Table 1 Stakeholders and methods of consultation

Funding body

Health Workforce Australia

Government priorities

Grant application and contract determined extent and structure of SLE

Educational body: discipline

School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University: curriculum design

Conforms with university and regulatory requirements

Previously determined timing of SLE and place within the curriculum. Overall content needed to reflect the area of practice

Educational institution

Griffith University graduate attributes

Additional attributes not necessarily covered in regulations

Review of online resources: [18]

Regulatory agency

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Protection of the public. Ensure practitioners conform to ethical and practice standards

Review of online resources [19]

Including records of complaints and action taken in responses to complaints

Accreditation agency

Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC): accreditation standards

Ensure graduates are of appropriate standard

Review of online resources [20]

Professional indemnity insurance providers

Professional indemnity insurance providers

Minimise claims

Online documents on risk minimisation including types of frequent claims [21, 22]

External clinical placement providers

Clinical educators for physiotherapy at Griffith University

Ensure students receive relevant experiences and perform to appropriate standard

Online survey

Employers of new graduates

Physiotherapists from public and private system

Firsthand experience of the product of education

Semi-structured interviews

Patients

Not consulted

Ultimate ‘consumers’ of physiotherapy services

Unable to achieve due to time and consultation was not covered by ethics approval

Learners

Physiotherapy students

Learners

Debriefing sessions from previous cohorts following the corresponding clinical placements