The Australian College of Dermatologists was established 50 years ago and is responsible for the training and professional development of medical practitioners in the field of dermatology has been accredited by the Australian Medical Council. The Australian College of Dermatologists approached Intergy to upgrade their member management system due to system limitations and to meet standards compliance.
The Solution
We created a custom application for The Australian College of Dermatologists based on the Code Igniter and WordPress platforms. The new application includes features such as; members search, management of committees, CPD course management, facilities and positions management, a custom reporting engine, industry contacts and an email log.
Benefits and features
Business management and productivity
The flexible course management tool allows admins to have complete control over the course hierarchy. The new management tool allows each branch to have CPD variables assigned at each level. Due to the customisable nature of this tool it will be relevant for years to come.
Member collaboration
The new member management system incorporates ‘Find a colleague’ whereby members can search based on filters such as name, distance, state and area of interests. Members have total control of what items are shared and searchable.
Business intelligence
The system incorporates both a system history log, where a trail of all system changes can be seen, and an email log of all system generated emails. Therefore, all data is stored and readily accessible.
Enhance security
The admin area allows the college to manage users and system lookups (position types, tags, contacts). Different users can receive different privileges based on their membership type allowing admin full control and security through the entire process.
Technology
The new system utilises an Apache 2.2 web server. It is built using a MySQL 5.X database. Programming languages include AJAX, JavaScript and JQuery. Code Igniter 2.X was used as the framework for the new system and a PHP 5.X server script. The payment gateway within the portal is Westpac Payway. Other third party tools used were Moodle and MYOB-EXO invoice integration
