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What do I need to do?

All doctors need to meet the 2023 CPD registration standard when doing their CPD in 2024. This means you:

  • have a CPD home in 2024 (unless exempt). You will:
    • join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start to do your CPD in 2024. The home must be suitable for your scope of practice and can be a college or non-college home - find out more.
    • log CPD activities with your CPD home
    • need to declare which is your CPD home at 2024/25 registration renewal
  • write a professional development plan before starting to do CPD each year
  • do 50 hours CPD each year, split across a range of activities:
    • 25 hours - reviewing performance and measuring outcomes:
      • you decide the best mix of these activities to suit your practice, with five hours minimum of each type
    • 12.5 hours - traditional learning or educational activities – reading, lectures, conferences etc
    • 12.5 hours of activities from any category – you allocate these CPD hours.

In 2023, there were different CPD requirements. Here is a quick guide to find out more about what you needed to do in 2023.

Here is a quick guide to find out more about what you need to do in 2024.

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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.
  • By doing your college CPD program, you will be able to meet revised CPD requirements.
  • You can also choose a different AMC-accredited CPD home suitable for your scope of practice.
  • You must include any high-level requirements for your specialty in your CPD program.
  • CPD homes can be found here.
     

I am a specialist and not doing my college CPD

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  • You need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • You must include any high-level requirements for your specialty in your CPD program.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

I am an intern or PGY2 working in a supervised position

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  • As an intern, your CPD is taken care of in your training 
    • No extra CPD is required

  • As a PGY2 (Australian and New Zealand graduates and IMGs), you do not need to enrol with a CPD home or do CPD:
    • 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.

  • As a PGY2, you will need to enrol with a CPD home and do CPD:
    • 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.

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

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  • You need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

Note: If you are starting in a specialist college training program at the start of the hospital year, you do not need to enrol in a CPD home, as your CPD is taken care of when you start your training.

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 need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

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 need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

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 need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

I have more than one specialty

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  • If you are doing all your colleges’ CPD programs, you will be able to meet revised CPD requirements.  
  • You can also choose a different AMC-accredited CPD home suitable for your scopes of practice/specialties.
  • If you are not doing all your colleges’ CPD programs, you need to join an AMC-accredited CPD home before you start doing your CPD in 2024.
  • Choose a home that is suitable for your scope of practice, which can be a college or non-college home.
  • You must include any high-level requirements for your specialties in your CPD program.
  • CPD homes can be found here.

 

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.     
 
 
 
Page reviewed 27/11/2023