts demonstrate how small, dedicated actions can lead to substanti...
Kate Renzenbrink is the Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. She has an extensive career spanning many areas of healthcare and has spent much of the last decade working in nursing informatics. Kate has also been part of large scale electronic medical record (EMR) implementations across a number of Victorian hospital and health networks.
In this episode, Will and Kate discuss what nursing i...
Rory Tanner is a peri-anesthesia clinical nurse specialist and the Founder of both Life Saving Education which facilitates corporate staff group training & Aussie Nurse Educator which provides education & personal development content for nurses including tools, resources, coaching and courses.
In this episode, Will and Rory explore the realm of day surgery. Rory shares firsthand experiences and insights, starting with a gri...
Andrea Waring is a Quality Advisor at the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA). ACCPA is the Australian national industry association for aged care providers offering retirement living, seniors housing, residential care, home care, community care, and more.
In this episode, Andrea details her extensive career in the healthcare and aged sectors, she explains her approach to continuous improvement and lays out some...
Dr Elizabeth Deveny is the CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) and the former Chair of the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA). CHF is Australia’s peak body representing and advocating for the interests of healthcare consumers to ensure they achieve safe, quality, timely healthcare with accessible health information and systems. ADHA focuses on digital innovations and connections as part of a robust, modern hea...
Dr Stefan Gruenert is the CEO of Odyssey House Victoria. Odyssey House Victoria is a drug and alcohol treatment facility that sees problematic drug and alcohol use as a symptom of other underlying issues and combines peer support by others in recovery with medical and psychological expertise and support to treat addiction.
In this episode, Stefan discusses the work undertaken by Odyssey House, how they’ve changed over time to creat...
Tony McGillion is the Divisional Director of Education at Northern Health. Northern Health provides tens of thousands of patients in north Melbourne with maternity, specialist, acute, sub-acute, community, home-based, and mental health services. Northern Health staff are offered comprehensive patient-centred and evidence-based training and development opportunities through their education department.
In this episode, Tony outlines ...
Rebecca Pacey is the Chief People and Transformation Officer at Infinite Care. Infinite Care is a residential aged care provider with services across Australia. They are dedicated to providing a tailored and dignified experience for seniors.
Following an underwhelming and inadequate experience with residential care facilities in her personal life, Rebecca coincidentally found herself working in the sector. Once there, she committed...
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