WHY ARE Professional Development Points (PDP's) IMPORTANT?
PDP is a very important process needed to develop yourself, the profession and for maintaining a high level of competencies. It is a pre-requisite that PDP's be gained and ongoing to ensure recognition from Health Funds, Workcover, Government and to maintain IRMA membership.
This process will also enable us to gain credibility with other sought after institutions that do not recognise Myotherapy as yet, such as: TAC and Veteran Affairs.
All courses/seminars/workshops must have been granted accreditation before they will be credited.
If you wish to apply for an exemption or waiver of PDP points, this must be done in writing with documentation attached.
All IRMA organised courses are automatically loaded onto the database - no need to mail in verification.
The Professional Development Points Cycle
PDP’s are accumulated over a two (2) year period from 1st July – 30th June. The current PDP cycle ends on 30th June, 2013. Therefore the new PDP cycle begins on 1st July - 30th June 2013.
All IRMA Myotherapists are required to accrue a total of thirty (30) points per two (2) year cycle.
Excess points will NOT roll over into the next two (2) year cycle.
Professional Development Categories
Category 1
Mainstream Myotherapy and/or a branch of relevant medical science
Minimum 15 points required per cycle.
Some Programs in this category that will accrue 1 point per 1 hour are: IRMA Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Journal Subscription that is specific to a Muscular Health Industry.
Category 2
Allied Health workshops, relevant courses that complement Myotherapy, articles for the Myobserver.
Maximum number of points per cycle is 15
Some Programs in this category that will accrue 1 point per 2 hours are:
Allied Health programs/workshops accredited by the PDP committee; An article for the Myobserver relevant to Myotherapy excludes advertising.
Category 3
Teaching in Myotherapy courses and/or other relevant tertiary institutions, Student supervision, Voluntary work, IRMA meetings and AGM’s.
Maximum number of points per cycle is 15. Programs in this category accrue 1 point per 3 hours
For full details of the above overview please read and download IRMA's PD and PDP's Guidelines under the Members only tab.
Development programme is currently under review and detailed information will be sent to members asap.
