Ethics and Professionalism Complete Program

Most of our programs respond to a particular concern. This one is different. It is designed for practitioners who want a thorough, structured grounding in ethics and professionalism as part of their ordinary CPD, without waiting for something to go wrong. It covers the codes of conduct and how Boards use them, ethical reasoning in hard cases, communication, boundaries, honesty, documentation, open disclosure, patient safety and insight.

Together these ten topics account for much of what decision-makers examine when a concern is raised. Learning them in advance, with time to reflect and change habits, is a calmer and more effective way to protect your patients and your registration than learning them under pressure.

• Practitioners who want to plan a substantial ethics and professionalism component of their annual CPD in one purchase.
• New graduates and early-career practitioners moving from supervised training into independent practice.
• Overseas-trained practitioners new to Australian codes, law and regulatory expectations.
• Practitioners returning to practice after a break, or moving into private practice for the first time.
• Supervisors, educators and clinical leads who want a shared reference for teaching professionalism.
• Practitioners asked by an employer or college to complete broad professionalism education.

If you are responding to a notification, the Notification Response Program is usually a better starting point, because it focuses on the process, insight and remediation. You can add topic courses afterwards.

At about 20 hours, the program can make up a significant part of an annual CPD plan for many professions. CPD registration standards differ between Boards in the total hours required, the types of activity and how reflection must be recorded, so check your own Board's standard and plan accordingly. The free CPD hours planner can help you map courses against your requirements.

A practical rhythm is one course every three to five weeks, with time between courses to apply what you have learned. Each course includes a written reflective account; keep these with your CPD records, and record the actual time you spend rather than the estimate. The CPD Portfolio keeps your plan, certificates and reflections in one place.

The courses are written for all registered professions. You can add your own profession's course on ethics or professional standards, listed on each profession page, for content specific to your Board's code.

• Ten certificates of completion recording approximate learning time.
• Ten reflective accounts, each based on prompts specific to the topic.
• A personal professionalism plan for the next 12 months.
• Quick-reference guides including the seven-step ethical framework, professional tests and seven-day notification events, communication phrases, a boundaries guide, a record self-audit tool, open disclosure checklists and a personal patient safety plan.

The ten courses cost A$1,418 as a program, 25% less than buying them separately. The saving is applied automatically in the cart. If you would rather choose ten courses yourself, multi-buy applies 20% off any ten or more courses.