Free online courses for allied health professionals

This page has information for allied health practitioners about free online courses for professional development.

These courses are reviewed quarterly by the Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer. The list is not exhaustive or definitive.

Talk to your supervisor, manager or professional associations and boards about further education opportunities.

Topic	Course
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health	Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet
Aged Care	Equip Aged Care Learning Packages
Anaphylaxis	Anaphylaxis e-training for health professionals
Brain Injury	Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury
Children’s mental health	Emerging Minds
Dementia	Understanding Dementia – MOOC – UTAS Preventing Dementia – MOOC – UTAS Dementia Training Australia
Dental	NSW Health Early Childhood Oral Health E-Learning
Digital health	Australian Digital Health Agency – My Health Record SNOMED CT (IHTSDO) Webinar recording: COVID 19 and digital technology: The roles, relevance and risks of using telehealth in a crisis
Disability	Access for All Disability Awareness My Allied Health Space
E-Mental health (eMH)	eMH Training for Allied Health
Food allergies	Food allergy prevention e-training for health professionals
Medicines and medical tests, regulation	NPS MedicineWise High Risk medication e-learning
Infection control	Hand Hygiene – Allied Health module The Basics of Infection Prevention and Control – an orientation for all staff COVID-19 infection control training General advice on PPE for COVID-19 Donning and doffing PPE PPE e-learning module
Mental health	Mental Health Practitioners Network Mental Health Professional Online Development Learning Portal eMHPrac Directory (of digital mental Health Resources)
Multiple sclerosis	MS
Nutrition	Food as Medicine (Monash Uni) Food and Mood (Deakin Uni)
Palliative care	Care Worker & Enrolled Nurse Toolkit Palliative care skills Palliative care online training End of life essentials
Parkinson’s disease	Overview & Management of Parkinson’s Disease
Physical activity	Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Australia online eLearning
Psychology	Understanding Anxiety, Depression and CBT
Registration	Taking care: A podcast of conversations about public safety and health care (also available on Spotify.
Research	Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics iCAHE PD courses on EBP and Research Methodology Writing an abstract AH-TRIP (Allied Health: Translating Research into Practice) online training
Risk management	ACTIA Risk Management Training (only available to ACT directorate staff)
Suicide prevention	QPR – training
Other	ClinEdAus – Resources for allied health clinical educators and students (online webinars and face-to-face events) Safer Care Victoria Healthcare Redesign Various - Developed by WHO and Pacific Ministries of Health

These courses are not endorsed by the ACT Health Directorate. They are reviewed quarterly by the Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer.

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