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Keep up with your High-Level Requirements

You do the CPD. We’ll do the paperwork.
High-level requirements (HLRs) are specific CPD activities relating to relevant specialties for medical practitioners registered as specialists.
Are you a specialist? To meet the requirements of the Standard*, you may be required to complete and record CPD activities with supporting evidence to meet the high-level requirements (HLRs) approved by the Medical Board of Australia for your registered scope of practice.
Which specialists are required to complete high-level requirements?
The Medical Board of Australia has approved the below HLR activities by specialty in 2025. Completion of these activities is mandatory under the Standard*.Below is a summary of the CPD HLRs by specialty.
| Specialty | HLR | Domain of Learning |
| Anaesthesia | A specialist anaesthetist must complete at least one:
| – Educational Activity – Reviewing Performance and/or – Measuring Outcomes Activity |
| Emergency Medicine | A specialist emergency medicine physician(including all fields or specialty practice) must complete three core procedural skills per year:
| – Educational Activity |
| General Practice | A specialist general practitioner must complete a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) course every three years. | – Educational Activity |
| Intensive Care Medicine | A specialist intensive care physician (including all fields or specialty practice) must complete an airway management of critically ill patients’ activity ONCE every three years that is of a minimum three hours duration and involves an in-person practical workshop, preparatory and post activity components that specifically consider
| – Educational Activity |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology | A specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist must complete an in-person Basic Life Support (BLS) program every two years. While coursework can be completed online, the assessment must be completed in person. | – Educational Activity |
| Pain Medicine | A specialist pain medicine physician must complete at least one:
| – Educational Activity – Reviewing Performance and/or – Measuring Outcomes Activity |
| Psychiatry | A specialist psychiatrist must complete a minimum of 10 hours of formal peer review per year. | – Reviewing Performance |
| Radiology | A specialist radiologist must complete anaphylaxis training as part of basic or advanced life support training once every three years. | – Educational Activity |
| Sport and Exercise Medicine | A specialist sport and exercise physician must complete:
| – Educational Activity |
| Surgery (except OMS) | A specialist surgeon (including all fields of specialty practice except OMS) must participate in the Australia and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) by completing all surgical case forms sent by ANZASM. If by 31 December of the CPD year you have not received a form, you will need to make a declaration on your AMA CPD Home Tracker to comply with the HLR. | – Reviewing Performance and/or – Measuring Outcomes Activity |
