Table 2: Equivalent full-time student load by jurisdiction of higher education provider, 2011-<strong>2012</strong>Equivalent full-time student load2011 <strong>2012</strong> Change: 2011-<strong>2012</strong>Jurisdiction of higherNo. % of total No. % of total No. %education provider (a)New South Wales 25,335 25% 26,679 24% 1,344 5%Victoria 21,809 21% 23,106 21% 1,298 6%Queensland 29,383 29% 32,882 30% 3,499 12%South <strong>Australia</strong> 10,269 10% 10,985 10% 716 7%Western <strong>Australia</strong> 10,613 10% 11,664 11% 1,051 10%Tasmania 2,701 3% 2,925 3% 224 8%Northern Territory 1,048 1% 1,223 1% 176 17%<strong>Australia</strong>n Capital Territory 1,299 1% 1,351 1% 53 4%Total 102,456 100% 110,816 100% 8,360 8%a) Unless a campus was specified, the location of HEP was allocated according to the provider’s main addressThe distribution of EFTSL by profession was also consistent between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong> (Table 3). As in 2011, the nursingand medicine professions contributed to over half of the total EFTSL in <strong>2012</strong>, 36 per cent and 15 per cent respectively,or 56,770 EFTSL in total.The recorded change in EFTSL between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong> varied considerably by profession (Figure 1), and ranged froma 33 per cent increase for the paramedicine profession, to a 18 per cent decrease for the orthoptics profession. Theapparent growth in sonography is an artifact of its disaggregation from radiation science. Further explanation for thechange for each profession is provided in the relevant profession’s chapter. In general, the increases or decreases aredue to a combination of factors. For example, increases could be due to the introduction of courses in the <strong>2012</strong> survey,whether through the inclusion of new courses or in a small number of cases, providers supplying data for the first time.A decline in EFTSL in this period is likely due to factors such as the exclusion of courses in <strong>2012</strong> – that they were not runin <strong>2012</strong>, no longer offered by the HEP, or no longer a professional–entry course.When compared to the average growth rate of eight per cent across all professions, the increases in EFTSL forphysiotherapy, medical laboratory science, nursing, psychology, audiology and occupational therapy between 2011and <strong>2012</strong> are comparable. Paramedicine, exercise physiology, orthotics and prosthetics, speech pathology, osteopathy,optometry, social work, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker and dentistry experienced higher growththan the average, while podiatry, midwifery, chiropractic, dietetics, and sonography/radiation science showed lowergrowth. Medicine, orthoptics, oral health and pharmacy did not grow between 2011 and <strong>2012</strong>.12HWA | <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Training</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
Table 3: Equivalent full-time student load by profession, 2011-<strong>2012</strong>Equivalent full-time student load2011 <strong>2012</strong> Change: 2011-<strong>2012</strong>Profession No. % of total No. % of total No. %Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander health worker121 0% 135 0% 14 12%Audiology 235 0% 251 0% 17 7%Chiropractic 648 1% 677 1% 29 4%Dentistry 2,449 2% 2,718 2% 269 11%Dietetics 1,731 2% 1,829 2% 97 6%Exercise physiology 2,833 3% 3,660 3% 827 29%Medical laboratory science 1,351 1% 1,469 1% 118 9%Medicine 16,513 16% 16,997 15% 484 3%Midwifery 2,556 2% 2,683 2% 128 5%Nursing 36,996 36% 39,773 36% 2,776 8%Occupational therapy 4,181 4% 4,477 4% 296 7%Optometry 646 1% 771 1% 125 19%Oral health 777 1% 811 1% 34 4%Orthoptics 223 0% 182 0% -41 -18%Orthotics and prosthetics 116 0% 146 0% 30 26%Osteopathy 333 0% 405 0% 72 22%Paramedicine 3,155 3% 4,183 4% 1,028 33%Pharmacy 6,341 6% 6,296 6% -45 -1%Physiotherapy 5,044 5% 5,535 5% 491 10%Podiatry 1,075 1% 1,131 1% 56 5%Psychology 3,037 3% 3,264 3% 227 7%Radiation science 2,860 3% 2,863 3% 3 0%Social work 6,821 7% 7,478 7% 657 10%Sonography 307 0% 501 0% 194 63%Speech pathology 2,108 2% 2,582 2% 474 22%Total EFTSL 102,456 100% 110,816 100% 8,359 8%<strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Training</strong> <strong>2012</strong> | HWA 13