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20 Speak Out June 2016
Professional Development
My name is Sarah Goodman and I’m
looking forward to taking on the shared
role of CPD leader, together with Joanne
Wilkinson, for the Qld Branch this year. The
Queensland branch has been enthusiastic
in providing high quality professional
development in Brisbane and regional
centres and we look forward to continuing
in 2016.
We are very fortunate to have our CPD
Coordinator, Tricia Chardon, continuing
to organise events for our committee.
Tricia’s long experience with the group
means she has a wealth of knowledge and
history of CPD, which is invaluable in the
planning of events. The Qld Branch has
been committed to providing CPD not only
for our city members, but also focuses
on providing opportunities for our rural
clinicians. Queensland is a vast state and
we have members working in every corner
of it. It is often far easier for members to
travel to regional centres such as Cairns,
Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton and
Hervey Bay. We have also held events
at the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and
Toowoomba. There is an increased level
of organisation that is required to plan and
execute these events and we are fortunate
to have enthusiastic regional contacts
assist in the process. Our meetings are
ever evolving in ways to allow our regional
coordinators to participate in regular
meetings.
We have embraced technology to utilise
Skype and Google hangouts to connect
with our regional members. Although it’s
been wonderful to connect more regularly
with our regional contacts, it is a shame
that they unable to partake of the delicious
‘nibbles’ that arrive courtesy of our
Brisbane committee members each month!
New CPD Leaders for Queensland
Sarah Goodman (top) and Joanne Wilkinson will share the role
of QLD branch CPD leader.