The CPD Home Team is here to assist you

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:

  o At least 12.5 hours (25 percent of the minimum) in educational activities,

  o 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

  o 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:

o Culturally safe practice

o Addressing health inequities

o Professionalism and

o 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 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:

  o Domain 1:

  o Educational Activities
  (minimum 12.5 hours - maximum 25 hours)

  o Domain 2:

  o 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:

  o Culturally Safe Practice

  o Addressing Health Inequities

  o Professionalism

  o 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.

1. Click the Sign up button at the top of the Home page

2. Enter your name, email, mobile number, and Ahpra MED number

3. Read and accept the Terms

4. Complete the CAPTCHA

5. Verify your email and phone number.

6. Follow the steps to create a profile.

7. Choose whether you would like to be a Subscriber or Hub Learner.

8. 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.

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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.