Doctors who do not have a CPD home in 2023 can keep doing the same type of CPD that they are currently doing. At the same time, keep an eye out for new, accredited CPD homes offering CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.

Everyone will need a CPD home by 2024, when alternative CPD homes will be established.

Here is a quick guide to find out more about what you need to do in 2023.

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I am a specialist doing my college CPD

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Your AMC-accredited specialist medical college is a recognised CPD home from January 2023.
By doing your college CPD program, you will be able to meet revised CPD requirements.

I am a specialist and not doing my college CPD

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You don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
You can keep doing the self-directed CPD you’ve been doing, which meets the college requirements, join the college program or join an accredited CPD home.
You can check current requirements here.
In 2023, keep an eye out for new CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

I am an intern or PGY2 in a formal training program

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Your CPD is taken care of in your training
No extra CPD is required
Read more about PGY2 CPD requirements in 2024 below.

I am a PGY 3+ and am not in a specialist college training program

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You don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
Keep doing the self-directed CPD you’ve been doing - 50 hours annual CPD including at least one practice-based reflective element, or join the CPD program of an accredited CPD home.
You can check current requirements here.
In 2023, keep an eye out for new, accredited CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

I am a PGY3+ and am in a specialist college training program

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Your CPD is taken care of in your training
No extra CPD is required.

I have general registration only (no specialist registration)

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You don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
Keep doing the self-directed CPD you’ve been doing - 50 hours annual CPD including at least one practice-based reflective element, or join the CPD program of an accredited CPD home.
You can check current requirements here.
In 2023, keep an eye out for new, accredited CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

I am an international medical graduate with limited registration in the specialist pathway

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Your college will be your CPD home
By doing your College CPD program, you automatically meet revised CPD requirements.

I am an international medical graduate with limited registration - NOT in the specialist pathway

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You don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
Keep doing what you’re doing until January 2024:
- Complete the CPD activities agreed in your Board-approved supervision plan and work performance report.
- If the agreed CPD activities total less than 50 hours, top this up so you do a total of 50 hours of CPD each year to meet current standards.
In 2023, keep an eye out for new CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

Note: If you are registered for less than four weeks, you do not need to do CPD.

I am an international medical graduate with provisional registration (not in an accredited intern position)

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You don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
Keep doing the CPD you’ve been doing:
- complete the CPD activities agreed in your Board-approved supervision plan and work performance report.
- if the agreed CPD activities total less than 50 hours, top this up so you do a total of 50 hours of CPD each year to meet current standards.
In 2023, keep an eye out for new CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

I have more than one specialty

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If you are doing all your colleges’ CPD programs, you automatically meet revised CPD requirements.
If you are not doing all your colleges’ CPD programs, you don’t need to make a CPD home decision yet.
- Keep doing the self-directed CPD you’ve been doing, which meets all the colleges’ requirements, or join the CPD program of an accredited CPD home.
- You can check current requirements here.
- In 2023, keep an eye out for new CPD homes that offer CPD programs relevant to your scope of practice.
- You will need to join a CPD home by January 2024.

Are there exemptions to meeting the CPD standard

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These groups don’t have to do CPD:

Medical students
Doctors with non-practising registration
Doctors with short-term limited registration (less than four weeks)
Doctors granted CPD exemptions by CPD homes ( e.g due to illness, parental leave etc)
Interns and PGY2 doctors who are participating in a structured program that leads to a certificate of completion
- accredited intern programs meet training needs

PGY2 CPD requirements in 2024

You do not need to enrol with a CPD home:

if you are participating in a PGY2 training program accredited by your State or Territory postgraduate medical council (or equivalent), and/or
if you are working in supervised clinical practice positions in a hospital or general practice setting.

You will be deemed to have met the standard for CPD by participating in your position and any associated education.

You will need to enrol with a CPD home:

if you are working independently or working outside supervised practice positions in hospitals and general practices. You will also need to meet the requirements of the Board’s CPD registration standard.

Page reviewed 25/08/2023

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