A partnership-driven teaching clinic is transforming access to primary care physiotherapy in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley while creating a sustainable pipeline of rural clinicians. By embedding students within a community health service and pairing supervision with collaborative funding, the clinic shows workforce shortages can become an opportunity to innovate.

The APA runs a significant number of professional development courses throughout the year, both face to face and online. Here are some highlights among the upcoming courses.

At the Queensland Branch Awards on 14 November, keynote speaker Jess Reid from RoboFit will discuss how electromyography-triggered robotics is changing outcomes for her patients. Chloe Pignéguy reports.

After decades of interstate reliance, the University of Tasmania has produced 76 physiotherapy graduates as employed numbers increase 10.3 per cent. Marina Williams reports.

A recent recipient of a 2025 Seeding Grant is exploring the perspectives and preferences of early-career physiotherapists, employers and supervisors on support and mentoring in the foundational years of professional practice.

NeuRA’s RESOLVE-D trial is seeking experienced physiotherapists across Australia to deliver a new intervention for chronic low back pain, with training and sessions fully remunerated.

JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY With three spots opening up on Journal of Physiotherapy’s editorial board, Professor Rana Hinman discusses her time on the board and why physiotherapists should put their hand up to join.

For most physiotherapists, achieving APA titling in a speciality area represents the culmination of years of study, clinical reflection and professional growth. For Saurabh ‘Sam’ Bhojwani it became a foundation of something more rare – a unique combination of expertise that has positioned him as the only physiotherapist in Australia to hold APA titles in musculoskeletal, sports and exercise, and occupational health physiotherapy.