eCourse - Business mastery: your journey starts here
Introduction
This 5-part eCourse has been designed to strengthen the business capability of podiatry practice owners and managers. While clinical expertise is high across the profession, many practitioners operate without formal training in business operations, leadership, and growth strategy.
This program addresses that gap by delivering practical, applied learning that supports sustainable, profitable, and well-managed podiatry practices.
The course is structured to be accessible, time-efficient, and immediately actionable, combining pre-reading, concise video learning, and applied assessment.
Objective: To equip podiatry professionals with the foundational business knowledge, tools, and confidence required to effectively manage and grow a successful practice.
Goals:
- Build core business capability across finance, operations, leadership, and marketing
- Improve decision-making through practical frameworks and real-world application
- Increase confidence in managing teams, systems, and client experience
- Support sustainable business growth and profitability within podiatry practices
Specifically, this course covers:
- Module 1: Business foundations
- Module 2: Financial management and profitability
- Module 3: Operations and systems
- Module 4: Leadership and team management
- Module 5: Marketing and client growth
Each module is designed to be practical, accessible and immediately applicable, giving participants the tools to better understand their business model, manage financial performance, improve operational systems, lead teams with confidence, and implement strategies for sustainable client and practice growth.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand core business models, revenue streams and operational structures relevant to podiatry practices.
- Apply practical financial management principles, including budgeting, pricing, cost control and interpreting financial performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve workflows, manage time effectively and implement scalable systems that support efficient practice operations.
- Build confidence in leading teams through effective communication, role clarity and practical leadership strategies.
- Develop practical marketing and client growth strategies, including digital presence, referral pathways and client retention.
Biography
Davina BambrickDavina Bambrick is known for mastering the art of doing more than one thing and doing each of them well. After building her career across the fashion and jewellery industry in both regional and metro Australia, and completing a formal business qualification, Davina moved into a corporate Senior Executive role where she developed what she calls a "commercial with a heart" mindset. After two decades in that fast-paced environment, her creative spirit drew her back to the Northern Rivers to build something of her own. For the past four years, Davina has worked as a professional photographer, contributing to publications including Country Style and Galah Press. Alongside her photography, she founded The Bush Business Collective — a space where business operators cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset and practical skills needed to succeed. She is also an accredited Trainer and Assessor, delivering qualifications in Business Administration and Leadership & Management. It is this rare combination of executive experience, hands-on business ownership, and formal training expertise that Davina brings to the Business Mastery eCourse; practical knowledge, grounded in real-world experience, and designed to make a genuine difference. |
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eCourse Access
- To purchase, click on Register myself (scroll to the bottom of the page) submit your details and pay online
- Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the eCourse in the learning portal and a password. This registration is unique to you so please do not share it.
- The video and assessment in the learning portal cannot be downloaded
- Where access to documents, resources or program material is made available to you as a member of the APodA, or participant of this APodA program, you understand that it is your responsibility to keep the material confidential and only use or disclose it for the purpose for which it was provided, unless the APodA authorises other use or disclosure.
Certificate of Completion
- An automated certificate of completion will be emailed to you upon the successful completion of all five (5) online assessments. (pass mark is 80% or higher, 2 attempts only)
- APodA members can upload the CPD certificate to the CPD portal located in the Member Centre to easily track their CPD hours for the year.
CPD Terms & Conditions
- By registering for an event with the APodA you will receive APodA correspondence and updates. You can choose to opt-out by unsubscribing.
- All CPD fees must be paid in advance.
- All cancellations must be received in writing.
- If the APodA exercises the right to cancel, we will refund 100% of the fees which attendees have paid in advance.
- Credit card payments paid in advance will be refunded less the merchant fee of 1.5%
- Where access to documents, resources or program material is made available to you as a member of the APodA, or participant of this APodA program, you understand that it is your responsibility to keep the material confidential and only use or disclose it for the purpose for which it was provided, unless the APodA authorises other use or disclosure.
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eCourse Details
Cost: |
APodA Members - $250 | Non-Members - $495 | Students Free |
Contact: |
Australian Podiatry Association |