BMJ Learning Courses are designed to help you learn at every stage of your career. It is free for Monash Health employees and includes hundreds of interactive, peer reviewed learning modules, written by experts from BMJ. BMJ Learning is accredited by the Australian College of Nursing and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Earn CME credit for completing courses. 

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Recommended resources:

• Assessing musculoskeletal disorders
• Ankle examination
• Back examination: low back pain and sciatica
• Elbow examination
• Hip examination
• Knee examination
• Parkinson's disease: initial assessment and referral
• Shoulder examination and diagnosis
• Tennis elbow: diagnosis and treatment
• The health benefits of physical activity: Cancer
• The health benefits of physical activity: Cardiovascular disease
• The health benefits of physical activity: Depression, anxiety, sleep, and dementia
• The health benefits of physical activity: Diabetes
• The health benefits of physical activity: Cardiovascular disease
• The health benefits of physical activity: Osteoarthritis and low back pain
• The health benefits of physical activity: Respiratory disease
• Working in partnership with patients
• Wrist examination

ClinicalKey is an Elsevier platform of eBooks, journals and clinical support tools such as guidelines and calculators. ClinicalKey also has a variety of procedural videos and image collections. Click here for instructions on how to access ClinicalKey.

Recommended resource:

• Physiotherapy videos

APTA Podcasts

Podcasts for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy by the American Physical Therapy Association.

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Official podcast of the Journal of Pediatric Physical Therapy. Visit the App Store and download Pediatric Physical Therapy for the iPad to access full-text articles.

Physio Edge Podcast

Clinical inspiration for Physiotherapists, Physical Therapists and health professionals. Interviews with leading Physiotherapists, clinicians and researchers, providing you with practical assessment and treatment skills to help improve your treatment results.

The Physio Matters Podcast

Putting big mouths and big ideas behind microphones. The Physio Matters Podcast - Clinical Gold Delivered Direct.

Episodes will feature expert, honest advice, delivered directly to listeners at no cost. Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine information for those working in physiotherapy, sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, medicine and all divisions of the healthcare industry.

Untold Physio Stories

Interesting stories and cases from the Physical Therapy and Rehab/Fitness world told in 5-10 min snippets.

Australian Associations

• The Australian Physiotherapy Association
  • The APA is the peak body representing the interests of Australian physiotherapists and their patients.
  • Check out the YouTube Channel!
• The Australian Physiotherapy Council 
  • The only accreditation authority to guarantee the standards for physiotherapy in Australia, ensuring Australia has the safest, most ethical physiotherapy practitioners.
• The Physiotherapy Board of Australia
  • Oversees the registration and regulation of the profession, developing standards, codes and guidelines for the physiotherapy profession.
• Australian Hand Therapy Association 
  • AHTA is a membership organisation providing support for its members through continuing education, professional development, networking and representation at both the state and national levels. Includes access to library resources for member use only.
• Allied Health Professions Australia 
  • AHPA represents and avocates the role of allied health professionals in health, aged care, disability and education.  A collegiate body consisting of 20 national allied health associations members and five affiliate members.
• HealthTimes 
  • Supports allied health, nursing and midwifery health professionals with professional development resources as well as employment and education opportunities.

International Associations

• American Society of Hand Therapists 
  • ASHT is a membership organization of hand therapy professionals dedicated to advancing the field of hand and upper extremity therapy by promoting education, advocacy, research and clinical standards. ASHT members include occupational and physical therapists, physician extenders, surgeons, researchers and administrators. Membership includes access to online learning resources including educational how-to videos.
• ICAHE
  • International Centre for Allied Health Evidence works both nationally and globally to create new knowledge and translate evidence into safe, quality health care.  Provides a wide range of tools, services and resources to support the translation of evidence into policy and practice.

Monash Health Library provides educational resources, group training, webinars and individual consultations on evidence based practice including guidance on literature searching, appraising and managing search results.

Can’t attend our live webinars?

• The library has a selection of recorded webinars available in Latte.
• Consider requesting group training for your team at a time that suits you. 

Custom training sessions can be arranged to fit with a team meeting or existing professional development schedule. Email library@monashhealth.org for more information.