Ethics & professionalism programs for Australian health practitioners
Seven programs, each built around a specific problem rather than a topic list. Every one comes in five profession-specific versions, opening with the core course written to your own National Board's standards. One enrolment, one payment, every course unlocked immediately.
- Built around the concern categories that actually appear in notification letters
- Five profession-specific versions of every program, not one generic set
- A$99 per course with no markup for buying a program
- Dated certificate and structured reflection for every course completed
Find your program by what has actually happened
Match the wording in your letter, or your reason for being here, to a program.
The seven programs
Course counts and prices vary slightly by profession, because some professions need an extra course in a given program. Open a program to see your profession's exact outline.
Notification & Investigation Response
You have received a letter. This program takes you through what the process is, what a National Board actually weighs, and how to build a documented record of your own reflection…
Insight, Reflection & Remediation
Insight, reflection and remediation are the three things a National Board weighs in almost every matter. This program isolates them, without the topic-specific clinical content…
Clinical Competence & Patient Safety
Clinical care is the single most common concern raised in notifications nationally. This program covers competence, escalation, documentation of clinical reasoning, and the…
Professional Boundaries & Conduct
Boundary concerns almost never start as violations. They start as small departures from the professional frame that nobody named. This program covers how that drift happens, where…
Communication, Consent & Open Disclosure
Communication is the second most common concern raised in notifications nationally. This program covers difficult conversations, consent, and the open disclosure conversation…
Probity & Professional Integrity
Boards treat honesty as non-negotiable. This program covers records, billing, declarations and conflicts of interest — and why a defensive or inaccurate explanation escalates a…
Ethics & Professionalism Complete Program
Ten courses in one enrolment, covering every topic area the National Boards raise most often, plus the two core courses written specifically for your profession. Approximately 20…
From enrolment to a documented record
One payment. Every course in your program unlocks in your account immediately.
Pick the program
Match your concern above, or browse all seven.
Pick your profession
Each program has five versions. Yours opens with the core course written to your Board's standards.
Enrol once
Single payment, no subscription. Every course unlocks straight away, in any order.
Complete the assessment
Fifteen questions per course, 80% to pass, unlimited attempts with feedback.
Keep the evidence
A dated certificate per course plus a structured reflection and action plan you download.
Everything available for your profession
Each profession page carries all 27 courses individually, plus that profession's seven programs.
What each Board actually requires
No National Board pre-approves individual courses or programs. You record the time you actually spend against your own requirement and keep the evidence.
| Profession | Regulator | Its CPD requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors | Medical Board of Australia | 50 hours of CPD each year, through an AMC-accredited CPD home |
| Nurses and midwives | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia | 20 hours of CPD each registration year, relevant to your context of practice |
| Dental practitioners | Dental Board of Australia | 60 hours of CPD over each three-year cycle, with a scientific/non-scientific split |
| Pharmacists | Pharmacy Board of Australia | 40 CPD credits each registration year, weighted by activity group |
| Allied health professionals | your National Board or professional association | There is no single allied health CPD requirement |
Two things worth knowing before you buy on hours
- Dental practitioners: ethics and professionalism generally falls in the non-scientific category, capped at 12 hours per three-year cycle. A 20-hour program exceeds what is claimable in one cycle.
- Pharmacists: the Board counts credits, not hours, weighted by activity group and self-assessed by you. Do not read hours as credits.
Who writes and reviews these programs
Dr Richard is a practising clinician with over 21 years of experience and postgraduate training in healthcare law and ethics. He writes the course content, selects the case material, and reviews every regulatory statement against the primary source before publication.
Questions about programs
What is the difference between a program and a single course?
How do I know which program I need?
Why does the price differ between professions?
Will a program satisfy a requirement imposed by my Board?
Do programs count toward my CPD?
Can I buy a program for my team?
Can I buy two programs?
Is my enrolment confidential?
Read the regulators directly
Their sites are the authority. Where anything here differs from a current published standard, the published standard governs.
Medical Board of Australia
CPD standard and codes. Opens in a new tab.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
CPD standard and codes. Opens in a new tab.
Dental Board of Australia
CPD standard and codes. Opens in a new tab.
Pharmacy Board of Australia
CPD standard and codes. Opens in a new tab.
your National Board or professional association
CPD standard and codes. Opens in a new tab.
Ahpra — notifications: what to expect
The official explanation of the process. Opens in a new tab.
Not sure which program fits your situation?
Send us the concern category named in your correspondence. We will tell you which program matches it, or tell you that none of them do.
Ahpra Courses is an independent education provider. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), any National Board, or any accreditation authority. Our courses and programs are educational activities. They are not accredited CPD and they do not guarantee that any hours or credits will be accepted against your registration requirement. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing here resolves, satisfies or affects any notification, investigation, condition or undertaking. Always read the current standards published by your National Board, and contact your indemnity insurer about any regulatory matter concerning you. Last reviewed 9 September 2026.