National Residential Aged Care Home Telehealth Training Program

GCPHN is delighted to support the launch of the National Residential Aged Care Home Telehealth Training Program. In collaboration with 15 Primary Health Networks across Australia, this program aims to boost telehealth capabilities for Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) through comprehensive online training. It equips RACH staff, including nurses and care managers, with the skills to effectively use telehealth, enhancing resident care and specialist access. Additionally, the program provides crucial training modules for clinicians in remote settings, including general practitioners and other health care providers.

Training Streams:

• Residential Aged Care: Designed for onsite staff and clinicians working within aged care homes, including personal care workers, nurses, specialists, managers, and other residential aged care staff.
• Remote Clinical: Tailored for remote-end clinicians providing medical, health, and wellbeing services to the aged care sector from offsite locations. This includes GPs, medical specialists, and allied health professionals such as psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, wound treatment specialists, counsellors, dietitians, and others.

Key Benefits:

• Reduces the need for residents to travel
• Saves clinicians’ travel time
• Provides timely access to specialists not available locally

Training Features:

• Accredited by the Royal Australian College of GPs, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, and the Australian College of Nursing
• Free of charge for all Commonwealth-funded RACHs and clinicians
• Includes CPD points for completion

All Australian government-funded aged care providers and their employees can access this training for free via the Aged Care Learning Information Solution (Alis) website.

How to Access and Implement the Microlearning Modules on Your Learning management system (LMS):

1. Register to request access to the modules. Your application will be reviewed, and if eligible, access details will be sent by email. Register today.
2. Select your stream to view the relevant module catalogue. The modules are divided into two training streams: Residential Aged Care and Remote Clinical.
3. Open a module to preview it. When you select a module from the catalogue, you can see how it works, preview the content, and ensure it’s right for your team.
4. Download the module for uploading to your LMS. Modules can be downloaded as a ZIP file containing a SCORM package or download the entire catalogue in a single ZIP file.

For further information, access the Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides.

To explore the full training program and register, visit https://resiagedcaretelehealth.training/.

If you have any questions, need further support, or encounter access issues, please contact us at 07 5612 5438 or email us.