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Allied Health Professional Associations

Allied Health Professions Australia
The national voice for the allied health professions in Australia
Audiology Australia
The national peak body for professional representation of Audiologists in Australia.
Australasian Podiatry Council
The national peak body for professional representation of Podiatrists in Australia and New Zealand
Australian Association of Exercise and Sports Science
The peak professional organisation promoting excellence in, and recognition of, tertiary-trained Exercise Scientists, Exercise Physiologists and Sports Scientists
Australian Association of Social Workers
The peak professional association representing Social Work in Australia
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association
Australian Institute of Radiography
Strength and excellence in the Medical Radiation Science Profession
Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association
AOPA is the peak professional body representing orthotists and prosthetists within Australia
Australian Physiotherapy Association
The national peak professional association for Physiotherapists in Australia
Australian Psychological Society
The largest professional association for Psychologists in Australia
Australian Sonographers Association
Representing the interests of Sonographers in Australia
Dietitians Association of Australia
The largest professional nutrition organisation in Australia
OT Australia
The peak professional body representing the interests of Occupational Therapists in Australia
Optometrists Association Australia
Representing Optometry in Australia
Orthoptic Association of Australia
The Orthoptic Association of Australia Inc (OAA) is the national peak body for Orthoptists in Australia
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Representing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practising in all parts of the Australian health system
Speech Pathology Australia
The national professional body for Speech Pathologists in Australia

Allied Health Scholarships

Mental Health Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme (MHPSS)
For part-time and full-time students applying to commence or part-way through an APAC-accredited Masters or Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships and Clinical Placement Grants
Queensland Health Allied Health 'Area of Priority' Scholarship Scheme (QHAOPSS)
Queensland Health Rural Scholarship Scheme
SA Country Health Scholarships
Undergraduate and Postgraduate scholarships administered by Country Health SA
The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Victorian Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Rural Allied Health Practitioners
Victorian Dental Scholarships
Victorian Early Childhood Intervention Scholarships and Incentives
Victorian Rural Allied Health Scholarships
WA Country Allied Health Scholarship Scheme

Blogs - contribute and have your say

Biting the dust
A view of pharmacy and health from a very remote pharmacist
Should every Australian have their own, portable e-health record?
The idea of having personal electronic health records, controlled by each individual, has been recommended by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. What do you think?
Tell us what you think
Tell us what you think about the reform suggestions, offer your ideas for future improvements, tell us about the health system you'd like to see. . Hosted by the Department of Health and Ageing.

Community Based Rehabilitation

Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau (AIFO)
Books, manuals, articles & reports online on disability and rehabilitation
Join the CBR Internation Discussion Group
Yahoo Groups. A discussion group for CBR workers and researchers internationally.

Education

La Trobe University Health Sciences

Information and Resources

Centre for Allied Health Evidence
Provides a repository for evidence-based research in a range of allied health areas
International Journal of Rural and Remote Health
Primary Health Care Research and Information Service

Oral Health Professional Associations

Other health organisations

Australian Internation Health Institute
Building partnerships for health development

Primary Health Care

Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

Professional Development Support

NSW PHC Research Capacity Building Program
PHC RED (Tasmania)
PHCRED Queensland Collaboration
PHCRED SA
Collaboration - South Australia, Northern Territory and Greater Green Triangle
Rural Health Education Foundation
Health education via satellite, the internet, DVD and video
Victorian PHCRED Partnership

Rural Health Organisations

National Rural Health Alliance
The peak body working to improve the health of Australians in rural and remote areas. Comprises 29 Member Bodies, representing health consumers and service providers in non-metropolitan areas.
National Rural Health Students Network
Represents 29 multidisciplinary Rural Health Clubs (over 9000 members) located at universities throughout Australia - fostering rural health careers for health professionals
Rural Health Workforce Australia
RHWA is a national non-government organisation. It supports and represents the seven Rural Workforce Agencies that operate in each State and the Northern Territory of Australia.

Rural Organisations

CROCCS
Mackay Centre for Research on Community and Children's Services