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Allied Health Assistants: Their Training, Role and Attitudes
Author(s) -
Strong Graham D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1983.tb01432.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , multidisciplinary approach , medical education , medicine , psychology , family medicine , nursing , gerontology , sociology , social science
Allied health assistants (AHA's) are persons trained or accredited by Mayfield Centre to assist occupational, speech and physiotherapists. The philosophy, structure and content of the Mayfield course are outlined, and a discussion of the status and role of AHA's follows. A postal survey was conducted of AHA's trained or accredited between 1977 and 1981 to determine their level of job satisfaction and to evaluate the relevance of the Mayfield course. It is concluded that training multidisciplinary assistants is of value and Mayfield Centre serves as a useful model.