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PD Health has taken the hard work out of identifying high quality, peer reviewed professional development (PD) opportunities by finding great clinicians and educators and making their knowledge available to you, online, wherever you are and whenever you have the time.

Our goal is to help you comply with your professional obligations for PD and to give you a range of products and services to make recording and managing your PD as easy and cost effective as possible. Try our free demo module below.

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Tennis Elbow Module coming soon

24-Apr-2012

One of our Directors, Nicole, along with Dr Bjorn Smith (MB BS QLD, B APP SC (PHTY) SA) an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, have co-authored our module on Tennis Elbow. It is currently in production however we would like to thank Bjorn for his contribution to date. This module will explore the anatomy and physiology of tennis elbow, options for intervention and the functional impact on home and work lives. Become a member (it's free) and opt to subscrib..

A free module for the first 100 PD Health members

15-Mar-2012

Our PD Health community is growing and soon our library will too. To say thank you to our member community we are offering our first 100 members a free Read & Reflect module. A great way to accrue some credit for your professional development requirements for free. Once you have logged in simply click on the "Redeem Free Modules" key and copy and paste the following code: 69fb1e63e9b3c71ebe95529504986ea5 The module will then be listed in your own personal library. ..

OT Medicolegal expert Anne Morgan agrees to author module

09-Feb-2012

Anne's ongoing commitment to educating her peers on the perils and pitfalls of providing medicolegal reports has resulted in Anne agreeing to draft a module for PD Health on the topic., and PD Health couldn't be happier to have her expertise on board. The module will be the second in a series on Report Writing with the first module titled Report Writing - Improve the credibility of your reports to be authored by our very own Rebecca Singh. The Medicolegal Report Writ..

PD Health Directors Nicole Nott and Rebecca Singh win award for Innovation

02-Nov-2011

PD Health is buzzing with the news that our Directors Nicole Nott and Rebecca Singh have been the recipients of the OT Australia Ltd - South Australian branches 2011 Innovative Service Delivery Award for the development of PD Health. Rebecca said "It is fantastic to be recognised for our efforts so early on in our development. The support from peers has been overwhelming and keeps the fires burning in the belly"...

PD Health launches in OT Week 24-28 October

19-Oct-2011

PD Health is a mad house currently as we prepare to launch our first e-learning products. Next week is OT Week, what better time to be "PromOTing OT". We will have three Read & Reflect modules available which provide OT's with Case Study's to explore and reflect on what they would do if they were the OT in the scenario. Do you have an interesting case to share? If so, contact us (/PDContactus.html) and you can be a part of the exciting things to come at PD Health...

First e-learning modules on the verge of release

24-Sep-2011

The wait for our first e-learning products is nearly over. PD Health is a hub of activity at the moment whilst we feverishly complete our first e-learning modules. The hassle of taking time off work and travelling to seminar's and conferences to access Professional Development (PD) activities will soon be a thing of the past. The first module is titled Capacity to Decide authored by Dr Emma Scamps (Clinical Psychologist specialising in Neuropsychology). This module will assist pr..

What is PD?

03-Mar-2011

Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage. There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including..

PD Health website launches - official launch to occur in early 2011 with full functionality

20-Dec-2010

The Directors of PD Health, Nicole Nott and Rebecca Singh, engaged Ennovative Web Solutions to design their website with a Learning Management System to bring their “e-learning for health professionals” concept to fruition. The website is under development and undergoing extensive systems testing to ensure it is working like “a well oiled machine” when the official launch occurs in early 2011. The website will enable members to undertake a variety of professional deve..