The Australasian College of Paramedicine

Continuing Professional Development

The College is the leading provider of high quality continuing professional development workshops, conferences, online learning and other activities for paramedics and student paramedics in Australia and New Zealand. We complement the training and support offered by ambulance services and create learning opportunities for paramedics working in private industry, the military, rural/outback locations and other areas to access CPD content to maintain and improve their existing skill base.

Online Courses

The College provides members with a selection of hundreds of online workshops and presentations, with content regularly added. The wide range of online courses from our conferences and education evenings provides you with the opportunity to learn from home, or on the go, at a time that suits you. Non-members can purchase access to individual courses.

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Conferences

The College delivers a number of paramedic conferences each year, including our major international conference, research symposium, rural, outback and remote conference, trauma conference, and a number of other major events to meet the needs of paramedics.

Emergency SA Conference: Held biennially, Adelaide, SA
ROAR Paramedic Conference: 27-28 May 2021, Online
Trauma on the Border: 19 March 2021, Tweed Heads, NSW
ACP International Conference: 25-26 November 2021
Student Conference: 30 July 2021, Online
A number of one day conferences are being planned for New Zealand.

Professional Development workshops

Each year the College delivers a range of educational days and evenings across Australia and New Zealand. This provides an interactive way for members to continue their professional development while networking with their peers and leaders in the field of paramedicine.

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AHPRA CPD Registration Standard

The College learning portal meets the requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) CPD Registration Standard and offers a personal storage platform to record CPD and manage your activities for annual registration renewal (and in the event of an AHPRA audit). Our conferences and events, and online learning automatically updates in your learning portal, prompting your self reflection and keeping track of your total CPD hours undertaken in each registration year.

Education Grants

The College is committed to supporting members in their educational pursuits and offers a number of education grants each year that can be used for professional development activities.

Leadership Program

The College’s Leadership Program has been established to support the development of future leaders in paramedicine. This eleven-month online program aims to build the capacity of paramedics and health sector managers to navigate the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and adaptive) environments they work in.