Table 1 Characteristics of MHFA provision among program providers (n = 15)
If compulsory | If Voluntary | If Voluntary | |||||||||
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Code | Compulsory/ Voluntary | Duration of years MHFA offered | Courses run by provider per year (courses) | % of student cohort completing MHFA (%) | Reason for % | Mode of MHFA training delivery | Source of MHFA instructors | Exemptions to MHFA training | Student cohort completing MHFA training | Opportunity to practice? | Assessed? |
Medicine | |||||||||||
M1 | Compulsory | 3 | 1 | N/A | N/A | Blended | Internal Staff | None provided | 1st of 5-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |
M2 | Compulsory | 4–5 | 1 | N/A | N/A | eLearning only | External instructors | None provided | Prior to 1st of 4-year program; postgraduate. | No | No |
M3 | Compulsory | 2 | 1 | N/A | N/A | Blended | Internal Staff | Current MHFA accreditation | 1st and 2nd of 6-year program; undergraduate. | Yes | No |
M4 | Voluntary | 4 | N/A | 75 | 1st come 1st serve | Blended | Internal Staff | N/A | 1st of 4-year program; undergraduate. Note: may offer to other years due to MDANZ funding. | No | No |
M6 | Compulsory | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | eLearning only | External instructors | Current MHFA accreditation | 1st of 4-year program; postgraduate. | No | No |
M8 | Voluntary | 2 | N/A | 100 | Aims to have all students qualified | Blended | Internal Staff | N/A | 4th or 5th of 5-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |
M10 | Compulsory | Compulsory: 1; Voluntary: > 3 | 1 | N/A | N/A | Blended | External instructors | Current MHFA accreditation | 1st of 5-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |
Nursing | |||||||||||
N2 | Voluntary | > 7 | Ad hoc | 20 | Based on funding, availability of trainers | Standard or blended | Internal Staff | N/A | All students: undergraduate. | No | No |
N11 | Compulsory | ~ 6 | 4–5 | N/A | N/A | Blended | Internal Staff | Current MHFA accreditation | 1st and 2nd of 3-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |
Pharmacy | |||||||||||
P1 | Compulsory | 5 | > 3 | N/A | N/A | Standard | Internal Staff | Students majoring in international, industry pharmacy or honours | 4th of 4-year program; undergraduate. 2nd of 2-year program; postgraduate. | Yes | Yes |
P2 | Compulsory | > 6 | 1 | N/A | N/A | Previously standard, now blended | Internal Staff | Current MHFA accreditation | Previously 2nd of 2-year program, now 1st of 2 year program; postgraduate. | No | No |
P3 | Compulsory | Compulsory: 2nd; previously voluntary. MHFA offered for 4 years. | 1 | N/A | N/A | Standard | Internal Staff | None provided | 4th of 4-year program; undergraduate. 2nd of 2-year program; postgraduate. | Yes | No |
P7 | Compulsory | 3–4 | Unknowna | N/A | – | Blended | External instructors | Current MHFA accreditation | 4th of 4-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |
P8 | Voluntary | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1st come 1st serve | Blended | Internal Staff | – | Internship (5th) year. | No | No |
P9 | Voluntary | 4 | – | 60 | 1st come 1st serve | Standard | External instructors | – | All students but focus on 4th of 4-year program; undergraduate. | No | No |