News

This site details news relevant to Melbourne Branch members.  If you have news or a source of information that you would like to bring to the attention of the committee, please email us.

Please also see the professional development section of the site for a series of newly added events.

2009 

Peter O'Connor lecture - Audio available to download

Peter O'Connor's lecture, The Place of Psyche and Dreams in Psychology, can now be downloaded as an audio file.

Instructions: Right-click on link and select "Save Target As ..." to save file to your computer.

Peer Support Network 

Details of this initiative can now be found on our site.

 

Local sources of interest*

  • The main APS website, where news of interest to all Australian Psychologists is listed; 
  • APS college websites, which list college-specific events and news;
  • The Victorian Psychologists' Registration Board (VPRB) website holds a good deal of useful information, including –
    • The VPRB register, where you can review and update your registration details.
  • Many sources of current literature are available.  Two of interest include –
    • The Cochrane Collaboration.  This site provides reviews of the best available literature relating to health care efficacy.  The Australian government has made provisions for Australian residents to access this site free of charge. 
    • Pubmed, provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, lists citations from biomedical articles from life science journals back to the 1950s.

International sources of interest*

International sites are legion, but include –

*Please note that while we can direct members to reputable pages external to the APS these sites' content is beyond the Branch's or the APS' control.