Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Osteopathy Australia is committed to supporting a culture of lifelong learning in the profession.

Osteo Brain, Osteopathy Australia’s learning platform, makes education, upskilling and networking easier for osteopaths, with its suite of tools, including eLearning modules and courses, webinars and face-to-face learning.

We will continue to expand our range of accessible and low-cost CPD resources and events to help members meet their registration obligations for CPD. We want to ensure practitioners keep that extra edge to thrive for their entire career.

For more information, visit the CPD page on the Osteopathy Australia website.

Free Webinars

Osteopathy Australia is committed to holding at least 20 webinars a year, covering a broad spread of topics that allow for contributions from experts in the industry.

These webinars run for one to two hours with a Q&A session at the end and cover a range of clinical, policy and business subject matter. Some webinars also cover the OBA’s mandatory topics.

eLearning

Osteopathy Australia’s e-learning portal includes specially designed up-to-date courses written by some of the top people in allied health. The courses available include Paediatrics, Pain Management, Caring for the Clinician, Critical Appraisal of Research, Prevalent Sports Injuries and Exercise Rehabilitation.

Course content, including quizzes, have been sourced from clinical experts inside and outside osteopathy, and modules are created by instructional designers. The courses are designed for members to access at a time of their choosing on various mobile devices.

Osteo Talk Podcasts

Osteopathy Australia’s e-learning portal Osteopathy Australia’s Osteo Talk clinical podcasts deliver clinically relevant education for osteopaths to learn, connect and collaborate. This podcast is a professional development resource that aims to provide osteopathically relevant content by drawing on the wealth of knowledge seen in practice, as well as experts in other disciplines.

Each episode explores real clinical issues through interviews and discussion with top practitioners in Australia and internationally. The aim is to inspire and be inspired by colleagues to help grow clinical knowledge among osteopaths to ensure better clinical practice. This podcast is available free via the Osteopathy Australia website and on Spotify, Amazon, Google or Apple.

Insurance

Before you can start treating patients, you must have adequate insurance to protect yourself. Osteopathy Australia negotiates a group professional indemnity insurance scheme for its members through Guild Insurance, thereby keeping premiums at a competitive rate and providing additional policy benefits. The following is provided as general information and not as financial or insurance advice, so contact Guild Insurance directly for specific policy advice.

Osteopathy Australia members receive quality, broad protection offered through Guild’s liabilities insurance that provides protection for:

• Breach of professional duty (i.e. professional indemnity)

• Goods sold and advice on goods sold

• Public liability

• Ongoing cover if you cease working or retire (run-off cover)

• No ‘excess’ or ‘deductibles’ as standard

Guild’s policy for Osteopathy Australia members also includes pay-by-the-month at no extra cost (very popular among new practitioners finding their feet in the workforce).

So, if you are shopping around for insurance, check your quotes are like-for-like insurance. You can contact Guild Insurance on their Toll-Free number 1800 810 213

In addition, your Guild cover for legal expenses associated with disciplinary inquiries, such as those by Osteopathy Board of Australia, other regulatory authorities or coronial inquiries, is up to $100,000.

Further, Guild and Osteopathy Australia encourage all osteopaths to renew their focus on risk management in the year ahead.

Osteopaths who take a proactive approach to the management of risk help to protect their reputation and that of the profession.

To aid osteopaths in managing their risks, Guild has a dedicated website called RiskHQ www.riskhq.com.au

Remember, you are responsible for having appropriate professional indemnity insurance arrangements in place – don’t risk your registration with non-compliant insurance.

Print and Online Publications

Osteo Life. A quarterly magazine for members featuring news, quality editorial, changes to the profession, clinical practice, continuing professional development and eLearning articles. It has a strong focus on member clinical and opinion editorial features, offers business management articles from our core partners plus all the exciting things various osteopaths are doing in Australia and around the world.

Osteo Matters eNews and eFlyers. Member news, research articles, lobbying and policy e-updates.

Osteopathy Australia Factsheets. See the Osteopathy Australia website for a range of factsheets and practice briefings for members only.

Free Classified and Locum Service for Members

Members can place classifieds for free through the Osteopathy Australia website for associates, locums, locum work, student placement or the sale of a practice.

Patient Enquires and Referral Service

Osteopathy Australia assists in answering enquiries from the public, making patient referrals to members and distributing information about osteopathy to the public or community services.

Members receive a free website listing for their clinics in Osteopathy Australia’s online directory, Find an Osteo, which is available to the public to search for an osteopath in their local area.

Approximately 5000-page views are made via this online service each month.