Western Health encourages research that improves outcomes for patients and promotes new and better clinical practice and service delivery. Western Health has highly effective collaborative partnerships for research throughout Australia and the world with universities, hospitals, research groups and industry.
Western Health also aims to provide work based education and training for Western Health staff, students and external applicants which will support excellence in practice and career progression opportunities. Our approach to education seeks to promote the engagement of students and staff and the empowerment of patients. We are pursuing multi-disciplinary approaches, patient-centred care and lifelong learning.