Benefits of Membership

Professional Benefits

Continuing Education - With an on-going program of seminars and workshops, COCA is the leading provider of continuing education and vocational services to the chiropractic profession and members receive substantial discounts to these events.

Distance Education - COCA is your portal to a range of modules covering the latest in international research and developments. Members can take advantage of discounted rates on all modules on offer.

Continuing Education Accreditation - As a recognized accrediting agency, COCA provides a service to members whereby all points for continuing education and distance education activities are recorded, accumulated and maintained. Members are required to nominate COCA as their preferred agency. Members can even apply for accredited points should they attend an event which has not been accredited by COCA.

Access to Information - COCA members are able to access the extensive library of the Royal Australia College of General Practitioners. For more details about gaining access to the library go to the Members Only section of this website.

Special Offers and Discounts As a recognized professional body, COCA negotiates special offers and discounted rates for a variety of resources such as books from Elsevier or newsletters like the Back Letter. COCA is constantly seeking to expand these types of offers to pass on to members. For more details about these offers go to the Members Only section of this website.

International Affiliation - COCA members receive affiliate membership to The College of Chiropractors (UK) including all rights, privileges, benefits and website access.

Practice Benefits

Professional Indemnity and Business Insurance - COCA has a commercial agreement with Aon Risk Services Australia Limited to represent our interests and promote an excellent range of insurance products specifically suited to the needs of chiropractors and osteopaths. COCA members are offered substantially discounted premium rates by Aon.

Special Credit Card Transaction Rate - COCA has negotiated a special rate for credit card transactions from the Commonwealth Bank. The special rate represents a genuine reduction from their over-the-counter rate and can result in significant, long-term savings for members. The special rate is available to all COCA members and it is not necessary to be an existing Commonwealth Bank customer and no change to accounts is required.

Red Cross First Aid Training - COCA has negotiated a special rate for members who undertake training with the Australian Red Cross to achieve certification for First Aid Level 2 (which includes CPR) as required by the Chiropractic Board of Australia under their professional development registration standard. For details go to the Members Only section within this site.

Special Rates for Car Hire - Hertz offers discounted rates on all vehicles in their range to COCA members. These discounted rates can be accessed by joining the Hertz #1 Club Gold and membership is free to COCA members.

Business Support Services

  • Free locum advertising both online at www.coca.com.au and in COCA News.
  • Discounted classified advertising rates both online and in COCA News.
  • Free Clinical Audit: Members can receive a free clinical audit (record keeping) designed to help chiropractors and osteopaths to consider their case records in the context of Best Practice and Risk Management.
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