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Accreditation

Monash Health Library plays a vital role in supporting accreditation by offering access to high-quality resources and evidence-based information crucial for meeting accreditation standards. Through education and training on research skills, evidence-based practice, and critical appraisal, the library helps staff and trainees stay current with the latest research. Additionally, the library provides a literature searching service, ensuring that both operations and patient care are grounded in the best available evidence.

Monash Health employees can learn more about accreditation and remaining accreditation-ready from the Accreditation SharePoint site.

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National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards

These standards set a nationally consistent level of care that consumers can expect from health service organisations. The library offers education and relevant clinical resources, assisting Monash Health to meet accreditation requirements and maintain clinical excellence.

Clinical Governance Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 1.07 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Delivering an evidence report service that compiles the most relevant and high-quality evidence for PROMPT procedures.

Monash Health Library supports Action 1.2.1 by: 

  • Providing a curated guide of Indigenous Health resources, including eBooks, journals, databases, and applications.

Monash Health Library supports Action 1.2.7 by:

  • Facilitating access to and providing support for a range of clinical decision support tools.

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.

  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.

Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 3.03 and Action 3.05 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.

Comprehensive Care Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 5.01 and Action 5.10 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.

Monash Health Library supports Action 5.04 by: 

Monash Health Library supports Action 5.13 and Actions 5.21-5.36 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.
  • Facilitating access to relevant resources for comprehensive patient care.

Monash Health Library supports Action 5.18 by:

Blood Management Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 7.1 and Action 7.06 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Delivering an evidence report service that compiles the most relevant and high-quality evidence for PROMPT procedures.

Monash Health Library supports Action 7.03 by: 

Partnering with Consumers Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 2.10 by: 

Medication Safety Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 4.13 by: 

Communicating for Safety Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 6.1 and Action 6.2 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.

Monash Health Library supports Action 6.3 by:

Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Standard

Monash Health Library supports Action 8.01 and Action 8.02 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to employees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and critical appraisal, ensuring that policies and protocols are revised with the best available evidence.
  • Offering a literature searching service that delivers expert searches of medical research and publications.

Monash Health Library supports Action 8.03 by: 

Monash Health Library supports Action 8.10 by:

  • Facilitating access to relevant resources for comprehensive patient care.

Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV)

The PMCV is approved by the Medical Board of Australia as an intern training accreditation authority and is authorised by the Victorian Department of Health to review postgraduate positions. The Monash Health library supports Monash Health’s accreditation as an intern training provider.

Prevocational Doctors

Monash Health Library supports Accreditation Standards 8.1.5, 3.1.3 and 4.2 by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to trainees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and other research activities.
  • Facilitating access to relevant resources for comprehensive patient care, research, and professional development.
  • Providing learning spaces at the Monash Medical Centre (MMC), as well as at Dandenong, Casey, and Moorabbin hospitals.
  • Providing wellbeing resources and spaces.
  • Providing one-on-one, personalised support for research and professional development activities.

Junior Doctors

Monash Health Library supports Accreditation Standards 3.4.1, 3.4.2, and 4.2.1. by:

  • Offering a comprehensive education and training program to trainees on evidence-based practice, literature searching, and other research activities.
  • Facilitating access to relevant resources for comprehensive patient care, research, and professional development.
  • Providing learning spaces at the Monash Medical Centre (MMC), as well as at Dandenong, Casey, and Moorabbin hospitals.
  • Providing one-on-one, personalised support for research and professional development activities.

Specialist Medical Colleges

Monash Health Library aids in the accreditation of Monash Health as a trainee site for the following specialist medical colleges by offering access to core resources, an education and training programme, and study spaces at MMC, Casey, Dandenong, and Moorabbin Hospitals: