PD Events for Sports Doctors

Explore our professional development events relevant to the multidisciplinary interests and needs of sports doctors. SMA Sports Doctor members receive discounted or complimentary registration.

These events are designed to support and extend ongoing professional knowledge and skills development, and certificates are sent to everyone who attends our live events to claim CPD hours where relevant.

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Upcoming SMA Events

Dates: 19 August 2026
Time:
7:00pm – 8:30pm AEST
Location:
Online

Join us for an evening event in partnership with Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA), featuring Cricket Australia’s lead sports performance dietician Michelle Cort and Accredited Practising Dietitian and founder of Fuel School, Alison Miles as they discuss nutrition and fuelling your athletes in extreme conditions. Learn more

Dates: 2 September 2026
Time:
6:00pm – 9:00pm AEST
Location:
Ballarat

 Deputy Director at the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, Professor Joanne Kemp, and Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Victoria University, Patrick Rowe, lead an evening symposium on the lower limb. Learn more.

Dates: 9 September 2026
Time:
6:00pm – 7:30pm AWST
Location:
Online

With advances in sports technology providing clinicians and coaches with unprecedented access to objective data, understanding what to measure, how to interpret results and how to apply findings to everyday decision making has never been more important. Join us for an evening webinar with physiotherapist and Director of the Performance Lab at Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine, Nic Blackah, Cricket Australia’s Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, Kate Beerworth and Aus Cycling, High Performance Coach, Dr Toby Edwards as they discuss how clinicians and coaches can move beyond simply collecting data to making better decisions with it. Learn more

Dates: 16 September 2026
Time:
7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST
Location:
Online

Join us for a clinically focused webinar with leading experts Prof Ebonie Rio, sports physiotherapist and academic and Dr Myles Murphy, an early career clinician researcher and physiotherapist. Learn more

Dates: 23 September 2026
Time:
7:00pm – 8:30pm AEST
Location:
Online

Join us for an evening event in partnership with Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA), featuring ACU’s Chair of Sports Nutrition, Prof Louise Burke and Rowing Australia’s Nutrition Lead, Bronwen Lundy as they discuss identifying and managing Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Learn more

Dates: 18 November 2026
Time:
7:00pm – 8:30pm AEDT
Location:
Online

While common in sport, hand and wrist injuries can have complex and highly context specific management approaches. Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Jason Harvey, and Hand Therapist, Hayley Field, lead this evening webinar providing a clinically focused overview of both conservative and surgical approaches. Learn more

Dates: 21 & 22 November 2026
Time:
8:00am – 6:00pm AEDT
Location:
Melbourne

This internationally recognised course is tailored to the Australian sporting landscape, aligning with national guidelines, local codes and the realities of travel, climate and competition schedules across our states and territories. Build your knowledge and confidence to provide high-quality, safe and effective care for athletes while connecting with peers and experienced faculty. Learn more.

Recorded Webinars

Access recorded PD content on the SMA Store. SMA Sports Doctors and Members get 60% off the webinar price.

Sudden cardiac events in sport: Athlete’s heart, sex differences and prevention of sudden death

Dr Jessica Orchard explores the concept of “athlete’s heart”, how these changes can vary based on factors such as sex, sport type, and genetics, and how there can be a grey zone where athlete’s heart overlaps with cardiac pathology. Visit the store

Thinking beyond the joint: A contemporary understanding of osteoarthritis for the athlete

Associate Professor Tasha Stanton explores the contemporary understanding of osteoarthritis discussing evidence spanning pain science, systematic inflammation, and psychosocial contributors, supporting a need to reconceptualise how we think about osteoarthritis and pain. Visit the store

Managing common hand injuries in sport

Dr Sarah Yong and Ben Cunningham explore how to differentiate between hand injuries that require surgical intervention and those that can be managed conservatively, and gain clarity on the crucial elements of effective hand injury management. Visit the store