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Practical courses built on the codes, standards and guidelines of the 15 National Boards. Use them to plan this year's CPD, to get your records in order before you renew, or to work through a notification with a clear structure. Every course runs in your browser, saves your progress and finishes with a downloadable certificate of completion.
Choose your profession
Under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, Ahpra and 15 National Boards share the job of regulating 16 professions (Ahpra: what we do). Each Board writes its own code or adopts the shared one, sets its own CPD registration standard and issues guidelines on the risks most relevant to its practitioners. A podiatrist and a psychologist may face very different questions, even when the underlying principles are the same.
Open your profession to see which code and CPD standard apply, the situations that tend to cause trouble in that field, and the courses written for it.
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Where are you right now?
People come to us for different reasons, and the right learning depends on the reason. Start with the description that matches your circumstances.
You want ethics, communication, documentation or boundaries learning that genuinely belongs in your development plan. Choose single courses for specific gaps, or a program when you want several related topics in a sensible order.
When you renew you declare that you have met your Board's CPD standard, and Boards check a random sample of those declarations through audit. Sort out your hours and evidence now, while there is still time to fill any gap.
Someone has raised a concern about your conduct, performance or health. You need to understand the process, write a careful response and show genuine reflection. Our notification response program follows that sequence.
A Board decision has placed conditions on your registration, recorded an undertaking or asked for education in a set area. You need learning that matches the wording of that requirement and a clean record of what you completed.
A patient, a manager or a colleague has raised something that has not reached the regulator. Targeted learning on records, consent or communication at this stage is often the most constructive response you can make.
Nothing has gone wrong and you want it to stay that way. Strengthen the habits that complaints usually come back to: proper consent discussions, clear notes, steady boundaries and honest billing.
CPD and renewal
Registration is renewed every year, and the renewal form asks you to declare, among other things, that you have met your National Board's continuing professional development requirements. The deadline depends on your profession. For nursing and midwifery it falls on 31 May, for medicine on 30 September, and for every other registered profession on 30 November. There is a one-month grace period after that; miss it too and your registration lapses (Ahpra: registration renewal).
Boards audit a random selection of practitioners against their declarations. If your name comes up, you will be asked for evidence, so the best moment to put it together is before you declare. The rules themselves are not uniform. Medical practitioners meet their requirement through a CPD home on the Medical Board's list, which means our certificate becomes evidence you upload to your CPD home rather than a record that stands alone. Most other Boards set a yearly hours figure and expect a plan and some written reflection.
Our courses are designed to earn a place in that record: Australian scenarios, the relevant sections of the code and guidelines, and prompts that make you think about your own practice. Each one ends with a certificate of completion stating the estimated learning time; record the time you actually spend.
When a concern has been raised
The first days after a notification letter arrives are usually the hardest. It helps to know that the process moves through defined stages. In most matters the Board asks for your side first, and only then decides between closing the matter, looking further into it, or acting on your registration, for example by issuing a caution, imposing conditions or accepting an undertaking (outcomes listed by Ahpra). Two states handle complaints differently. NSW pairs its professional councils with the Health Care Complaints Commission, while every Queensland complaint is lodged with the Office of the Health Ombudsman first.
Decision-makers generally look for three things: that you understand what the concern is about, that you have reflected honestly on what happened and who was affected, and that you have changed your practice so it is less likely to happen again. Education can be one piece of that picture. It never decides the result on its own, and it is most useful when your insurer, defence organisation or a health lawyer is also guiding you.
Begin with the free 15-minute course for the basics. If you need more, the notification response program sets out seven courses in the sequence most practitioners find useful.
Popular starting points
A short list drawn from the full catalogue of 82 courses. Open any course to read its outline and learning outcomes before you enrol.
A quick, no-cost overview of what a notification is, what happens next and the first steps worth taking.
The stages of a notification or investigation, what the regulator is asking for at each point and how to reply with care.
A clear way to organise reflective writing: the event, its impact, the lesson and the change you have made since.
Turning insight into specific, checkable changes to how you practise, with evidence a Board can follow.
Spotting boundary drift early, understanding the power gap and keeping therapeutic relationships safe.
Notes that are accurate, made at the time and able to show your reasoning when someone later asks why.
The ethical principles behind the shared Code of conduct, worked through everyday decisions in practice.
Programs
Each program bundles related courses into a planned sequence, so you cover a topic properly instead of choosing piece by piece. The price of a program is simply the total of its course prices, shown on each program page; there is no hidden mark-up and no discount is claimed.
When a concern is under way
Seven courses covering the process itself, then insight, reflective writing, remediation, recurrence, rebuilding trust and fitness to practise.
Program total A$1,323
When you must show real change
The four-course core for demonstrating insight and lasting change.
Program total A$756
Performance or care concerns
Performance standards, safe care, prescribing, high-risk medicines and teamwork.
Program total A$1,065
Boundaries, conduct and online behaviour
Unprofessional conduct, boundaries, sexual boundaries, chaperones and social media.
Program total A$1,185
Communication or consent complaints
Communication, informed and financial consent, open disclosure and respect.
Program total A$876
Honesty, billing and records
Financial integrity, documentation, Medicare compliance and privacy.
Program total A$996
A full year of structured CPD
Ten courses spanning ethics, professionalism, communication, records and safety.
Program total A$1,890
Free to use
You do not need to pay anything to work out where to begin.
A short free course that explains what a notification is, the stages it moves through and the sensible first steps. It is useful even if you never expect to receive one.
Answer a few short questions about your profession and your situation and get a suggested set of courses. Your answers stay in your browser.
How it works
Start from your profession page, a program or the course advisor and read the course outline before you buy.
Prices on these pages are in Australian dollars. Once payment is confirmed, your course is added to your account.
Use a phone, tablet or computer. Progress is saved automatically, so you can stop and pick up where you left off.
Finish every lesson and the assessment, download your certificate of completion and store it alongside your reflection.
How we write
Each course begins with the primary material: Board codes, registration standards, Board guidelines, the National Law and guidance from bodies such as the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Lessons are written in plain English around realistic Australian practice situations, and they point you to the original documents so you can check the wording for yourself.
The Probity Courses editorial team writes and checks the content and revisits it when a Board releases a new code, standard or guideline. If you find something out of date, let us know and we will look into it.
We are just as careful about what we do not say. No regulator has signed off our courses, we do not hand out points, and no course can settle a regulatory matter for you. What you get is carefully researched, CPD-aligned learning, plus a certificate of completion you can file with your development records.
Key dates
The CPD year and the renewal date are not always the same thing, so check both for your profession.
| Profession | Renewal due | Where CPD is recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Nurses and midwives | 31 May | Your own CPD records, kept for audit |
| Medical practitioners | 30 September | Your CPD home, which reports to the Medical Board |
| All other registered professions | 30 November | Your own CPD records, as your Board's standard sets out |
Source: Ahpra registration renewal information. A one-month late period applies after the due date.
Registration and regulation of Australian health practitioners sit with Ahpra and the National Boards. Our courses teach; how much weight a course carries in any regulatory matter is something you, your adviser and the decision-maker will judge.
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No, and we never suggest otherwise. The courses are CPD-aligned, built on the Board codes and standards, and finish with a certificate of completion.
That is decided by your Board's CPD registration standard. Most Boards leave the choice of learning to you, provided it fits your scope and you keep good records. Your certificate of completion states the estimated learning time; record the time you actually spend, with a brief reflection. Doctors log activities with their CPD home.
Yes. All 16 registered professions are covered. Professions with their own Board code have two dedicated core courses, and many other courses apply to everyone because the principles are shared. Your profession page shows the best fit.
It can help you demonstrate insight and change, particularly when the learning targets the actual concern and you reflect on it honestly afterwards. It will not decide the outcome, and you should still take advice from your insurer or a lawyer.
Read the exact wording first. Some decisions name a specific course or provider, and some require the Board to agree to your choice before you start. If you are unsure, ask the Board or your adviser before enrolling. We can send a course outline to support that request.
As soon as your payment is confirmed the course is added to your account. Sign in using your checkout email and your courses are waiting. Progress is saved as you go.
Once you have completed every lesson and passed the assessment, the certificate becomes available to download. Save a copy with your CPD records straight away, and contact support if you need help later.
Programs are pre-arranged sequences built for one situation. Choosing courses yourself lets you pick any combination. In both cases you pay the total of the individual course prices.
Yes. Ahpra Notifications in 15 Minutes is free. It gives a short overview of the notification process and the first steps worth taking.
Yes. Get in touch before placing a team order and we will help you set up the enrolments and paperwork correctly.
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