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ESSA podcasts are a type of ESSA PD, and are the recordings of ESSA webinars. To earn ESSA CPD points, you are required to successfully complete the course, including the assessment with an 80% assessment pass mark. CPD points and PD certificate are uploaded to your online ESSA profile within 30 days of successfully completing the podcast.

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Important Information:

  • Financial ESSA members receive a promo code to purchase a free ESSA podcast to the value of $30 and 1.5 CPD points every quarter and on your Birthday. These promo codes expire on 31 December 2023. No refund will be provided if you purchase a podcast and still have unused promo codes.
  • The podcast link to our learning management system, GO1, will be included in an 'Enrolment' email (not the order confirmation email), which will be forwarded to you upon registration. If you have difficulty with the link in the email, your GO1 account can be accessed here. Once you have logged in to your GO1 account you can access podcasts from the 'In Progress' tab. 
  • For podcast results to be recorded, it is imperative that the email address in GO1 is the same as the email address in your ESSA account. 
  • To earn the applicable ESSA CPD points, you must successfully complete the course, including the assessment, and click on 'Mark as Complete', within 60 days of registration. An 80% assessment pass mark is required.
  • Only the person who purchases the podcast is eligible to earn the applicable CPD points.
  • The ESSA Podcast User Guide can be downloaded here
  • If you have any queries regarding podcasts or GO1, please contact [email protected] for assistance.
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Exercise Management in Multiple Sclerosis Podcast

Exercise Management in Multiple Sclerosis Podcast

This podcast will cover key aspects relating to the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease via lifestyle management and patient care resources, health professional information to support patie...

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CPD Value: 1.5

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Mental Health Applied Skills and Knowledge (ASK)

Mental Health Applied Skills and Knowledge (ASK)

ESSA’s first ASK professional development has been developed to build applied skills and knowledge to work in the field of mental health. This suite of PD is designed to be accessible to all our membe...

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CPD Value: 1.5 per unit

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Vascular Ageing Podcast

Vascular Ageing Podcast

This podcast will cover the pathophysiolgy and prognostic importance of early vascular ageing, what vascular ageing adds to established biomarkers in the clinic, who benefits from the measurement of v...

Category: Aged Care

CPD Value: 1.5

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Vision, Balance & Falls in Older Adults Podcast

Vision, Balance & Falls in Older Adults Podcast

This podcast will outline some of the common eye conditions causing vision impairment in older populations, describe their impact on balance and falls, and discuss some of the challenges for exercise-...

Category: Aged Care

CPD Value: 1.5

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Mental Fatigue in Elite Sport Podcast

Mental Fatigue in Elite Sport Podcast

This podcast will give an overview of current knowledge, practical applications and future directions for managing mental fatigue in elite sport....

Category: Athletic Enhancement

CPD Value: 1.5

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Asking the Right Questions Before Buying Technology Podcast

Asking the Right Questions Before Buying Technology Podcast

In this podcast, we will discuss which are the important questions to ask ourselves when preparing to buy new technology. This is a particularly important topic in current times of restricted budgets ...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Business Mastery for Exercise Professionals Podcast

Business Mastery for Exercise Professionals Podcast

Every health business needs to have three fundamentals in place in order to operate well. It only takes a little attention in these areas to launch or grow with confidence. This podcast presents these...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Clinical Vs Private Clientele Podcast

Clinical Vs Private Clientele Podcast

This podcast is for ABN holders or AES and AEPs looking to build their client base. This podcast will cover; Additional marketing strategies, and tangible formulas to create effective marketing to imm...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Communicating With Everything But Your Voice Podcast

Communicating With Everything But Your Voice Podcast

In this podcast you will tap into your physical excellence and learn to use your eyes, your hands and your body positioning to really capture the attention of the listener....

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Creating a Thriving Private Practice Podcast

Creating a Thriving Private Practice Podcast

Owning a private practice is no different to running any business, requiring you to wear many hats and understand all aspects of running a business on top of being a qualified practitioner and focusin...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Developing Culture Podcast

Developing Culture Podcast

This podcast will explore the multifaceted aspects that assist in the development of a culture of performance in elite professional sporting teams. It will also analyze the philosophy of one coach in ...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Google Ads 101 Podcast

Google Ads 101 Podcast

This podcast will run through an A-Z of Google Ads, giving you the confidence to set up, analyse and ace your first advertising campaign. From keywords to landing pages to PPC – we run through the key...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Grow Your Clinic - Part 1 Podcast

Grow Your Clinic - Part 1 Podcast

Are you ready to make the most of the coming growth period for businesses? The world has experienced a slow-down, but we are now entering what will become, for most, one of the fastest recovery period...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Grow Your Clinic - Part 2 Podcast

Grow Your Clinic - Part 2 Podcast

Are you ready to make the most of the coming growth period for businesses? The world has experienced a slow-down, but we are now entering what will become, for most, one of the fastest recovery period...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Hard Chat Podcast

Hard Chat Podcast

When it comes to difficult situations, how does it all work? Dr Mahler will introduce her model of ‘Hard Chat’ which outlines the different levels of emotions, the frameworks that work, the critical w...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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How To Get Clients for Your Online Business Podcast

How To Get Clients for Your Online Business Podcast

Being great at what you do isn’t all that useful if no one can find you. Maybe you’ve tried dabbling in all the social media channels but didn’t even get an enquiry? Maybe you’re accepting everyone an...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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How To Onboard An NDIS Participant Podcast

How To Onboard An NDIS Participant Podcast

This podcast provides an overview of your moral, ethical and legal obligations when providing services to an NDIS Participants. The podcast walks you through an end to end participant process from onb...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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The Best Coffee Ever! Podcast

The Best Coffee Ever! Podcast

Whether you are a student, employee or business owner, this podcast will take you on a journey to discover your personal brand and business identity. It will cover the rollercoaster ride of your profe...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Understanding GST Podcast

Understanding GST Podcast

This presentation will be co-presented with the Australian Taxation Office and will cover GST legislation and how it applies in practice, which is an identified knowledge gap within ESSA membership (p...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Who's Who in Compo Podcast

Who's Who in Compo Podcast

This podcast introduces the major stakeholders in the compensation and personal injury schemes in Australia. We will discuss the roles of the claimant, the medical team, the rehabilitation support tea...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Women in Leadership Podcast

Women in Leadership Podcast

This podcast will cover what leadership is, the qualities that make good leaders, and how women can step up into leadership positions. Both will also provide background to their transition into a lead...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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You Can Camera: Video Conference Calls Podcast

You Can Camera: Video Conference Calls Podcast

There is no escaping digital media now. The camera is your new best friend. This podcast will help you bring your best to that medium with confidence and professionalism. And it's not about the techno...

Category: Business

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise & Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy Podcast

Exercise & Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy Podcast

This presentation will provide an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of CIPN, providing ESSA professionals with a summary of the toxicity, including causes, symptoms, yellow flags, assessments, inter...

Category: Cancer

CPD Value: 1.5

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Paediatric Oncology & Exercise Podcast

Paediatric Oncology & Exercise Podcast

This 1 hour podcast will cover background information on the prevalence and considerations for childhood cancer and its associated treatments and complications. It will outline relevant considerations...

Category: Cancer

CPD Value: 1.5

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Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Podcast

Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Podcast

This podcast will discuss The Heart Foundation’s role in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, and will provide an overview of the resources and programs that are available to support patien...

Category: Cardiac

CPD Value: 1.5

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Dissecting Arteries: SCAD & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Podcast

Dissecting Arteries: SCAD & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Podcast

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) and vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS): how AEPs can work with these clients safely and effectively....

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Effect of Exercise on Cardiac Structure and Function Podcast

Effect of Exercise on Cardiac Structure and Function Podcast

Exercise training causes cardiac adaption in order to better cope with the demand for increased cardiac output that exercise requires. Cardiac structure and function change as a result of training, an...

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Evidence for the Use of Resistance Training Podcast

Evidence for the Use of Resistance Training Podcast

It has been established that any form of physical activity is likely to be beneficial to people with congestive heart failure (CHF), but an individualized approach to exercise prescription is likely t...

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise in Atrial Fibrillation Podcast

Exercise in Atrial Fibrillation Podcast

This podcast focuses on the relationship of exercise in the prevention and management of AF and aims to provide an important insight on the role exercise can play in this highly prevalent heart condit...

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise Management of the Person with Heart Failure Podcast

Exercise Management of the Person with Heart Failure Podcast

This podcast will examine how to identify HFpEF and how exercise programming may be modified to allow optimal delivery....

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise Mgmt of the Person with Cardio-oncology Symptoms

Exercise Mgmt of the Person with Cardio-oncology Symptoms

This podcast will examine how exercise programming may be modified to allow optimal delivery for a person with cardio-oncology symptoms....

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Peripheral Arterial Disease Impact on Gait Podcast

Peripheral Arterial Disease Impact on Gait Podcast

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) involves the build-up of plaque (atherosclerosis) along the arteries that carry blood to the peripheries. Overtime, this plaque can reduce oxygen-rich blood supply to...

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Prescribing Ex To Improve Congenital Heart Disease Podcast

Prescribing Ex To Improve Congenital Heart Disease Podcast

This podcast will provide a detailed overview of different congenital heart conditions and their clinical characteristics. It will explicitly their impact on the exercise response and provide consider...

Category: Cardiovascular Disease

CPD Value: 1.5

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Coaching Better Every Season Podcast

Coaching Better Every Season Podcast

In this podcast Anthony will delve into his real-world coaching experiences of how he has created effective strategies of developing a coaching philosophy and coaching pedagogy through his time of wor...

Category: Coaching

CPD Value: 1.5

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COVID-19 Exercise Guidelines Podcast

COVID-19 Exercise Guidelines Podcast

Guidelines have recently been developed in collaboration with ESSA titled, COVID-19 Exercise Guidelines. This podcast will provide an overview of recommendations provided within the guidelines....

Category: COVID-19

CPD Value: 1.5

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Interval Training for Type 2 Diabetes Podcast

Interval Training for Type 2 Diabetes Podcast

This presentation will detail different approaches to using interval training including low- and high volume aerobic HIIT and combined aerobic and resistance HIIT....

Category: Diabetes

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise and Cerebral Palsy Podcast

Exercise and Cerebral Palsy Podcast

This podcast will develop the confidence and skills to work with clients with disabilities.  In particular this podcast focuses on Cerebral Palsy and the role exercise physiologists can make to improv...

Category: Disabilities

CPD Value: 1.5

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Moving Forward with Bionic Prostheses Podcast

Moving Forward with Bionic Prostheses Podcast

This podcast will give an overview of the ground-breaking treatment options and the role exercise and sports science practitioners could play in future developments of bionic solutions....

Category: Disabilities

CPD Value: 1.5

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The Client Education Playbook Podcast

The Client Education Playbook Podcast

In this podcast you’ll learn practical strategies for designing and delivering education to clients in ways that work....

Category: Education

CPD Value: 1.5

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Adapted Physical Activity - A Practical Approach Podcast

Adapted Physical Activity - A Practical Approach Podcast

The podcast will provide an overview of adapted physical activity and how it can be applied in a practical context for coaches and instructors to help ensure everyday practice is as inclusive as it ca...

Category: Exercise Science

CPD Value: 1.5

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Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity Podcast

Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity Podcast

Too few people around the world are physically active enough to  reap the public health, wealth, and wellbeing benefits. As a result, everyone everywhere must unite around a shared goal to get the wor...

Category: Exercise Science

CPD Value: 1.5

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Integrating a Play Based Approach in Rehabilitation Podcast

Integrating a Play Based Approach in Rehabilitation Podcast

The integration of play into rehabilitation and its relation to Biopsychosocial care presented by two Chiropractors based in the UK. This presentation will be very relevant to AEP's and ES as the disc...

Category: Exercise Science

CPD Value: 1.5

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Physical Exercise in Workplace Settings Podcast

Physical Exercise in Workplace Settings Podcast

This podcast will explore the evidence behind workplace exercise programs for improving employee physical health, fitness and productivity. Specifically, the health risks associated with contemporary ...

Category: Exercise Science

CPD Value: 1.5

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The Health and Fitness of Paramedics Podcast

The Health and Fitness of Paramedics Podcast

Paramedics deliver care in urban, regional and rural Australia, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The context of their work environment may affect their health and fitness....

Category: Exercise Science

CPD Value: 1.5

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Chronic Kidney Disease Podcast

Chronic Kidney Disease Podcast

This podcast will provide an overview of renal physiology, chronic kidney disease (CKD) development, and the effects of therapeutic treatment on disease progression and associated co-morbidities and c...

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Eastern Breath - Modern Knowledge Podcast

Eastern Breath - Modern Knowledge Podcast

Yoga and Qigong breathing exercises for Exercise Physiologists...

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Evidence for HIIT in Patients With Chronic Disease Podcast

Evidence for HIIT in Patients With Chronic Disease Podcast

The decision whether to use of high intensity interval training (HIIT) presents an interesting challenge to exercise specialists. On one hand the gains in health and fitness are often superior to thos...

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Exercise Physiology for the LGBTQIA+ Community Podcast

Exercise Physiology for the LGBTQIA+ Community Podcast

This presentation focuses on the emerging role of exercise physiology intervention for trans, non-binary and gender diverse individuals....

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Fundamentals of Jump Rope for ESSA Professionals Podcast

Fundamentals of Jump Rope for ESSA Professionals Podcast

This podcast will highlight the trending workouts/styles of jump rope that clients of AES, ASpS and/or AEPs may have seen on social media. The fundamentals of jump rope as an exercise modality, includ...

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Getting Australia Active: A Systems Approach To PA Podcast

Getting Australia Active: A Systems Approach To PA Podcast

This podcast will briefly explore the development of the Getting Australia Active resource, provide a summary of best practice evidence in cross sectoral approaches to physical activity with particula...

Category: General Health

CPD Value: 1.5

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Disclaimers:

  • All accredited persons, regardless of any professional development completed/ attended must refer to their accreditation’s Scope of Practice/Standards, and only treat/practice within the same.
  • ESSA confirms that at the date of release, this professional development meets the requirements of the ESSA Continuing Professional Development Points Guidelines. The information contained in this professional development is of a general nature only, and while every effort and care has been taken to ensure that all representations are accurate as at the date of its release, ESSA accepts no legal liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any information provided in this professional development.
  • ESSA recommends that its members seek appropriate independent professional advice specific to their particular purposes and circumstances (including the provision of medical advice to patients) before relying on it.

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