All members of the health care team working in partnership with consumers and each other to facilitate access to the highest standard of health care. Collaborative relationships depend on mutual respect. Successful collaboration depends on communication, consultation and joint decision making within a risk management framework, to enable appropriate referral and to ensure effective, efficient and safe health care.

Where health professionals work as an effective team, optimising individual skills and talents and sharing case management to reach the highest of patient care standards.

The official Australian Government website that lists all Australian education providers that offer courses to people studying in Australia on student visas and the courses offered. Only these providers can enrol overseas students or issue AQF qualifications and statements of attainment to them.

The combination of skills, knowledge, attitudes, values and abilities that underpin effective and/or superior performance in a profession/occupational area.

Women requiring care beyond what would be considered routine or normal by the health service. Refers to the application of care principles for a range of experiences including maternity emergencies and recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in women with complex needs. This is inclusive of situations where women may be experiencing risks to social and psychological wellbeing, mental health or requiring medical or surgical care.

People requiring care beyond what would be considered routine or normal by the health service. It refers to the application of care principles for a range of experiences including emergencies and recognising and responding to clinical deterioration. This is inclusive of risk to social and psychological wellbeing, mental health or requiring medical or surgical care.

Promotes coherence in the program of study by identifying how underpinning educational, nursing and midwifery philosophies are used to guide teaching and learning approaches and support program learning outcomes.

Occurs when a person’s personal interests conflict with their responsibility to act in the best interests of ANMAC. Personal interests include direct interests as well as those of family, friends, or other organisations a person may be involved with or have an interest in. It also includes a conflict between a director’s duty to ANMAC and another duty that the Director has. A conflict of interest may be actual, potential or perceived and may be financial or non-financial.

The combination of skills, knowledge, attitudes, values and abilities that underpin effective and/or superior performance in a profession/occupational area.

Healthcare consumers are people who engage with healthcare systems to manage their health and well-being. Consumers can be patients, carers, families, community groups, consumer organisations or consumer representatives (see below). Nearly everyone uses healthcare services at some point, and therefore, most of us are healthcare consumers.