Accreditation
This guide demonstrates how NT Health Library Services provides support to Hospital, Specialist and Medical Officer Accreditation requirements and processes.
Hospital Accreditation
National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards
With the release of the second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards in late 2017, all NT Hospitals will be assessed during hospital accreditation according to these updated standards. Mandatory short notice assessments to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards will commence from July 2023 - see Short notice accreditation assessment Facts sheet 17
The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards have been developed to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of health service provision. The NSQHS Standards provide a nationally consistent statement about the level of care consumers can expect from health services.
More detail about the standards NT Health need to comply with can be found at the NT Health Accreditation Intranet page
NSQHS Standards
The library contributes to NSQHS Standards Criteria
This table demonstrates the NSQHS standards criteria that relate directly to the library and how we meet these actions:
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Action 1.07 - Policies and Procedures The health service organisation uses a risk management approach to:
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Training sessions designed to assist staff in finding evidence for policies and guideline development.
Electronic access to |
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Action 1.21 - Safety and Quality Training The health service organisation has strategies to improve the cultural awareness and cultural competency of the workforce to meet the needs of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients |
Online Support
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Action 1.27 - Evidence-based care The health service organisation has processes that: 1. Provide clinicians with ready access to best-practice guidelines, integrated care pathways, clinical pathways and decision support tools relevant to their clinical practice 2. Support clinicians to use the best available evidence, including relevant clinical care standards developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. |
Training sessions designed to assist staff in finding evidence based information
Online support Electronic access to Expert literature searches for evidence |
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Action 4.13 - Information and decision support tools for medicines 1. Information and decision support tools for medicines. A minimum standard set of medicine-related reference materials could include current versions of:
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Library provides all these resources:
and additionally
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The following searches have been developed, tested and endorsed as part of the HeLiNS : health libraries for the National Standards - outcomes of a national research project, a joint initiative of HLA and HLI (Health Libraries Inc).
They are not intended to be comprehensive, but aim to provide high relevance. The base search for each topic focuses on a hospital setting and is limited to the last 5 years.
Specialist Accreditation
Library Services recognises the importance of supporting vocational training at NT Health. We undertake to provide support as outlined within the approved accreditation standards of specialist medical colleges assessed by the Australian Medical Council, and to provide resources and services that fulfil NT Health obligations also set out in these accreditation agreements.
Library Services to Support Specialist Training
We conduct comprehensive literature searches to support patient care, research projects, program or service development and more. Place a request online via the Literature Search request form and we will conduct a search on your behalf and send the best articles directly to your inbox.
We provide advice and support in gathering background information for project work or we can provide advice and assistance in undertaking systematic literature searches, tools for critical appraisal and managing references. Assistance can be requested through our Book a Librarian form.
Library has a selection of training rooms and quiet spaces to sit exams. We can provide invigilation services (for NT Health staff only) including:
An important condition of many colleges is that trainees have access to quiet areas to complete their work or research. Library provides access to an quiet spaces and training rooms that are well equipped with computers, videoconferencing and internet.
Regular scheduled training sessions are run throughout the year, or library staff are available to deliver face-to-face group sessions or one-to-one assistance in using our resources.
The library has resource sharing networks across Australia and will source and supply articles on your behalf (subject to availability and cost) with our resource delivery service.
The Health Libraries have a number of rooms that can be booked by clinicians for training, meetings and presentations. Visit our Training Rooms page for a full description of facilities and equipment
Requirements Set by Specialty Colleges
The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is responsible for accrediting education providers and their programs of study for the medical profession.
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Specialty |
Accreditation Requirements | NT Health Library Resources |
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Anaesthetics |
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Dermatology |
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Emergency Medicine |
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Intensive Care College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand |
IC-3 Minimum Standards for Intensive Care Units Seeking Accreditation |
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Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for Hospitals in the FRANZCOG Training Program |
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Ophthalmology |
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Orthopaedics
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Accreditation standards for hospitals and training positions |
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Pathology |
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Physicians Royal Australian College of Physicians (includes 33 training specialties) |
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Psychiatry |
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Rural & Remote Medicine |
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Radiology
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Accreditation standards for linked sites (Clinical Radiology Training) |
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Radiation Oncology |
Radiation Oncology Accreditation Standards for training network sites |
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Surgery |
HTP Accreditation Standards and RACS HTP Accreditation Standards for review |
Medical Officer Accreditation
Library Services recognises the importance of supporting prevocational training at NT Health. We undertake to provide support as outlined within the approved standards and requirements relating to prevocational PGY1 and PGY2 within the National Framework.
Requirements set by AMC for Interns and PGY2 Prevocational Doctors
Visit the AMC website to view New National Framework for Prevocational (PGY1 and PGY2) Medical Training (2024+) which includes:
Supports Ophthalmologists undertaking specialist training.
Scan QR code to access or find it on the Library catalogue
Expert literature searching
