Our contributions to the community and key stakeholder organisation is unparalleled.  Our partnership with community-based organisations continues to share knowledge and empower behaviour change and at a community level increases the credibility of the Exercise Physiology and Physiotherapy professions.

• Our partnership with key diabetes boards and organisations continue to build to build the profile of both of our disciplines,  keeping us front on mind as collaborators and health partners.

• Our work in the media continues to increase opportunities for our collaborative care model and awareness of our work credible allied health coaching organisations continues to yield opportunities for not just our practice for the Exercise Physiology and Physiotherapy Professions.

• Through continued public appearances and contributions to the community stakeholders we increase direct and measurable opportunities for our profession and with consistent, quality and credible engagements, we continue to inspire and have professionals all around Australia curious about how they could integrate a collaborative health care model.

We feel that we have a responsibility within our standing in the health professional field to advocate, inspire and support opportunities for the disciplines we represent and we adore the role that we play.

Over the last five years, highlights have been our contribution to Senate Enquiry into the Obesity in Victoria, contributions to widestream media including SBS, House of Wellness and Channel 7 and contributions to the Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia. 

In 2020, our Director was named as one of the top three female Leaders in Exercise and Sports Science in Australia by Exercise as judged by Exercise and Sports Science Australia.

We have a very clear vision for our practice and our broader organisation in the coming decades and this combined with our practice values drive all our operational decisions with encompass teamwork, professional development and innovation. This is evidence of our commitment:

• Teamwork – Each team member is nurtured according to their interests and where they see themselves contributing best to the organisation; this develops a culture of contribution and confidence across all our streams. The way we foster teamwork is through team lead projects, special interest groups, welcoming committees, buddy systems for newer team members, team lunches and a rich culture celebrating diversity. When everyone feels like they belong and they are growing and contributing with an aligned purpose, teamwork is consistent and natural.

• Whilst we have team culture days, we don’t rely on these to promote teamwork. Being clear in our vision, using our points of culture to filter decisions and leading from a place care with open and transparent communication naturally optimises teamwork. We are focused on all team, without excluding non-clinical team members who frequently partner with clinicians on projects. Alignment of values across all team members, regular meetings and a variety of communications channels and opportunity for social interactions all support our commitment to teamwork.

• Professional development – Each graduate clinician has a 2 year program of professional development established to ensure that they are meeting professional standards and are supported personally and professionally. Where most clinics run these ad hoc, our planner demonstrates certainty and commitment to nurturing and supporting our team. The program focuses on individual tutorials and workshops by a clinical mentor, team presented professional development and guest speakers. Alongside of the clinical focus a personal development mentoring session takes place looking at motivation, health and wellbeing and provides a general opportunity to debrief about anything pertinent at the time. 

• Approaching the 2 year mark for a health professional at Exercise for Rehabilitation & Health is exciting, as we then look to focus on consolidation of skills and introduce more non clinical work into the mix working towards an ideal career pathway which may be a specialisation, leadership, research or something different. The professional development pathway can then be customised in line with the goal. 

• Our administrative team members also actively participate in a comprehensive professional development program annually. 

Our practice believes in the importance of advocacy for health and for industry. We have seen our professions evolve over the last 20 years and are proud that we have been playing an active role in the advocacy and advancement of our professions. We are proud that we are practice to ‘do it first’.

We are the practice that brought ‘accessibility and awareness’ to the primary care sector that pushed the acceptance and normality of having Exercise Physiologists in the diabetes care team. We were the first AEP group in history to be invited to speak at the Australasian Diabetes Congress and the Diabetes Vic Expo and have been invited to contribute every year since.  We were the first to be invited to speak about communication styles and influences by the Primary Care Diabetes Society and the National Association of Diabetes Centres influencing thousands of health care professionals - of this had the highest hits of all presentation on ‘demand’. We broke the mould being invited to join the board at the Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia. 

We are the collaborative care partner for Diabetes Victoria, Primary Health Networks, Parents Voice, National Association of Diabetes Centres, Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia, Channel 7, SBS, The House of Wellness, Bupa, the list is just endless for our expertise, interviews, and contributions.

We are relentless in our pursuit of having Exercise Physiology and Physiotherapy as the primary choice providers for preventive health and chronic disease management and the real reason why as a practice we are truly special is because we recruit and nurture every single team member to be the best version of themselves to contribute to our core purpose. 

At Exercise for Rehabilitation and Health our leadership training focus in a practitioners first 2 years, supports each team member by stretching them. Each clinician is accountable to presenting in the media, be confident in public relations, plan and appear on a community radio show, present a webinar in partnership with a key stakeholder organization, lead a face to face corporate health workshop, write a special interest article for a state or national publication, meet a politician to discuss a pertinent issue related to health care policy and attend a steering committee meeting at a non for profit organisation.

Our organisation trains leaders, thinkers, and action takers. We lead with love and steer with care, we are about conviction and focus on leaving a legacy for generations to come. We are more than health practitioners that diagnose and prescribe exercise, we are role models for young people and health professionals, we are policy changers, we see opportunity in every situation, and we are courageous in our actions.