About Us

Welcome to the Future of Education....
Welcome to PORTAL

Basically we are an ONLINE Education medium which allows people from all over the world to attend LIVE lectures and conferences ONLINE via a broadband internet connection.

Interact, attend, watch, and enjoy community involvement all at the touch of a button!

You can sign up as a NON MEMBER for FREE or as a FULL MEMBER with unlimited access to the site and big savings on events!

Got a membership promotional code? Use it to sign up for FULL MEMBERSHIP to save!

Got an event promotional code? Use it to purchase your event and save!

You MUST join the site as either a non-member or a full member to participate.

All event times are listed in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When you join events times are also displayed in your local timezone.

ABOUT Portal "Live"

Think of it as a LIVE lecture in a virtual classroom. Our virtual classroom can hold up to 1000 people at once! But don't worry, there are no annoying classmates who sit up the back and keep talking!

Interact within the lecture by typing questions, or if you have a microphone/telephone interact with the lecture live via voice.

The lecturer can even give you a virtual pen to draw on the screen for everyone to see or allow lots of other amazing things to enable your interaction during an event!

Watch photos, see video, view documents and interact with the lecturer or event organizer on an unprecedented level.

Imagine the possibilities - you could be in Australia watching and interacting with a Lecturer in London or New York, all in REAL TIME!

Please remember to check what timezone the lecture/conference is in! Use the time zone changer on your invitation email to check the exact time! If you are confused simply email us and we will do it for you!

Real time classroom learning, all at the touch of a button - from ANYWHERE on the planet! What are you waiting for!

Sign up as a non-member or a FULL MEMBER to receive BIG DISCOUNTS! You MUST join the site as either a non-member or a full member to participate.

ABOUT Going to a "Live" Event

It is as simple as point and click!

You can either go as a MEMBER or a NON-MEMBER of this site.

Members of course will get up to 50% discount off their PORTAL "Live" events, and non-members will pay a premium price for the same content.

Going to a lecture is simple - After you have registered at the site (which is FREE), browse through the calender of events, select the event you wish to participate in and purchase it.

After paying through our secure server, you will be directed to a link where you REGISTER your details and that's it!

Simple, fast and effective. Best of all - you haven't even left your house or business.

ABOUT Watching a lecture again?

If you have paid for the lecture, you are entitled to watch it as many times as you wish. In fact, we encourage it. Miss something the first time? Want to see that picture again? Simple - watch it, fast forward to that point and learn! Quick, easy and effective education with one click.

To help you along, each PORTAL "Live" event has an exam or questionnaire associated with it.

Don't worry though, no one will see your results - its simply there for you to use as a guide to see how well you learned the material. If you don't want to do the exam, simply don't!

PORTAL makes it easy to learn.

The best bit - it's all under one roof...YOURS!

ABOUT "Live" Statistics Tracking

Every event you attend as a PORTAL member is tracked for you on the own private membership page.

We also display a graphical representation of how many CPE points you have obtained throughout the year, so it is easy to see how many points you have actually completed.

At the end of the financial year, click and print a copy for your records or to send to in to your professional Registration Board.

Never has it been so easy to keep track of exactly what continuing education you have completed!

ABOUT PORTAL TV

PORTAL TV is an extension of PORTAL "Live" events.

To enhance your learning experience, the PORTAL team have implemented a state of the art, high definition experience which enables repeat viewings of specialized education sessions.

We have multiple channels each with multiple TV shorts - and every week the list is getting bigger!

Improve your practice by watching the Practice Management channel.

See the latest in high risk lower limb treatment with the Wound Care Channel.

Learn from the best in the business with the Clinical Pearls Channel.

Hear the latest about sports footwear technology in the Footwear Channel.

...and much more.

So tune in now and start watching!

ABOUT PORTAL "Wine Bar"

PORTAL "Wine Bar" is a place where clinicians and health professionals of all types can set up their own or join in existing ONLINE group meetings to discuss specific cases, difficulties they are having with patients, literature reviews or different treatment plans.

Share photos, images, notes, or almost anything you like over a secure connection with a group of colleagues you choose (all de-identified of course for privacy reasons!)

Have a group of colleagues you would like to meet with on a regular basis? Involved in rural community health care and would like to set up meetings with colleagues in other states? Whatever use you can imagine, it is possible!

PORTAL makes it easy! Every Member gets unlimited access to setting up and using the PORTAL "Wine Bar" facility.

Never has community based interaction been this easy!

ABOUT PORTAL "Coffee Lounge"

PORTAL "Coffee Lounge" is a similar concept to PORTAL "Wine Bar", except instead of interacting with other health professionals - you interact with retailers and exhibitors from our online PORTAL Trade Display.

Think of it as a company representative coming to your office or practice to show you the latest wound dressings, or the pharmacy representative meeting with you to discuss the latest anti-inflammatory drug. The applications for this are limitless!

Need to see a range of new instruments for your practice? Drop in to a scheduled PORTAL "Coffee Lounge" event and not only see the instruments, but discuss them with the company directly in real time.

Browsing, interacting and gaining product knowledge.

Never has it been so easy!

ABOUT Costs

FULL MEMBERS pay a small yearly subscription fee and then a heavily discounted fee for each education event they wish to attend - in fact they save up to 50% on every PORTAL "Live" event! CLICK HERE to find out more about the benefits of being a FULL MEMBER.

NON-MEMBERS pay no yearly fee, however they receive no discount on education events and in fact pay a premium price if they do wish to attend. Plus NON-MEMBERS do not get access to amazing features such as PORTAL TV, WINE BAR, CPE Points Reports and much more!

For example:

LECTURE: Diagnostic ultrasound interpretation of the Knee

NON-MEMBERS COST: $165.00

MEMBERS COST: $89.10

That's a massive saving and one of many MEMBER benefits! Why not joint today? Click Here to find out how

ABOUT Full Membership

Full membership entitles you to:

Up to 50% discounts on PORTAL "Live" education events

Ability to organize & attend unlimited PORTAL "Wine Bar" sessions - FREE

Ability to attend unlimited PORTAL "Coffee Lounge" session - FREE

Access to ALL channels of PORTAL TV - FREE

Unlimited access to PORTAL Virtual Trade Display - FREE

PORTAL "Live" statistics tracking and personalized membership page - FREE

Access to PORTAL FORUMS to organize event times & discuss events - FREE

CLICK HERE to find out more or to join!

ABOUT Non-Members

NON-MEMBERS must sign up to the site, even though it is FREE. After they have completed this they are able to:

Access to ONE PORTAL TV channel
Limited access to PORTAL FORUMS
Limited Access to the events calender

Remember, NON-MEMBERS have none of the benefits of FULL MEMBERSHIP.

Why not consider joining? With the discounts on PORTAL "Live" events alone you would save money, not to mention having access to a range of new and exciting features such as PORTAL TV, PORTAL "Wine Bar" & "Coffee Lounge" events and Live statistics tracking.

What are you waiting for? CLICK HERE to find out more and join today!

ABOUT PORTAL Trade Display

COMING SEPTEMBER 2008

Change the way you view Trade Displays.

The Foot Spot - PORTAL is bringing YOU to THE EVENT, without even leaving your home or office. PORTAL Trade Display allows you to browse retailers and distributors products, as well as organize and attend PORTAL "Coffee Lounge" events to find out more information on selected items. Never has getting product information been so easy.

24 hours a day, seven days a week!

WHY is Continuing Education important?

Continuing Education does not replace University based professional education. On the contrary it is designed to compliment it! Most professional medical registration boards around the world have made Continuing Professional Education mandatory or compulsory.

What does this mean? Well in short, you must continually do some sort of high quality courses to maintain your professional registration status.

Using PORTAL gaining these compulsory points is simple. Choose your education preference, and participate! Our site logs it for you and tracks your progress with events attended on this website.

We only have the highest qualified lecturers in any given profession, so with PORTAL there is no question that you are getting the best education.

WHY should I join?

Save money and time! No more traveling to lectures, no more time away from work or family. Do the education you want, in your own time, at your own convenience! If you add up the cost of achieving CPE points through PORTAL it will work out to be less than the cost of one professional conference per year. It is cheap, interactive, fun, effective and most of all EDUCATIONAL!!!

All your continuing professional education needs - all under one roof....YOURS!

Live personalized continuing education points tracking.
Meet with company representatives via PORTAL "Coffee Lounge" - discuss latest products, ask questions and gather information.

High quality information via PORTAL TV - watch it anytime, anywhere!

PORTAL Trade Display - visit suppliers and see the latest advancements in lower limb care right from your own computer.

Organise your own PORTAL "Wine Bar" events - meet with colleagues, discuss cases and solve those difficult problems we all have using The Foot Spot - PORTAL technology.

Never has community based interaction of heath care professionals been so easy! Join Nurses, Medical Practitioners, Podiatrists, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and a whole host of other health care disciplines in continuing education. CLICK HERE to join or find out more.

Share ideas, gain valuable clinical tips and do it all without leaving your home or office.

Welcome to the future of Education......Welcome to PORTAL

What happens if I need more HELP with PORTAL?

PORTAL Team members are ALWAYS available to assist in any way possible. Not very good with computers or the internet? Finding it all a bit too hard? No problems - get started by downloading the document below that may answer a few questions you have. Also make sure you ask questions in the MEMBER FORUMS!

If you need any more help or information please contact us at education@thefootspot.com.au with your details and someone will call you back as soon as possible to assist.