High-quality professional development shouldn’t always have to mean taking your team away from the communities they serve. Acting General Manager Clinical Education, Michelle Mason, shares how CRANAplus private education courses bring training directly to workplaces, making it easier for organisations to build skills, confidence and capability in their health settings.
Accessing high-quality professional development can be challenging in rural and remote Australia. Travelling long distances for training takes clinicians away from their communities, can add costs and place extra pressure on already stretched teams.
That’s why CRANAplus offers private, on-site education courses, bringing nationally recognised training directly to your workplace. Designed for remote health services, mining companies and agencies, these courses give clinicians the opportunity to build their skills together, in a familiar environment, without the need to travel.
Our private courses are tailored to your organisation’s needs while delivering the same high-quality education CRANAplus is known for across Australia.
Hosting a course is simple. Your organisation provides a suitable venue and catering, while CRANAplus takes care of the educators, equipment and all pre-course learning, making it an easy and seamless experience for employers and participants alike.
There is a range of private courses tailored to the realities of rural and remote practice available, including:
Remote Emergency Care (REC)
For many employers, the REC course is a mandatory prerequisite for working in remote locations, and for good reason. REC is designed to deliver a personalised learning experience for clinicians who may be required to manage critically ill or injured patients with limited support.
The course is suitable for nurses, midwives, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers/Practitioners, paramedics, and medical officers. It focuses on building confidence, clinical reasoning, and practical skills that are essential for emergency care
in isolated environments.
Practical Skills (PS)
For teams seeking targeted, hands on training, the PS course offers an invaluable opportunity to strengthen everyday clinical capability. Participants learn essential skills in suturing, plastering, and ENT assessment, all delivered through culturally safe, best practice instruction.
This course is particularly beneficial for clinicians working in low resource settings, where timely intervention can significantly improve patient outcomes. By building practical confidence, PS helps strengthen workforce resilience and supports safer care across rural and remote communities.
Maternity Emergency Care (MEC)
The MEC course is designed for non midwife practitioners who may be required to manage maternal or neonatal emergencies. Grounded in a wellness oriented, woman centred model of care, MEC equips clinicians with the knowledge and practical skills needed to recognise, respond to, and reflect on both routine and non routine outcomes.
Every CRANAplus course is aligned with the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework capabilities, helping clinicians strengthen the practical skills, confidence and clinical decision-making needed to provide safe, high-quality care in rural and remote communities.
For employers, hosting a private course is an investment in both your workforce and the communities you serve.
Your team receives practical, relevant education without leaving the workplace, building capability, confidence and stronger patient outcomes close to home.
