National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions in Australia
Here is an important development in the accreditation of health professions in Australia as agreed by the Council of the Australian Governments as reported by the Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (COTRB), Inc. I reckon this is similar to the Health Professions Council (HPC) in the UK.
National Registration & National Accreditation
On 26th March 2008 the Council of the Australian Governments (COAG) signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for a National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions, which will commence on 1 July 2010.
This agreement will establish a single national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals, beginning with the nine professions currently registered in all jurisdictions. That is, physiotherapy, optometry, nursing and midwifery, chiropractic, pharmacy, dental care (dentists, dental hygienists, dental prosthetists and dental therapists), medicine, psychology, and osteopathy.
The objectives of the national scheme, to be set out in the legislation, are to:
- provide for the protection of the public by ensuring that only practitioners who are suitable trained and qualified to practise in a competent and ethical manner are registered;
- facilitate workforce mobility across Australia and reduce red tape for practitioners;
- facilitate the provision of high quality eduacation and training and rigorous and responsive assessment of overseas trained practitioners;
- have regard to the public interest in promoting access to health services; and
- have regard to the need to enable the continuous development of a flexible, responsive and sustainable Australian health workforce and enable innovation in education and service delivery.
The inclusion of partially regulated professions, such as occupational therapy, will be determined during implementation of the national scheme against criteria agreed by Ministerial Council comprising Commonwealth, State and Territory Health Ministers.
Podiatry has been considered a special care and will automatically be included in the National scheme as soon as practicable post 1 July 2010.
The Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (Australia & New Zealand) Inc. (”COTRB”) and OT AUSTRALIA have joined together to put a case forward for National registration of occupational therapists, and this process is well underway.
The establishment costs will be jointly funded by the Commonwealth, States and Territories and both schemes are to be eventually self-funding.
The IGA can be viewed at www.coag.gov.au under “COAG Meeting Outcomes”.
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Seminar-Workshop on Functional Taping
The Integrated Manual Physical Therapy cordially invites you to a seminar-workshop entitled FUNCTIONAL TAPING: THE INTEGRATED MANUAL PHYSICAL THERAPY APPROACH.
When & Where
October 11 and 12, 2008
Venue is yet to be announced.
About the Speaker
VALENTIN C. DONES III, MSPT, PTRP, CMT, DMS
Masters in Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Certified in Manual Therapy
Certified Dorn Method Instructor
Certified Dorn Method Specialist
Mulligan Practitioner
Functional Fascial Taping Practitioner
Integrated NeuroMuscular Taping Therapist
Workshop Details
October 11, 2008
Seminar on Functional Taping and Integrated Neuromuscular Re-education
Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Topics to be covered:
- Introductory discussion on Integrated Neuromuscular Re-Education
- Introduction to the Functional Taping Principles
- Decreasing hypertonicity with Functional Taping
- A case series discussion on Functional Taping Techniques
- Application to actual cases
Fee: P500 inclusive of certificates. This is limited to 50 participants only.
October 12, 2008
Workshop on Functional Taping and Integrated Neuromuscular Re-education
Time: 9AM – 5PM
Topics to be covered:
- Integration of Integrated Neuromuscular Re-education and Functional Taping Techniques
- Application to actual cases
Fee: P2,500 inclusive of 2 tapes and certificate. This is limited to 30 participants only.
Fee if attending both seminar-workshops is only P2,500. For inquiries, you may text (63) 919-4077701.
Please also check out this website’s feature on Integrated NeuroMuscular Taping Therapy for further insights.
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Seminars from Protégé SPED Center
If you are on the look-out for new seminars, here are a couple on Music Therapy and Handwriting Strategies which you might be interested in attending.
A. Music Therapy for Children with Special Needs (July 27, 2008, Sunday, 9:00am-5:00pm)
Facilitator: Ms. Celeste S. Sanchez
Music Therapist
Author of “What Music Therapy Did to George”
Co-facilitator: Ms Patricia G. Munoz
Ms. Munoz, directress of Protégé SPED Center, is a fully credentialed special education teacher in California, USA where she taught special children of various disabilities and different academic and age levels, for four years. She is also a licensed teacher in the Philippines, with English as specialization. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Santo Tomas and her Masters in Special Education from the Philippine Normal University. To date, she has conducted more than 45 SPED seminar-workshops at various parts of the country, attended by over a thousand participants.
This module will equip the participants with an overview of music therapy, its value to persons with special needs both at home and school, and ways of how one can become a successful music therapist. Ms. Sanchez will demonstrate the use of various musical instruments. She will also share inspiring stories of special persons who have become beneficiaries of her music therapy, over a span of 30 years.
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