The Western Australian Trauma Training and Education Unit (WATTEU) has recently undertaken a statewide training needs analysis (TNA) to assess trauma education across the WA Health Service.
The aims of the TNA were:
- To measure the participation rates and staff satisfaction ratings for trauma training programmes
- To identify potential barriers and/or facilitators that may prevent and/or assist current health care professionals accessing trauma training
- To investigate the preferred methods of delivery for future trauma training and education
- To identify any gaps in the delivery of trauma training and education.
WA Health staff from twenty five different hospitals across the state were invited to participate in the project. The final report and subsequent findings can be found here.
This project received ethics approval through the Sir Charles Gairdner and Osborne Park Health Care Group Human Research Ethics Committee (EC00271), PRN RGS0000000849.
For any questions or additional information please email WATTEU@health.wa.gov.au.