1. Continuing Professional Development: Activities, outcomes and audit
Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, June 2017
Continuing Professional Development:
Activities, outcomes and audit

2. Today Our standards for continuing professional development (CPD)
Activities and evidence
The audit process and profile structure
Audit outcomes
Resources and information from the HCPC

3. CPD standards and audit
CPD is linked to your registration
Outcome-based CPD standards (not based on points or hours)
At renewal, 2.5% will be selected for CPD audit
Next audit for occupational therapists is 1 August to 31 October 2017
You will only be audited if you have been on the register for two or more years
Each selected registrant must submit a CPD profile

4. Standards for continuing professional development
A registrant must:
maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their CPD activities;
demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice;
seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service delivery;
seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user;
upon request, present a written profile (which must be their own work and supported by evidence) explaining how they have met the standards for CPD.

5. in-service training, reflective practice, work shadowing
What is CPD?
Work-based learning
in-service training, reflective practice, work shadowing
Professional activity
mentoring, professional body involvement
Formal / educational
courses, conferences, research
Self-directed learning
reading journals and books, internet research
Other
voluntary work
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6. CPD profile List of CPD activities for last two years
Summary of recent work in the last two years (500 words)
Statement of how standards have been met (1,500 words)
4-6 specific examples
Focus on standards 3 and 4
Supporting evidence for each of the examples mentioned in your statement

7. Choosing activities to write about
Learning activities
Date
Writing journal article
Jan – Jun 2015
E-learning course on keeping and updating records
10 Sep 2015
Student supervision
Oct 2015 – to date
Training
2 – 8 Nov 2015
Developing an education evaluation handbook
February 2016
Reading relevant journal articles
Monthly
Seminar
March 2016
In-service training
6 – 10 June 2017
Choose 4-6 examples from your full list 1
Choose a mixture of different activities 2
If you’ve done similar things often, choose one specific example to write about 3 4

8. Types of evidence Materials from others – certificates, testimonies
Materials produced yourself
– presentations you have given, business plans, service user and carer information, induction materials for new staff
Materials showing you have reflected on and evaluated your learning and work
– personal development plans, evaluations of courses or conferences attended
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9. Registration renewal process Radom selection for CPD audit process
Registrant submits profile
Registrant renews registration online or using renewal form
Profile is assessed against CPD standards
Registration is renewed
CPD standards are met by registrant

10. Audit outcomes Assessed by CPD assessors (HCPC Partners)
If all standards are met, profile is accepted
Assessors may request ‘further information’ or give further time
If registrant does not meet standards they may be removed from the Register
Decision subject to registration appeals procedures
Large majority complete successfully the audit

11. Audit outcomes

12. Things to remember if you are audited…
Don’t forget a dated list to show that you meet standard one
Gaps of three or more consecutive months will need to be explained
One way of writing the profile might be to focus on four to six activities, what you learnt and what the benefits were
Don’t send us identifiable information!

13. Resources and information
Sample profiles
– Examples for each profession online
– Look at profiles from different professions
Video presentations on CPD
CPD publications

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15. Free live-streamed event this Thursday 22 June
Continuing professional development (CPD) – what you need to know
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Thursday 22 June 2017
10.30am – 1pm
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