Free online courses for health professionals

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

The list is not exhaustive or definitive.

Talk to your supervisor, manager, peak body or professional association and or board about further education opportunities.

Topic	Course
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health	Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce series
Advanced practice	Advanced practice masterclass series hosted by University of Tasmania
Aged Care	Equip Aged Care Learning Packages
Allergy and Anaphylaxis	Allergy and Anaphylaxis e-training from ASCIA
Arthritis	Arthritis Training, Learning and Up-Skilling for Health Professionals
Brain Injury	Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury - MOOC UTAS
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, Electronic prescribing and Cyber security SNOMED CT (IHTSDO)
Disability – confidence and working with people with a disability	About Me, With Me Access for All Disability Awareness My Allied Health Space My Professional Practice Space (for students and their educators) Disability Advocacy Resource Unit
Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence	Emerging Minds DV alert
Food allergies	Food allergy prevention e-training for health professionals
Infection control	Hand Hygiene – Allied Health module The Basics of Infection Prevention and Control – an orientation for all staff Donning and doffing PPE
Medicines and medical tests, regulation	NPS MedicineWise High Risk medication e-learning
Mental health	Mental Health Practitioners Network Mental Health Professional Online Development Learning Portal eMHPrac Directory (of digital Mental Health Resources) Emerging Minds (multiple infant and child mental health topics) Understanding Anxiety, Depression and CBT Mental Health Coordinating Council
Multiple sclerosis	Understanding MS - MOOC UTAS
Nutrition	Food and Mood (Deakin Uni)
Palliative care	Care Worker & Enrolled Nurse Toolkit End of life essentials
Parkinson’s disease	Overview & Management of Parkinson’s Disease Parkinsons – MOOC UTAS
Physical activity	Exercise is Medicine (EIM) Australia online eLearning
Registration	Taking care: A podcast of conversations about public safety and health care (also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
Research	Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics iCAHE PD courses on EBP and Research Methodology Webinar recordings: research topics AH-TRIP (Allied Health: Translating Research into Practice) online training
Suicide prevention	QPR – training
Stroke	Resources \| Angels Initiative Stroke Basics for Nurses \| Angels LMS
Trauma-informed care	Emerging minds Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre Orygen Helping hand
Other	ClinEdAus – Resources for allied health clinical educators and students (online webinars and face-to-face events) Safer Care Victoria Healthcare Redesign - UTAS

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