CPD is more than just participation in continuing education. It is an ongoing, cyclical process of continuous quality improvement by which you maintain and enhance your competence in current and possible future roles. It also gives you the responsibility to manage self-appraisal, develop a personalised learning plan, participate in relevant educational activities, implement new knowledge and skills in practice and evaluate the outcome.
Current CPD cycle ends
DBA resources, standards, guidelines
Pharmacy Board CPD requirementsThe Pharmacy Board of Australia’s revised Registration Standard: Continuing professional development(effective 1 December 2015) requires every registered pharmacist (excluding those with non-practising registration) to develop an annual CPD plan to identify and undertake CPD activities to meet their professional development needs.
In developing a CPD plan, pharmacists are expected to reflect on their scope of practice (current and any proposed changes) and self-assess their professional development needs against relevant competencies in the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia.
Your CPD plan must be a verifiable record that is clear and structured and show how your professional development has positively impacted on your practice through reflective learning.
On renewal of registration, you must declare that you have met this standard during the previous registration period, and show that you have planned for the next registration period. The Pharmacy Board of Australia will audit compliance with this requirement annually.
For more information on the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s registration requirements go to the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s website.
So, what is CPD? CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities. It enables learning to become conscious and proactive, rather than passive and reactive.
CPD combines different methodologies to learning, such as training workshops, conferences and events, e-learning programs, best practice techniques and ideas sharing, all focused for an individual to improve and have effective professional development. There are over 1000 institutes & professional bodies across the UK, a number that is forecast to increase.
Accompanied by such growth is the acceptance that academic qualifications must offer more vocational and skills-based or ‘practical’ learning. A structured, practical and methodical approach to learning helps employers across industries to keep key staff and develop the skills & knowledge in their organisations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage.
Engaging in Continuing Professional Development ensures that both academic and practical qualifications do not become out-dated or obsolete; allowing individuals to continually ‘up skill’ or ‘re-skill’ themselves, regardless of occupation, age or educational level.
CPD Learning TypesTypes of CPD learning vary significantly, depending on the requirements for your business, or if you’re learning as an individual.
Structured CPD / Active LearningStructured CPD / active learning involves interactive and participation-based study. It is typically proactive and can include attending a training course, conference, workshop, seminar, lecture, e-learning course or CPD certified event. CPD active learning also applies to when professionals take career orientated exams and assessments (the study and revision would be considered self-directed learning, see Self-Directed CPD).
Reflective CPD / Passive LearningReflective learning involves no participant-based interaction, so this form of CPD is much more passive and one directional. Examples of this include reading relevant news articles, podcasts & case studies and industry updates. Some informal meetings can be applicable to CPD reflective learning, but the learning objectives of these meetings must be made clear in an individual’s overall CPD plan.
Self-Directed CPD / Unstructured LearningSelf-directed learning involves all unaccompanied CPD activities. It covers the reading of documents, articles and publications; either in print or online. Reading relevant publications, books by leading experts, industry journals and trade magazines are all types of self-directed CPD. You could also include industry-specific news feeds or research into relevant fields.
What are the benefits of CPD?Continuing Professional Development is essential in helping individuals, organisations or entire industries to keep skills and knowledge up to date. Providing CPD enables organisations to become a knowledge bank to key stakeholders of your organisation. CPD accredited training courses, workshops and events allow professionals to use the learning time towards individual CPD requirements.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Continuing Professional Development helps individuals to regularly focus on how they can become a more competent and effective professional. Training and learning increase confidence and overall capability, and compliments career aspirations.
CPD enables individuals to adapt positively to changes in work/industry requirements. Planning CPD helps to be more efficient with time, and recording CPD properly provides evidence of professional development (this can be useful for supervision and appraisals).
CPD shows a clear commitment to self-development and professionalism. CPD provides an opportunity for an individual to identify knowledge gaps and to resolve these in a recognisable approach to improvement.
Accredited CPD Providers should make available to individuals a Certificate of Attendance to attach to their CPD log as evidence of development once training is complete or the desired standards of learning have been met.
the ADC states The goal of dental education in Australia is to develop dental practitioners who are competent to practise safely and effectively within the professions’ and their individual scope of practice, and who have an appropriate foundation for professional growth and development so that they can respond to diverse and changing health needs throughout their professional lives. Dental practitioners must have an understanding of, and be responsive to, the oral health needs of Australian communities and individual citizens and apply dental knowledge, clinical and technical skills and professional attitudes to provide safe and effective patient-centred care.
The CPD planning tool is based on the 2016 National Competency Standards Framework.
Current CPD cycle ends
DBA resources, standards, guidelines
Pharmacy Board CPD requirementsThe Pharmacy Board of Australia’s revised Registration Standard: Continuing professional development(effective 1 December 2015) requires every registered pharmacist (excluding those with non-practising registration) to develop an annual CPD plan to identify and undertake CPD activities to meet their professional development needs.
In developing a CPD plan, pharmacists are expected to reflect on their scope of practice (current and any proposed changes) and self-assess their professional development needs against relevant competencies in the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia.
Your CPD plan must be a verifiable record that is clear and structured and show how your professional development has positively impacted on your practice through reflective learning.
On renewal of registration, you must declare that you have met this standard during the previous registration period, and show that you have planned for the next registration period. The Pharmacy Board of Australia will audit compliance with this requirement annually.
For more information on the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s registration requirements go to the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s website.
So, what is CPD? CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities. It enables learning to become conscious and proactive, rather than passive and reactive.
CPD combines different methodologies to learning, such as training workshops, conferences and events, e-learning programs, best practice techniques and ideas sharing, all focused for an individual to improve and have effective professional development. There are over 1000 institutes & professional bodies across the UK, a number that is forecast to increase.
Accompanied by such growth is the acceptance that academic qualifications must offer more vocational and skills-based or ‘practical’ learning. A structured, practical and methodical approach to learning helps employers across industries to keep key staff and develop the skills & knowledge in their organisations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage.
Engaging in Continuing Professional Development ensures that both academic and practical qualifications do not become out-dated or obsolete; allowing individuals to continually ‘up skill’ or ‘re-skill’ themselves, regardless of occupation, age or educational level.
CPD Learning TypesTypes of CPD learning vary significantly, depending on the requirements for your business, or if you’re learning as an individual.
Structured CPD / Active LearningStructured CPD / active learning involves interactive and participation-based study. It is typically proactive and can include attending a training course, conference, workshop, seminar, lecture, e-learning course or CPD certified event. CPD active learning also applies to when professionals take career orientated exams and assessments (the study and revision would be considered self-directed learning, see Self-Directed CPD).
Reflective CPD / Passive LearningReflective learning involves no participant-based interaction, so this form of CPD is much more passive and one directional. Examples of this include reading relevant news articles, podcasts & case studies and industry updates. Some informal meetings can be applicable to CPD reflective learning, but the learning objectives of these meetings must be made clear in an individual’s overall CPD plan.
Self-Directed CPD / Unstructured LearningSelf-directed learning involves all unaccompanied CPD activities. It covers the reading of documents, articles and publications; either in print or online. Reading relevant publications, books by leading experts, industry journals and trade magazines are all types of self-directed CPD. You could also include industry-specific news feeds or research into relevant fields.
What are the benefits of CPD?Continuing Professional Development is essential in helping individuals, organisations or entire industries to keep skills and knowledge up to date. Providing CPD enables organisations to become a knowledge bank to key stakeholders of your organisation. CPD accredited training courses, workshops and events allow professionals to use the learning time towards individual CPD requirements.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Continuing Professional Development helps individuals to regularly focus on how they can become a more competent and effective professional. Training and learning increase confidence and overall capability, and compliments career aspirations.
CPD enables individuals to adapt positively to changes in work/industry requirements. Planning CPD helps to be more efficient with time, and recording CPD properly provides evidence of professional development (this can be useful for supervision and appraisals).
CPD shows a clear commitment to self-development and professionalism. CPD provides an opportunity for an individual to identify knowledge gaps and to resolve these in a recognisable approach to improvement.
Accredited CPD Providers should make available to individuals a Certificate of Attendance to attach to their CPD log as evidence of development once training is complete or the desired standards of learning have been met.
the ADC states The goal of dental education in Australia is to develop dental practitioners who are competent to practise safely and effectively within the professions’ and their individual scope of practice, and who have an appropriate foundation for professional growth and development so that they can respond to diverse and changing health needs throughout their professional lives. Dental practitioners must have an understanding of, and be responsive to, the oral health needs of Australian communities and individual citizens and apply dental knowledge, clinical and technical skills and professional attitudes to provide safe and effective patient-centred care.
The CPD planning tool is based on the 2016 National Competency Standards Framework.