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The new CPD standard requires non-exempt medical practitioners to:

  • Write an annual continuing professional development plan (CPD Plan)
  • Complete a minimum of 50 hours per year of CPD activities that are relevant to their scope of practice and individual professional development needs)
  • Allocate a minimum 50 hours per year between the following types of CPD activities:
    • At least 12.5 hours (25 percent of the minimum) in educational activities,
    • At least 25 hours (50 percent of the minimum) in activities focused on reviewing performance and measuring outcomes, with a minimum of five hours for each category; and
    • The remaining 12.5 hours (25 percent of the minimum) across any of these types of CPD activities including any relevant specialty high-level CPD requirements.
  • Meet any high-level CPD requirements set by the relevant specialist college
  • Reflect upon achievement of the CPD Plan at the end of the year in preparation for the next year
  • Retain completed CPD records for three years after the end of each one-year cycle period for auditing purposes.

    • From 1 January 2024, all non-exempt medical practitioners will be required to have a CPD home.

    CPD homes are quality-assured and support safe practice. They:

  • Provide CPD programs that are robust, monitored and evaluated
  • Support doctors to tailor CPD to their learning needs
  • Are accredited by the AMC
  • Coordinate CPD programs, ensure quality activities and help doctors keep track of their CPD hours with a system for CPD record-keeping
  • Make sure doctors meet CPD requirements, including for:
    • Culturally safe practice
    • Addressing health inequities
    • Professionalism and
    • Ethical practice.”

https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Professional-Performance-Framework/CPD/About-CPD-homes.aspx

Our CPD Home meets these requirements and has been approved for initial accreditation by the AMC.

To learn about the new requirements, please visit the Medical Board of Australia Webpage

  • CPD Home provides subscribers with a CPD Program of Learning specifically designed to support non-exempt medical practitioners to meet their CPD requirements under the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development (the Standard).
  • CPD Home offers its subscribers accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning, effortless CPD tracking, and reporting.
  • With CPD Home you can:
    • Complete a learning module on writing your CPD Plan
    • Nominate your learning focus topics when writing your CPD Plan;
    • Access a comprehensive catalogue of accredited CPD activities including quality clinical research, specialty topics, professionalism and ethical practice, cultural safety, equitable care, compliance, and communication skills
    • Amend your CPD Plan throughout the CPD Year, if required
    • Recommence your online learning where you left off
    • Register for accredited CPD activities offered by Certified Learning Providers
    • Know that hours assigned for a CPD activity are uploaded on your behalf to your CPD Tracker by the Certified Learning Provider
    • Track your learning against the CPD Home Program requirements
    • Upload and save externally completed learning evidence to My CPD Activities
    • Monitor your CPD progress at a glance from My Dashboard
    • Access guidance support on activities that will meet your mandatory CPD requirements and address your CPD Plan learning goals
    • Print or save your CPD Reports detailing your completed CPD records that aggregate your learning. The CPD Tracker automatically calculates completed CPD hours to meet your mandatory learning, including high-level requirements set by some specialty colleges.
    • Download your CPD Statement of Completion for the current CPD Year
    • Access your data anywhere, any time.
    • Reflect upon your CPD achievements at the end of the CPD Year
    • Know that the MBA will be automatically advised of your compliance with the CPD requirements at the end of the CPD reporting period.
  • Our CPD Home will give you complete choice and control over your CPD needs.
  • Key features include:
    • We certify learning providers to bring you a variety of accredited CPD activities relevant to your scope of practice.
    • Our platform tags learning to ensure that relevant learning is automatically surfaced to your My Dashboard based on your CPD Plan learning goals.
    • Your CPD Tracker displays a simple dashboard to track progress and prompt you to complete mandatory activities, ensuring you remain CPD compliant.
    • Simple templates are available to complete your CPD Plan and other mandatory activities.
    • We recognise learning that is accredited by any other AMC accredited CPD home that aligns with our CPD Home Program and your registered scope of practice.
    • For learning that is not accredited by another CPD home, there is a simple process to upload your learning record and evidence where the activity aligns with our CPD Home Program.
    • We accept CPD activities that you participate in during your normal course of practice.

Read our CPD Home Program Guide to learn more.

  • All non-exempt Junior doctors PGY2+ not in an accredited training program, regardless of AMA membership, are eligible to join CPD Home.
  • CPD Home will provide you with a CPD Program specifically designed to help meet your CPD compliance requirements for renewed medical registration. This includes a catalogue of accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning from learning providers, effortless CPD tracking, and support to meet you CPD obligations under the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development (the Standard).

  • Generally registered medical practitioners such as non-vocationally registered doctors and international medical graduates, regardless of AMA membership, are eligible to join CPD Home.
  • CPD Home will provide you with a CPD Program specifically designed to help meet your CPD compliance requirements for renewed medical registration. This includes a catalogue of accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning from learning providers, effortless CPD tracking, and support to meet you CPD obligations under the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development (the Standard).

  • Registered Australian doctors, regardless of AMA membership, are eligible to join CPD Home.
  • CPD Home will provide you with a CPD Program specifically designed to help meet your CPD compliance requirements for renewed medical registration. This includes a catalogue of accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning from learning providers, effortless CPD tracking, and support to meet your CPD obligations under the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development (the Standard).

  • Registered medical specialists, regardless of AMA membership, are eligible to join CPD Home. Our unique offering will help you to simplify achievement of your CPD obligations, including any high-level CPD requirements set by your specialty college, whether you hold a fellowship or not.
  • CPD Home will provide you with a CPD Program specifically designed to help meet your CPD compliance requirements for renewed medical registration. This includes a catalogue of accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning from learning providers, effortless CPD tracking, and support to meet your CPD obligations under the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development (the Standard).

  • You may subscribe to more than one CPD home. However, you must complete the CPD Program requirements of at least one accredited CPD home for your compliance requirements to be met for the CPD Year.
  • Please note, if you have multiple CPD homes and only partially complete requirements under each CPD home then no CPD home will be able to report completion of your CPD requirements to Ahpra, and this may impact your registration. For simplicity, it is recommended that you choose a single CPD home that can assist you to meet Ahpra’s requirements.

  • Yes. To meet the new CPD standards set by the MBA, you must follow the program set by your CPD home. The AMA's CPD Home has been accredited and captures all mandatory requirements. Our CPD Tracker’s simple dashboard ensures you can see your progress at a glance and be confident that you are meeting the new CPD requirements.
  • The key elements of the CPD Home Program include the following.
    • The annual reporting period commences on 1 January and concludes 31 December.
    • The minimal completion of 50 hours of CPD across two domains of learning during a reporting cycle, including mandatory learning is required. This includes completion of CPD activities that address the minimum number of hours for each domain of learning.
    • Participation in the two domains of learning encompasses:
      • Domain 1:
      • Educational Activities (minimum 12.5 hours - maximum 25 hours)
      • Domain 2:
      • Reviewing Performance (minimum 5 hours) and Measuring Outcomes (minimum 5 hours) (Total time: minimum 25 hours - maximum 37.5 hours).
    • Prepare and reflect on your written CPD Plan.
    • Subscribers are required to engage in CPD activities that align to the Australian Medical Council Ltd Good Medical Practice: A code of conduct for doctors in Australia; 2009. Completed CPD activities must involve one or more of the following CAPE aspects:
      • Culturally safe practice
      • Addressing health inequities
      • Professionalism
      • Ethical practice.”
    • Completed CPD activities for the CPD Year must include a CPD activity that individually addresses each one of the above aspects. CPD activities listed in the CPD Home Catalogue will be assigned applicable CAPE aspects. When uploading other CPD activities to your record, you need to assign the applicable CAPE aspect(s) to the activity.
    • The minimum and maximum number of accumulated CPD hours for each domain must be observed. Additional hours will be recorded by the CPD Tracker but excluded in the annual CPD calculation where it exceeds the maximum number of hours by domain.
    • You must save and retain your annual CPD activity records for three years after the end of each one-year cycle for auditing purposes by CPD Home and/or the MBA, even if you change to another CPD home service provider.
    • Medical practitioners with a specialty registered scope of practice must also meet the high-level CPD requirements set by the relevant specialty college. These can be recorded under ‘Other’ activities for the relevant domain of learning set by the college.
  • We understand that this sounds complex. Don’t worry, our system is designed to guide you and ensure that you can meet these requirements with the least amount of effort. Our system will prompt you to complete learning, while our odometer gives you an easy, visual representation of your progress.

  • At CPD Home, we're here to ensure the medical registration of ALL doctors is protected with our easy-to-use online portal.
  • As a paid CPD Home Subscriber, you can plan, track, and complete your required 50 hours of CPD – with minimal stress. This option meets the requirements of the Medical Board of Australia 2023 standards and you can be rest assured that your CPD compliance will be automatically reported to Ahpra. Your CPD Certificate of Compliance and annual CPD Report are also available for download.
  • You also get access to our extensive CPD Hub Catalogue of high-quality accredited learning and can undertake learning on our platform or upload learning completed via other providers. If you complete accredited CPD activities listed in our CPD Hub Catalogue, your learning status will be automatically managed, and completion records uploaded to your CPD Tracker.

  • Yes. CPD Home provides Australian registered medical specialists, international medical graduates, PGY2+ trainees and non-vocationally registered medical practitioners a CPD Program of Learning, tracking service, and access to an extensive learning catalogue. The CPD Home Program recognises a wide range of CPD activity types to meet the continuing professional development needs of Subscribers. To learn about the CPD Program, please download the CPD Home Program Guide available from the website.

Follow the below steps to sign up to CPD Home.

  • Click the Sign up button at the top of the Home page
  • Enter your name, email, mobile number, and Ahpra MED number
  • Read and accept the Terms
  • Complete the CAPTCHA
  • Verify your email and phone number.
  • Follow the steps to create a profile.
  • Choose whether you would like to be a Subscriber or Hub Learner.
  • If choosing Subscriber – pay the subscription fee

  • Every Australian medical practitioner is individually responsible for meeting their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements set out in the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) Registration Standard: Continuing Professional Development. CPD Home provides subscribers access to a comprehensive catalogue of accredited CPD activities.
  • The CPD Tracker makes it easy to track and record your progress towards meeting your CPD requirements. CPD Home provides subscribers the tools for complying with the standard and will keep track of subscriber progress, providing support and guidance where required.
  • If you complete external CPD, you must self-record your activity completion record and upload accepted evidence to the CPD Tracker.
  • By signing up as a CPD Home Subscriber, you agree that the CPD Tracker is intended to be used for support and guidance but is not responsible for your CPD or reporting obligations.
  • To learn more about medical practitioner CPD obligations, visit the Medical Board of Australia webpage

  • Yes, you can complete learning activities from our catalogue or from other learning providers. Accredited activities completed on our system will automatically be added to your CPD Tracker. Activities completed with other learning providers must be uploaded by you to your CPD Tracker.

  • Yes. The AMA’s CPD Home will recognise learning that is accredited by any other CPD home. However, you are responsible for uploading evidence of completion of this activity and confirm that it aligns with the CPD Home Program and is relevant to your scope of practice.

  • Subscribers will automatically receive our monthly newsletter. The newsletter will provide updates on our services, aggregated CPD compliance rates, and matters affecting medical practitioners’ CPD compliance.
  • Want to receive the CPD Home newsletter? Click here to subscribe now.
  • The newsletter is a key part of our communications with you as part of our CPD Home support services. However, if you do not wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. To unsubscribe, simply scroll to the bottom of the last newsletter you received and click on the Unsubscribe link.

  • The policies that outline our commitment as your CPD home provider to guide and support you in meeting your CPD requirements are publicly available from our website here.

  • Should you submit a form, it can be viewed by clicking the My Resource menu when you are logged in to CPD Home. This feature is available to subscribers only.

Learn:

  • Yes. The MBA Standard: Continuing Professional Development requires all non-exempt medical practitioners to have a written CPD Plan. The plan will help focus your CPD learning for the year to meet your learning goals

  • To support you with writing your CPD Plan, you may like to complete our Planning for Learning online module available from our catalogue. This module will guide you through the process of writing your plan.
  • Before writing your CPD Plan, you may wish to ask yourself:
    • What are my learning needs?
    • What are my learning and professional development goals?
    • Which activities can I undertake to address my learning needs?
    • What will my three focus topic areas be?
    • Which resources do I need to support me?
    • How will I measure my success?
    • What is my timeframe for actioning my CPD Plan?
  • When you are ready to write your CPD Plan, log on to the CPD Tracker and click My CPD Plan. Ensure you complete all mandatory fields.
  • While writing your CPD Plan, you can enter up to three learning focus topics that address your learning goals. These can be updated at any time.
  • You may also upload any supporting documentation you think relevant. Should you need to update your CPD Plan throughout the year you can edit the saved plan and re-submit it. Any documentation you have chosen to upload will need to be amended accordingly and reloaded.
  • If you are selected for a CPD Home Subscriber Audit, your completed CPD learning activities will be assessed against your CPD Plan to confirm their alignment to the plan and relevance to your scope of practice.

  • Firstly, you need to add your Medical Registration category. If you selected the Specialist registration, the college(s) where you completed your qualification(s) needs to be selected along with your Specialty (up to 3), Fields of specialty practice (if applicable) and high-level CPD requirements if applicable.
  • Finally, add your Workplace (clicking all that apply) and click Save Details.
  • This information helps us understand more about you, so CPD Home can suggest relevant activities to meet your learning needs.

  • From the top menu click Catalogue to browse for accredited CPD activities. You can narrow your search using the filters.

  • Yes. The CPD Home Program Guide outlines the types of activities that can be completed under each domain. If further guidance on possible CPD activities is required, contact us by completing our online form and member of our team will contact you.

  • Yes.
    • Sign up as a CPD Hub Learner – its free
    • After logging in, click Catalogue on the top menu
    • Review the suggested learning to identify a module of interest
    • Click on the module information page and click Enrol Now
    • Pay the learning fee, if applicable.
  • Once completed, you need to upload your learning evidence to your CPD home of choice. Please note, where a paid learning fee applies, CPD Hub Learners will not receive a discount for being an AMA Member. This discount is only available to CPD Home Subscribers.

  • CPD Home enables you to enrol in a learning module and save it for later. Under My CPD Activities click on My CPD Learning, the modules you're enrolled in are listed under My Enrolments. Click on the module you wish to complete to start learning.

  • If you commence an online learning module, but do not complete it, you are not eligible for a refund.

  • The discounted prices for AMA Members are displayed in blue. Non-Member prices are displayed in red. If you sign up as a CPD Hub Learner not a CPD Home Subscriber, you will pay the non-member fee for learning, regardless of AMA Membership.

Track :

To ensure CPD Home is ready to track your CPD and suggest learning relevant to your scope of practice, follow the steps below:

  • Sign up or log in to CPD Home for the first time.
  • Complete My Professional Details and click Save Details
  • Click on My CPD Plan and write your plan. Once you click Save & Submit your completed learning can be tracked.

My Dashboard will reflect your CPD activity progress against the CPD Home Program, including mandatory activities and high-level CPD requirements set by some specialist colleges.

To upload evidence of an external learning activity within a nominated reporting period (e.g., a Certificate of Attendance from an event), you will need to:

Log in to CPD Home

From the Dashboard click on the Upload Activity button or hover over the CPD Activities menu and click on Uploaded Activities click the +Upload Activity button to open the activity form

To reveal all activity types, expand the menu by clicking on the arrow next to the CPD Home name

Click on the arrow next to the Domain type to reveal the Activity Type. You will then see a list of activities to choose from
Click on the appropriate activity

Complete the fields indicated as mandatory

You will be asked to choose a file for upload. This is where you can add evidence of learning such as a Certificate of Attendance. Remember to check the CPD Home Program Guide appendix for accepted evidence.

After uploading, click Save. This evidence will now be added to your CPD record, collated into your CPD Report and reflected in your odometer located on My Dashboard. You can upload multiple files, including learning notes, and review your learning activity. Please note, you can only upload .JPG and .PDF file types.

Yes, you can.

Click on CPD Activities and then Uploaded Activities.

You will find all your activities listed there. From here you will be able to:

Edit the activity record as well as attach supporting evidence. Delete an activity if you find that the uploaded activity is not necessary.

Duplicate an activity, if that activity is something you do repeatedly but don’t want to input the information again, you can duplicate to save time.

  • Log in to CPD Home
  • From the Dashboard click on the Upload Activity button or hover over the CPD Activities menu and click on Uploaded Activities click the +Upload Activity button to open the activity form
  • Complete the form, ensuring you add your high-level CPD activity record to the correct learning domain (which is found under Activity Category Type select Educational Activities, then Other, then High-level requirements, and select the requirement as determined by the specialist college, and click Save.
  • To find relevant CPD activities, browse our Catalogue here.

  • Yes. The hours for completed accredited online CPD activities hosted in our learning management system (LMS) are immediately recorded. They will appear in your My Dashboard, with your Certificate of Completion added to your CPD record as evidence of the learning.
  • For accredited CPD activities completed with our Certified Learning Providers, your activity record and accepted evidence will be uploaded to your CPD Tracker within four weeks. The attributable hours of CPD will be reflected in My Dashboard.
  • Where you self-record completed CPD activities, such as a clinical audit or performance review, you can use the activity form available in Uploaded Activities. Remember to check the CPD Home Program Guide appendix for accepted evidence. The hours of CPD will be immediately reflected in My Dashboard.

  • Yes. Any additional hours of CPD learning for an activity type under the Domain of Learning will be recorded by the CPD Tracker. However, these hours will be excluded in the CPD Year calculation and cannot count towards another domain. Your CPD Report will list the total number of attributable hours spent on each eligible CPD activity.

  • Yes, you can. Just follow the same easy steps for: 2. How do I upload evidence of my CPD activities?

  • It may take up to four weeks for the Certified Learning Provider to upload your learning record. When they do, you will see the hours added to your My Dashboard odometer. You can also check if the learning has been uploaded by clicking the View Achievements button under the Mandatory Activity Summary odometer and viewing your summary of completed CPD activities.
  • If, after four weeks, the completed learning is not appearing, please contact us by completing our online form.
  • It is a requirement for a CPD Home Certified Learning Provider to upload your completed learning record on your behalf where their CPD activity has been accredited by CPD Home.

  • When uploading a CPD activity that is not listed in the CPD Home ‘Catalogue’, you must consider the:
    • Relevance of the activity to your registered scope of practice;
    • Alignment with the learning goals nominated in your CPD Plan; and
    • Educational value of the activity.
  • To assist you with this determination, a checklist of criteria for assessing and recognising CPD activities not accredited by CPD Home is provided on the website.
  • When recording a CPD activity that has not been accredited by CPD Home to the CPD Tracker, you must declare that the Criteria for External CPD has been met. Your self-declaration demonstrates you have given due consideration to the relevance and educational value of the activity BEFORE saving the record.

  • A suitable CPD activity must meet all mandatory criteria and two or more of the other criteria.

Please read the Criteria for External CPD Checklist for more information.

  • You can only upload .PDF documents and .JPG image files. Modifiable documents, including Microsoft Word or TXT files, are unable to be uploaded as evidence. There are many freeware programs that will allow you to convert documents into PDF prior to uploading them. Alternatively, you can take a photo and upload it as your record of evidence.

  • No. The annual CPD Year runs from 1 January to 31 December, reflecting the Medical Board of Australia's Registration Standard: Continuing professional development. At the time of your Ahpra medical registration renewal you need to declare if your CPD compliance is up to date.

  • You can quickly view your achievements within a reporting period.
    • Click Reports and then View Achievements
    • Scroll down the page to see which CPD requirements you have addressed and areas you still need to focus on.
  • If you think of a completed activity that addresses the CPD Home Program, or if your speciality registration meets a high-level CPD requirement, click Log Another Activity. You can save your activity and upload the evidence at a later time if you don't have it at hand.

You can create reports that collate your recorded learning activities and evidence.

  • From the Dashboard, click on the View CPD Report button or
    Click on Reports and CPD Reports
  • Click View Report next to the report you wish to access.
  • Click Print at the bottom to print your report and evidence. You can also click Download Report and have your evidence stored as a .ZIP file for your convenience.

  • Within six months of the end of the CPD Year, CPD Home will report to the MBA those subscribers who have achieved a CPD Statement of Completion.

  • The CPD Tracker automatically collates your CPD hours and learning evidence (e.g., Certificate of Completion). This can be found in the CPD Report template for each reporting period.
  • Should you be audited by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) or CPD Home, you can use these reports to confirm your CPD compliance. The CPD reports are formatted to meet your reporting obligations.

  • CPD Home only lists high quality, evidence-based, accredited CPD activities from Certified Learning Providers.
  • All activities listed in the catalogue must firstly be accredited by CPD Home. Listing your CPD Home accredited CPD activities in our catalogue provides a credible context for your education, ensuring it reaches a wide audience of medical professionals. To learn how to become a Certified Learning Provider, please click here.
  • We also offer Certified Learning Providers online learning development, hosting and marketing services.

  • The AMA's CPD Home Program supports the vertical integration of education, training, and career-long professional development of all medical practitioners.
  • CPD Home has a two phased process for certifying learning providers and accrediting CPD activities for listing in the CPD Home Catalogue. You can read more about this here.
  • Pending approval as a Certified Learning Provider, you can apply to accredit learning activities that align with our CPD Home Program. Fees are applicable for the certification process and for the accreditation and listing in the CPD Home Catalogue.
  • For more information, contact us to request our Certified Learning Provider Accreditation Guide.

  • Learning activities likely to be successfully accredited by CPD Home include:
    • learning activities that meet the CPD Home Program requirements
    • CPD activities accredited by a specialty medical college for the current reporting period, and / or
    • high-level activities that meet the specialty requirements set by a specialty medical college for the current reporting period.

  • The application review may take up to four weeks to complete. Following the review, the representative submitting the application will be notified of the outcome in writing.
  • For more information, contact us to request our Certified Learning Provider Accreditation Guide.

  • Should the application be unsuccessful and you chose to discontinue with the application, you can request a refund of the upfront fee, less an administrative fee of $110 (inc GST).
  • For more information, contact us to request our Certified Learning Provider Accreditation.

  • development of SCORM 1.2. compliant learning assets from accredited learning content
  • deployment and hosting of learning modules on the CPD Home learning management system for the accreditation period, and
  • customised marketing campaigns.

If you would like to find out more, please contact us and a member of our CPD Home Team will be in touch to discuss your requirements.

  • Please contact and a member of our CPD Home Team will be in touch to discuss how we can support you to reach your target audience. Please click here to learn more.

  • If you would like to advertise with CPD Home, please contact us and a member of our CPD Home Team will be in touch.