At PD Health we love reflective practice and not just in a "love it" kind of way but in a serious, obsessive "luuuurve it" kind of way. I guess this is why we spent a small fortune making sure that all of our members have their very own on-line reflective journal that they can access at any time whilst undertaking their on-line training modules, or even whilst on the go via their smart-phones or tablet pc's. But the questions we wanted to put out there is "What makes for good reflective practice". By good we mean valuable, useful, meaningful and explorative.  ...view full post

A new dawn is arriving for Occupational Therapists (OT's) across Australia with the commencement of the National Occupational Therapy Board of Australia. However with nation wide registration of Occupational Therapists comes nation wide mandatory requirements for continuing professional development (CPD). These requirements have recently been announced as being a minimum of 30 hours of CPD per registration period. For some other health professional groups similar minimum requirements have been in place at least since their transition into the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority (AHPRA) on 1st of July 2010.  ...view full post

Imagine you and your husband or wife are having a great day out at a concert and your spouse has a heart attack, they are turning blue, gasping for breath and lying slumped on the ground.  You are relieved as the event paramedic rushes to the scene, assesses your spouse, attaches a defribillator, activates it, performs CPR, administers medication and a normal heart rate returns.  With oxygen mask in place your spouse’s eyes open and you dissolve into floods of tearful relief.  ...view full post

As you can imagine at PD Health we love all things that can improve our efficiency at work, are a bit techy and are FREE. As a result we thought we would share our favourite free mobile apps that enable us to undertake our work with our clients anywhere and any time. A bit like our e-learning modules really. If you think we have missed a cracker then let us know about it by leaving a comment and share the hot tip with everyone. So here is our top 5 free mobile apps for health professionals:  ...view full post

In getting the content up and running for the PD Health e-learning modules we have discovered that a vast majority of health professionals have one common trait.....self depreciation. When approaching health professionals about providing content a common response is “What could I have to offer” instead of “I can do x, y and z”.   ...view full post