Speech Pathology Australia Annual Report 2023

Elevating the speech pathology community and workforce

Professional Education In our pursuit to become the preferred education provider for speech pathologists across Australia, and help deliver on the Association's purpose, we remained committed to delivering exemplary, forward-thinking, and sustainable professional education and our national conference. In 2023 we continued our aim to elevate the capabilities of speech pathologists. We worked toward curating contemporary professional education content aimed at extending the proficiency of speech pathologists. Through our commitment to excellence, and our strategic priority to embed a culture of lifelong learning, we continued to strive to offer innovative resources that met the evolving needs of our members. A key highlight in professional education was the launch of the New Learning Hub on the Topclass platform to support our goal of providing high quality accessible professional education to speech pathologists, when and where they need it. Learning partnerships with Victorian Department of Education, the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) and Lifeline Northern Beaches are examples of our connectivity with external organisations to support education of speech pathology in other professions as well as speech pathologists working in these areas. In addition to a range of 'On Demand' learning programs the Association also launched the inaugural NDIS Summit; a cross-team collaboration sponsored by Guild Insurance. More than 200 registered for the 2 week summit and accessed a mix of self-paced and live events and panel discussions. The highly successful National Conference was held in Nipaluna/Hobart with 825 delegates enjoying a range of workshops, presentations and networking opportunities.

CONFERENCE DELEGATES 64.3% Certified Practising Speech Pathologists 1.7% Non-practicing 2.4% Students 3.3% Non-members

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