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Continuing Professional Development
In 2023, the Medical Board of Australia revised the Registration standard: Continuing professional development. The revised standard is designed to strengthen CPD by supporting doctors’ access to relevant, effective, and evidence-based activities. The changes aim to provide doctors with an individualised approach to developing learning goals for maintaining and building personal and professional skills, with a view to ultimately fostering a lifelong learning mindset for doctors in Australia.
Requirements at a glance
- Prepare your annual professional development plan (PDP).
- Participate in learning activities for a minimum of 50 hours per annum.
- Complete CPD across the range of CPD categories – Education Activities (EA), Reviewing Performance (RP) and Measuring Outcomes (MO), fulfilling the breakdown of these activities:
- 25 hours across a mix of RP and MO, with a minimum of 5 hours in each
- 2.5 hours in EA
- 2.5 hours in any type of activity of a doctor’s choosing.
- Have a CPD home (unless exempt).
- Log your CPD activities and completions with your CPD home.
- Declare your CPD home in your 2024/25 registration renewal (30 September for medical practitioners. For doctors with a provisional or limited registration, it is on the anniversary date of your registration being first granted).
Selecting a CPD home
As part of the new registration standard, all doctors need to select a suitable CPD home from 2024 (unless exempt). Areas to consider when selecting a CPD home include:
- a college or non-college CPD home that aligns to your scope of practice
- ability to meet any specialist high-level CPD requirements for your specialty
- the range of content and format options available
- how CPD is logged and reported
- annual fees and other inclusions.
Doctors who are specialist trainees or specialist IMG graduates with limited registration in a specialist pathway are required to meet their CPD requirements through the relevant specialist medical college.
Do any exemptions apply?
Groups exempt from CPD requirements are:
- medical students
- interns and PGY2 doctors participating in an accredited training program
- doctors with a non-practising or short term (less than four weeks) registration
- doctors granted a CPD exemption from their CPD home due to a continuous absence from practice of at least six months for approved circumstances.
How MDA National can help?
MDA National provides Members with access to a variety of programs and resources in the following CPD categories:
Education activities (EA)
- Courses and workshops
- Live webinars
- On-demand webinars
- e-Learning modules
- Library including case studies, articles, blogs and podcasts
Reviewing performance (RP)
- Course self-reflections and action plans
- Round table case discussions
Measuring outcomes (MO)
- Practice visits and audits
- Practice systems and process reviews
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Resources
MDA National provides a range of relevant resources to help our Members minimise their medico-legal risk and continue practising with confidence.
AHPRA AND NATIONAL BOARDS
- 2023 Registration standard: Continuing professional development
- About CPD homes
- Professional development plans and types of CPD
MDA NATIONAL
- Concise advice – Revised CPD registration standard
- Browse a range of education resources for MDA National Members
- Browse MDA National’s library with more than 500 items containing articles, case studies, blog posts and podcasts for your reading, listening and viewing of education materials
- Learn about Support in Practice
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Resources |
MDA National provides a range of relevant resources to help our Members minimise their medico-legal risk and continue practising with confidence.
AHPRA AND NATIONAL BOARDS
- 2023 Registration standard: Continuing professional development
- About CPD homes
- Professional development plans and types of CPD
MDA NATIONAL
- Concise advice – Revised CPD registration standard
- Browse a range of education resources for MDA National Members
- Browse MDA National’s library with more than 500 items containing articles, case studies, blog posts and podcasts for your reading, listening and viewing of education materials
- Learn about Support in Practice