AACMA Newsletter - 20 June 2025
20 June 2025
This Issue:
- Join AACMAC 2025 Online: Learn, Grow, and Celebrate from Anywhere
- Stay Current with Professional Issues: Watch On-Demand Webinars Anytime
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MESSAGE FROM AHPRA & NATIONAL BOARDS: Ahpra Research About Health Regulation Board membership
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Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
Join AACMAC 2025 Online: Learn, Grow, and Celebrate from Anywhere
Don’t miss your chance to access the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Chinese Medicine convention — all from the comfort of your home. Whether you're across the country or balancing a busy schedule, AACMAC 2025’s online tickets give you full access to world-class content, whenever it suits you.
Here’s why you should book your online ticket today:
1. Learn from Global Experts at Your Fingertips
Gain insights from 24 esteemed international and national speakers covering the latest clinically relevant topics all available to stream at your convenience.
2. Earn Up to 34 CPD Hours - Your Way
Tailor your learning experience across three dynamic days. Access both live-streamed and on-demand sessions to meet your CPD goals your way.
3. Pay only for the content that matters to you
Enjoy flexible ticket options—attend the full 3-day conference or join only on the days featuring the topics and speakers that matter most to you.
4. Three Months of On-Demand Access
Replay sessions, pause, take notes, and revisit key learnings anytime with three months of post-conference access including downloadable lecture notes.
5. Stay Ahead with the Latest in TCM
Discover the newest research, techniques, and innovations to improve clinical outcomes all without stepping into a conference hall.
6. 100% Flexible, Zero Travel Required
Attend from home, your clinic, or your favourite café. Whether live or on your schedule, the choice is yours.
With over 400 practitioners already booked, now is the perfect time to secure your spot.
Book your online AACMAC 2025 ticket today and start learning on your terms.
BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR AACMAC 2025
Prefer to attend in person?
Onsite tickets are available until 11 July. Don’t miss the chance to reconnect with peers and celebrate AACMAC’s 25th anniversary in style including the unmissable gala dinner!
Stay Current with Professional Issues: Watch On-Demand Webinars Anytime
Under the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines, practitioners are required to complete at least four CPD points each year in professional issues.
Just as clinical skills need regular refinement, staying informed on professional matters is essential for maintaining a safe, ethical, and compliant practice. Topics in this area include ethics, communication, boundaries, advertising, infection control, patient confidentiality, new standards, privacy regulations, and complaint management, among others.
Since many of these areas aren't covered in TCM training, AACMA has put together and recorded several webinars focused specifically on professional issues. Whether you're just starting out or want to brush up on key concepts, these webinars are a flexible and accessible way to meet your CPD requirements - at your own pace.
MESSAGE FROM AHPRA & NATIONAL BOARDS: Ahpra Research About Health Regulation
Dear Practitioner,
We are writing to you to ask you for your participation in research we are currently conducting for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) on motivators and barriers to becoming a health regulation board member.
About the research
Ahpra would like to better understand the considerations that practitioners and community members make in whether to apply to be on a health regulation board. The research is to delve into the current awareness of the Board’s function and role among stakeholders, while understanding the existing perception of Ahpra and the National Boards. This research will help inform how Ahpra can make applying and becoming a member of one of the National Boards that regulate 16 health professions more appealing.
Participation in the research
Your participation in the research would involve participating in a one-on-one interview / mini focus group with one of our experienced senior researchers between 2nd of June and 10th of July 2025. The interview would take approximately 30-45 minutes / focus group 90 minutes and would be conducted at a time convenient for you via Microsoft Teams. Participation is completely voluntary, and you can withdraw at any time without any consequences. Withdrawing from the research will not affect your relationship with Ahpra. You would receive $150 as a thank-you for your time.
Please note, that we do not expect that you have considered or are considering a board membership at present. But, we’d seek to engage with you as a professional in your field, who would therefore be eligible to become a board member.
Your perspective, experiences and insights would be kept confidential, nothing would be associated with your name, organisation, or anything identifying you in our reporting. All personal information will be stored in our secure servers within Australia, and is destroyed upon completion of the research which is estimated to be end of August 2025.
EY Sweeney is bound by an industry code of conduct to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and you can view its Privacy Policy on its website (https://eysweeney.com.au/privacy-policy).
Your support is greatly appreciated and will help deepen our understanding of the current perspectives of applying to be a National Board member, including any constraints and influences to help build strategy for future applicants.
Further information
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants please advise if you would like cultural support during this process or to speak to an Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander person about the research.
We hope you are able to participate in this important initiative. Your insights and experiences are vital to understand how we can work collaboratively to deliver the best possible outcomes from our collective efforts for industry and the community.
If you would like any further information about the research, please contact Carol Nader at Ahpra on carol.nader@ahpra.gov.au or Dr Elisabeth Betz at EY Sweeney on (03) 9288 8564 or elisabeth.betz@au.ey.com
AHPRA & NATIONAL BOARDS
Moving or Adding a New Clinic?
Please contact our membership team with your new clinic details by email at aacma@acupuncture.org.au so they can apply to the health funds for new provider numbers.
Health fund deadlines to be aware of
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Medibank only: Sunday 13 July 2025
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All health funds including Medibank: Thursday 24 July 2025
Details required when Adding an Additional Clinic:
If you miss the above deadlines, please refer to the below:
Reporting Cycle for Health Funds
Ceased practicing at a clinic, please provide the address and the ceased date so we can advise the health funds to remove your details.
To check your workplace details or membership go to our website https://www.acupuncture.org.au/ then
- Go to ‘Login’ at the top right-hand corner then
- Click ‘Member Login’ to log into the website your Username is your email address on AACMA’s record and the password you created.
- For the first time login, please click the ‘Forgotten Password’ button to set up a password.
If you have issues logging in or setting up a password, please don’t hesitate to contact the membership team 07 3457 1800 we are happy to assist you.
