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Online Disability Awareness Course
for All Workers in Healthcare
Understand disability, communicate with confidence
and make your service more accessible for everyone.
CPD points for 35+ health professions
Why choose Access for All?
- ✓ Earn CPD points across 35+ health professions (Word document, opens in a new tab)
- ✓ Feel confident supporting every patient, whatever their needs
- ✓ Know you’re on the right track, and see where you can improve
- ✓ Know what to say and what to ask
- ✓ Understand your legal obligations, so you can practise with certainty
- ✓ Help people with disability feel genuinely seen and welcome
See CPD hours for your profession
| Profession | Claimable CPD |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers | 3 hours |
| Anaesthetics | 3 hours |
| Audiology | 3 hours |
| Chiropractors | 3 hours |
| Dental Practitioners, Dental Hygienists and Dental Nurses | 3 hours |
| Dermatologists | 3 hours |
| Diabetes Educators | 3 hours |
| Dietitians | 3 hours |
| Emergency Medicine | 3 ACEM CPD hours (approved) |
| Exercise Physiologists | 3 points |
| General Practitioners (RACGP) | 3 hours |
| General Practitioners (ACRRM) | 3 PDP educational hours (approved) |
| Intensive Care | 3 hours (approved, Cat 1A: Passive Self Learning) |
| Medical Administration | 3 hours |
| Medical Radiation Practitioners | 3 points |
| Nurses, Midwives and Practice Nurses | 3 hours |
| Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | 3 hours |
| Occupational Therapists | 3 hours |
| Ophthalmologists | 3 hours |
| Optometrists | 3 hours |
| Paramedics | 3 hours |
| Pathologists | 3 hours |
| Pharmacists | 4 points |
| Physicians | 3 hours |
| Physiotherapists | 3 hours |
| Podiatrists | 3 hours |
| Practice Managers | 20 AAPM CPD points |
| Psychiatrists | 3 hours |
| Psychologists | 3 hours |
| Radiologists | 3 hours |
| Social Workers | 3 hours |
| Sport and Exercise Physicians | 3 hours |
| Speech Pathologists | 3 hours |
| Surgeons | 3 hours |
Five years of building confidence
Access for All is an online disability awareness course for all workers in healthcare. It began as training for health providers and has since grown to support admin staff and anyone who engages with patients. The aim has always been simple: increase understanding, boost confidence, and foster genuine awareness. For the past five years, that’s exactly what it’s done, for individual practitioners and for entire practices.
All funds are reinvested directly into Access for All, helping to ensure its sustainability and continued impact into the future.
The voice behind Access for All
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
“Accessibility is not an extra. Accessibility is quality healthcare.”
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
Doctor, lawyer, and chair of the Access for All advisory group. Living with a spinal cord injury and quadriplegia, Dinesh has experienced healthcare access from both sides, as a clinician and as a patient.
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The numbers so far
Independently evaluated by the University of Melbourne, Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre. Read the full evaluation report (PDF)
Bring Access for All to your team
Roll out Access for All across your entire team, however suits you best. Built for organisations looking to provide more inclusive experiences for All.
- ✓ Bulk seat purchase, SCORM licensing, or a bespoke/co-branded build, whichever fits your service
- ✓ Scale to your whole workforce, no matter how small or large
- ✓ Evidence-based content, independently evaluated
Queensland Health selected Access for All for their workforce through a formal procurement process.
Enquire about team licensing- EnquireTell us about your service and team size
- ScopeWe confirm the right delivery model, licensing terms and deployment details with you
- DeployRoll it out via bulk seats, your own LMS, or a bespoke build, whichever you’ve chosen
Inside the course
Read the course outline as text
- Introduction to Access for All 15 min
- Module 1: Disability in Australia 30 min
- Module 2: Before you assume – try asking 25 min
- Module 3: Communication – know your audience 25 min
- Module 4: Access issues – more than a ramp! 25 min
- Module 5: Cultural considerations 25 min
- Module 6: Recognising and understanding behaviours 25 min
- Module 7: Quality improvement initiatives 15 min
You’ll also receive a full resource pack
Step-by-step guides, checklists, feedback forms and action plans to help you put what you’ve learned into practice, developed in consultation with people with disability, health providers and medical educators.
Still not sure?
By registering to complete Access for All, I agree to my de-identified, aggregated details being used for reporting and future research regarding the accessibility of healthcare for people with disability. I also agree to receive occasional reminders and AfA update emails. My data will be held securely and my personal details will not be distributed to third parties. If you do not agree, please email us at afa@checkup.org.au.
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CheckUP received funding from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.