PodChatLive is the regular livestream for the continuing professional development of Podiatrists along with other health care professionals that might be keen on the issues discussed. The stream is broadcast live on Facebook and then is later added to YouTube right after being edited. Each live show features a different person or collection of guests to go over a different topic every time. An array of subject areas get litigated. Issues have been answered live by the hosts and their guests during the live show on Facebook. There’s a podcast of each livestream provided on iTunes and Spotify and the other typical podcast sites which get submitted after being edited. They’ve developed a large following which keeps growing. PodChatLive is considered one of many methods through which podiatry practitioners could easily get free continuing education points or credits that are needed in lots of places to keep their professional registration. This is important as costs for continuing ediucation of health professionals can get quite expensive.
After the initial improvised and unplanned stream from the lounge room following the hosts had dinner, the PodChatLive was streamed by the hosts to find out whether it could work. Using the Zoom web seminar platform, Craig Payne was in Melbourne and Ian Griffiths was in England. They wanted to find out if it may give good results. In this second stream, they talked about supination resistance, mentioned 2D Vs 3D gait analysis and were asked who our has to follow people were on social media. It was successful. After that second espisode the hosts decided to include a guest in each episode. PodChatLive has continues to grow and has gone from strength to strength. Over 100 episodes have now been produces with an increasoingly wide and diverse range of guests. The show is widely used for the contiuning education of health professionals.