ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 152
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Collaborative Care: A framework for empowering
community in the development of rural primary health
workforce and service delivery models
Mr Richard Colbran1, Lauren Madden1, Louise Geddes1, Robyn Ramsden1,2,3
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NSW Rural Doctors Network, 2Deakin University, 3Charles Sturt University
Rural communities in Australia face many challenges in accessing quality healthcare, including
limited resources and often vast distances to travel with the geographical spread of rural towns.
As a result, rural communities have poorer health outcomes, with higher rates of injury, hospitalisation
and mortality.
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No two rural communities are the same; all have different health services and workforce needs.
Collaborative Care addresses this as an innovative model of care, targeting a place-based approach
to support the development and sustainability of a rural community’s health services and workforce
models. Collaborative Care seeks to leverage existing resources within the health system underpinned
by collaboration, co-governance, community engagement and action implementation.
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This presentation will share the Collaborative Care framework, highlighting critical characteristics, key
actions and important factors across five steps coordinated by community driven project teams.
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Investigation: What do we already know about the primary healthcare needs in these
communities?
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Engagement: Hear the views of community members, health practitioners and the organisations
that support them.
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Co-design: Decide together how primary health care services could be shared among local
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Implementation: Put the plan into practice and make sure communities know what to expect.
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Evaluation: Look at what is working well and where improvements can still be made.
This framework necessitates partnership with community as a key enabler. The Collaborative Care
approach and framework are transferable between communities to allow localised solutions to
achieving quality and sustainable healthcare access.
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