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29 Aug 2024
The independently-chaired Accreditation Committee (the committee) invites you to give feedback on its draft guidance on developing professional capabilities.
Professional capabilities are the knowledge, skills and professional attributes required for registration as a health practitioner in Australia. They describe the minimum requirements for safe and competent practice.
The committee has drafted this guidance to foster good practice in the development of professional capabilities across the 16 professions regulated by the National Scheme.
‘This draft guidance raises important issues associated with the governance and ownership of professional capabilities documents and the potential for core capabilities to be shared across professions. It also provides practical information to assist organisations to develop their professional capabilities. The draft guidance aims to make this process more efficient and more consistent across all professions regulated under the National Scheme,’ said Professor Andrew Wilson AO, independent chair of the Accreditation Committee.
‘The guidance reflects contemporary approaches and good regulatory practice.’
Public consultation on these draft principles is open until 18 October 2024.
Find out more about the consultation and how to provide feedback at the Accreditation Committee’s current consultations webpage.
The committee was established in 2021, consistent with Ministerial Council Policy Direction 2020-1 – Independent Accreditation Committee. The committee gives independent and expert advice on accreditation reform and other National Scheme accreditation matters to National Boards, accreditation authorities and Ahpra.
More information about accreditation in the National Scheme is published on the Ahpra website.