A Guide to the BAC Continuing Education Certificate

CEC Scheme Hi, I’m Helen Burrell, scheme organiser for the BAC CEC scheme. This presentation will give you a brief outline of what the scheme entails and how you can benefit from using it to record all of your CPD activities in one place. Collect enough points and you’ll get a certificate which you can use as evidence of your ongoing participation in CPD. If you have any queries after reading this, please don’t hesitate to email me at helen.Burrell@nbt.nhs.uk

The Scheme Various activities are eligible for CEC credits Credits are recorded in your personal CEC book Collect 500 credits over a maximum of 5 years Submit your book and credits summary sheet Certificate is awarded and new book sent out

Your CEC Book A pocket sized book Issued free of charge when you enrol in the scheme Great way of recording all of your CPD activities – useful for appraisals too! Simple to fill in – you just do it yourself Several sections for recording your activities All activities must be signed for by the organiser or other authorised individual Work based activities can be signed for by your manager

Categories of recognised Activities Category 1 – Contractual activities Category 2 – Formal education Category 3 – Other educational activities Category 4 – Presentations/teaching/audit Category 5 – Other professional activities Category 6 – Other general job related activities Category 7 – Higher Education

Category 1 Employment – 20 credits each year EQA – 10 credits per EQA

Category 2 40 credits per day Claim this for formal courses attended at training centres Tutorials/slide seminars at conferences such as the BAC ASM These activities MUST be cytology related

Category 3 Claim 30 credits per day or 5 credits per hour of activity Includes activities such as in-house tutorials, journal based learning (IBMS or BAC), attendance at conferences such as BAC ASM, IBMS congress etc

Category 4 Presentations/Teaching/Audit 50 credits for primary author 25 credits for secondary author 5 credits per hour for FIRST occurrence of compiling and giving a presentation

Category 5 Other professional activities 10 credits per year This can include any professional activity that you carry out which is extra to your main role, eg health & safety officer, committee member of a cytology organisation etc

Category 6 Job related activities (not cytology) 3 credits per hour of acticity Eg other work based training such as fire safety, audit training

Category 7 Higher education such as BSc, MSc, IBMS qualifications 20 credits – NHSCSP Diploma 20 credits – Registration/Specialist portfolio 200 credits - BSc, MSc, HSD, DEP 250 credits – ASD

Target to achieve certificate 500 credits Minimum of 3 categories Maximum timescale of 5 years

To claim for your certificate Make sure all activities have been validated and signed for Fill out a credits summary sheet Post this and your CEC book to me 

Want to join? Just fill out the enrolement sheet on the website and either post or email a copy to me

Already a member? If you need help with sorting out your book? Suggestions for other activities? Anything else you think would improve the scheme? Just drop me an email – I’d love to hear from you  My details are on the next slide

Contact me Helen Burrell BAC CEC Officer South West Regional Cytology Training Centre Pathology Sciences Building 2, Southmead Hospital Bristol BS10 5NB Helen.Burrell@nbt.nhs.uk