About

“Once you stop learning, you start dying.”

- Albert Einstein

Learning is a lifelong commitment for all of us in Medicine. Life itself, especially in healthcare, is a Classroom, and as healthcare providers, we see so many aspects of it in our work.   At Classroom4doctors, our goal is to encourage all our colleagues in healthcare to Live with Integrity, Learn to educate ourselves, each other & our patients, and to become respected Leaders in better clinical care for our communities.

Classroom4doctors (C4D) was founded by a group of volunteer non-GP and GP specialists. The idea came about in 2015 when we became heavily involved in educational events for doctors, mostly run by corporate healthcare providers and pharmaceutical/surgical equipment companies. We were presenting topics ranging from skin cancer surgery, pain management, trauma courses, as well as non-clinical topics such as discussion of medicolegal cases, private practice pearls, building resilience and much more. Initially, C4D was an informal blog site we maintained for the medical community to find out which local educational events we were teaching at.  We were not running educational events on our own and at times were frustrated by the limitations placed on us as educators by the organisations which ran these events.

During COVID-19, C4D developed online webinars, which were run by some of us as individuals and we realised that we have the capacity to develop medical education programs without corporate support and we were able to facilitate CME points for various continuing professional development programs.

The final precipitous factor occurred when private commercial entities started to set-up registries of specialists to encourage the public to 'pick' their own specialists, citing that GP-specialists do not know who they should refer their patients to. These sites encouraged unscrupulous advertising and commercialisation of medical care. At C4D, we believe that appropriate and successful GP referrals come from good networking and education. This is now the main ethos of our organisation, to foster a collaborative connection of hospital-based and community healthcare providers, and to create a supportive network between various medical disciplines. 

C4D has now evolved to become an independent medical education provider. It is now an organisation that connects, through education, primary healthcare providers with all other specialties. We run clinical and non-clinical workshops/seminars, as well as online webinars and live-stream events throughout the year.  Our events are focussed on education with the latest up-to-date practice. We are not influenced by corporate healthcare providers and present unbiased educational material which are not influenced by commercial or financial incentives. 

Our events are provided for medical, nursing and allied health professionals. Our programs are run by healthcare providers for healthcare providers, and accredited with selected CPD homes. Our organisation does not receive any financial incentives and are offered to our community healthcare providers at cost price. Our educators are volunteers who generously share their time and expertise. 

Classroom4doctors is not just an organisation. It is a community fostered by healthcare providers for healthcare providers. It relies heavily on your feedback, what you want to learn and your ongoing interest in the events we publish. So, don’t be a stranger, let us know if you think there is an area with a need for further education, we will endeavour to find educational resources and expert facilitators that may improve healthcare delivery to the community.

Don’t forget to tell your colleagues about us. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @classroom4doctors to get regular updates on upcoming events by subscribing to our newsletters. 

Well, enough said, we hope to see you in Class!