Clinical Mentoring

The clinician you want to be is closer than you think.

Clinical mentoring for EPs who are ready to move from technically competent to genuinely exceptional. This is 1:1 work, built around your caseload, your questions, and your gaps.

Apply for clinical mentoring

What changes

The difference between good and exceptional isn't more CPD points.

Most EPs finish their degree technically capable. They can assess, prescribe, and progress exercise. But the cases that matter — the complex ones, the ones that don't follow the guidelines, the ones where you're genuinely unsure — those require something more.

Clinical mentoring gives you a dedicated space to work through the hard stuff with someone who has already navigated it. Not a lecture. Not a webinar. A real conversation about real cases, with honest feedback and a framework you can actually use.

Before

Following protocol

After

Genuine clinical reasoning

Before

Avoiding complex cases

After

Seeking out the hard ones

Before

Uncertainty as a weakness

After

Uncertainty as a starting point

Before

Solo problem-solving

After

Supported deliberate practice

Before

Good enough

After

Worth referring to

The curriculum

What we work on together.

01

Clinical reasoning frameworks

Move beyond protocol-following into genuine clinical thinking. Learn how to approach presentations where the textbook doesn't give you the answer.

02

Complex caseload navigation

Chronic disease, NDIS, cancer, musculoskeletal, neurological — the populations that challenge even experienced clinicians. Work through real cases in a supported environment.

03

Exercise prescription depth

The 'what' and 'why' of exercise for populations where the evidence is thin, contradictory, or counterintuitive. Evidence translation into practical decisions.

04

Communication and clinical relationships

How to have hard conversations with clients, referrers, and multidisciplinary teams. How to present your clinical reasoning with confidence.

05

Professional identity

What it means to be an exceptional EP — not just a good one. Developing a clinical identity that's sustainable and distinctly yours.

How it works

Simple, focused, and built around you.

There's no platform to navigate, no modules to complete, no cohort to keep up with. Clinical mentoring at Rebound Academy is a direct, ongoing relationship with your mentor — focused entirely on your caseload and your development.

Format1:1 video sessions with Andrew or Lauren
FrequencyFortnightly (most common) or monthly
Session length60 minutes
DurationMinimum 3-month commitment
CapacityLimited — applications reviewed individually

Your clinical mentor

Lauren Tapp

AEP, ESSAM · Clinical Lead, Rebound Health

Lauren has spent her career in the clinical complexity that most EPs avoid. Cancer rehabilitation, neurological conditions, osteoporosis, musculoskeletal — the presentations that require real clinical depth, not just exercise adherence coaching.

Her mentoring is direct, evidence-informed, and genuinely challenging. She will push your thinking, not just validate it.

Clinical mentoring — one on one session

Applications open

Ready to do the real work?

Places are limited. Applications are reviewed individually and we only take on mentees we're confident we can help.