Continuing Professional Development:

• CPD keeps you up to date and in touch with current practice. 

• Knowledge progresses over time and better/more efficient ways of doing things may have been developed since you qualified

• More information may now be available about why certain practices are more effective through research and clinical trials

• "Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back”. Your first skill is just the foundation to your education. CPD helps you to build on that foundation in a structured way.

• The emphasis on the role of CPD is gaining momentum; it is already compulsory for some and, under the proposed Voluntary Self-Regulation Schemes, will soon be compulsory for all.

• CPD extends your manual/hands-on therapy skills and expertise, and by learning new techniques you will be able to offer more to your clients (and people may start referring to you instead!)

News:

• Bodywork Professional Development celebrates 1st year with unlimited referral scheme

	BPD regularly provide articles to Choice Health & Wellbeing magazine - the leading publication for Complementary Health, Education and Wellbeing.  See their 50% subscription offer now at http://www.choicehealthmag.com/subscribe_special.php
Handspring Publishing	A brand new Publisher in Manual Therapy and Bodywork We publish in: whatever media best suit the needs of our customers. Our aim is to help them attain their professional development goals. We publish for: Manual therapists, massage therapists, musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physical therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, physiatrists, sports massage therapists, craniosacral therapists, structural integration practitioners and Rolfers; athletic trainers, yoga and pilates teachers; movement teachers and practitioners.
	Institut fur Fasziale Osteopathie was founded in 2009 to spread the word about fascial therapy in Germany. They run an FDM course see workshops page for more details.
	Information from ISRM on education opportunities and their professional association
	Find more information on our presenter, Steven Goldstein, who presents workshops on Integrative Fascial Release for BPD in the UK.
	Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO) is based in Aberdeen and exists to provide a service to the public, the Massage Therapist & the profession. The SMTO works with the GCMT and CNHC in developing & maintaining standards in massage therapy.
	Visit Somatics.de for more information on the work of Robert Schleip, who presents workshops on fascial release work incorporating the latest findings on fascial research.
	The Massage Training School provides Sports & Remedial Massage Level 5 Diploma courses and high quality CPD workshops in the South West of England
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