The New South Wales Allied Health Workplace Learning Study: barriers and enablers to learning in the workplace

Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 46)

Characteristic	n	(%)
Managers	19	(41%)
Head of Discipline/Service manager	13
Allied Health Director^a	5
Other	1
Clinicians	19	(41%)
‘Juniors’^b	7
‘Seniors’^c	10
‘Specialists’^d	2
Educators	8	(18%)
Discipline specific	5
Allied Health	3
Discipline
Physiotherapy	9
Occupational Therapy	9
Social Work	8
Speech Pathology	7
Nutrition and Dietetics	4
Psychology	3
Medical Radiation Sciences	2^e
Podiatry	1^e
Genetic Counselling	1^e
Pharmacy	1^e
Nursing^f	1^e
Employment site
Metropolitan	33	(72%)
Rural/regional	13	(28%)
Employment status
Full-time	36	(78%)
Part-time^g	10	(22%)
Age (years)
<25	0	(0%)
25-44	24	(52%)
45-64	21	(46%)
≥65	1	(2%)
Gender
Female	34	(74%)
Male	12	(26%)

^aAllied Health Directors included 3 district/network directors of allied health and 2 district/network discipline specific directors.
^b‘Junior’ clinicians included Level 1–2 AHPs and psychologists/clinical psychologists.
^c‘Senior’ clinicians included Level 3–4 AHPs and senior psychologists/clinical psychologists.
^dClinical specialists included Level 6 AHPs who identified their primary role as ‘clinician’.
^eTo maintain participant anonymity professions with ≤ 2 participants will be described as ‘allied health’ when presenting quotes, rather than by their profession.
^fFor readability the sample will be referred to as ‘AHPs’, inclusive of 45 AHPs and 1 nurse (the nurse was a manager of AHPs).
^gPart-time employment was any paid employment that was self-identified to be ‘part-time’.

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