Information for medical professionals

Hi there! This page is all about location, scheduling, fees, and getting in contact.

Have you already seen our helpful pages about FAQs, our range of services and approach to training, and our clients’ feedback?

The information below is for

  • healthcare professionals/students.

If you belong to a different category, please visit the business-clients page, or go back to the Practical info page.

We recommend you read the section about communication training for healthcare professionals.

For general communication skills training, Ear & Speak charges the normal individual client fees for healthcare professionals/students paying for themselves. For exam/interview preparation we charge a higher fee due to the special experience and expertise we offer.

Many healthcare professionals have trouble attending regular training due to their changing rosters and long hours. Ear & Speak offers special live online accent training via our Accent Reduction at Home service. This can be combined with infrequent extended face-to-face appointments to develop the skills better.

Fees for healthcare professionals/students

Exam/interview-related training

Your professional college might offer funding under an IMG support program.
Mon-Fri
 Saturday
$209 per 1-hr appointment $225 per 1-hr appointment

Normal training

We understand that this sort of personalised training is a significant investment for many clients.

Part of our business philosophy is fairness. If you are funding your own training completely privately (i.e. not as a self-employed or reimbursable expense) then we don’t charge our normal business rate: you can instead enjoy the special rates below.

These lower fees only apply to clients who are not receiving financial support for training. Please respect that.

All training is individual, in-person, at our office in Melbourne’s CBD.

Tier 1: First 8 appointments
$165-181
per 60-min appt
  • ⇒ Pricing applies to the first 8 appts
  • Single appt:
    $ 181
  • Discounted prepayment, three appts:*
    $ 165  per appt
Tier 2: Continuing
$145-161
per 60-min appt
  • ⇒ Pricing applies to the 9th appt onwards
  • Single appt:
    $ 161
  • Discounted prepayment, three appts:*
    $ 145  per appt

Payment by PayID or cash. We also accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express, with a surcharge of 2-4% depending on the card. *Conditions apply.

Above fees valid until mid-2025. Different fees apply for business accounts or client-site visits. All fees are in Australian Dollars. We cannot offer packages or other discounts. Pricing is not negotiable.

Contact details

picture of DuncanPlease direct your enquiry to Dr Duncan Markham (more info about me is here). My goal is to help, so please help me too — communicate clearly about your questions and goals, so I can help you better.

Please don’t leave your training request too late, especially if it’s for an urgent issue like interviews. In the last six months, the typical waiting time to start training has varied between 2 and 16 weeks.

 

Melbourne: face-to-face training

All training in Melbourne is individual, face-to-face.

Click to open the enquiry form (our preferred contact method)

After pressing Submit, it will show “Processing” for up to 10 seconds before saying it was successful. If you have any trouble submitting the form, please do try again, or just give us a call (see below)

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Note the following:

 

We understand some people want to have a chat about things, so you are welcome to call, but it is often easier to use the contact form so that we can provide clear, informative written info.

You can reach us by phone (not chat apps) Mon-Fri 09:30-18:00:

  • 0422 93 43 17  (International: +61-422-934317)

Please note that we can’t respond to enquiries by SMS or to missed calls that don’t leave a voicemail.

 

Rest of Australia/world: online training

Go to this page for information and enquiries about online training.