1. Rachel Hart Learning Representative RCN Cardiff and Vale Branch

2.  What is PREP?  What you need to do?  How can Journal Club help?

4.  PREP - Post Registration Education and Practice  The PREP (practice) Standard  The PREP (continuing professional development) Standard

5. States that you must of: ` Worked in some capacity by virtue of your nursing qualification during the previous three years for a minimum of 450 hours or have successfully undertaken an approved return to practice course within the last three years`

6. States that: `You must have undertaken and recorded your continuing professional development over the three years prior to the renewal of your registration’

8.  Include:  A list and description of your workplace or organisation and your role for the last three years;  The nature of the learning activity;  Description of the learning activity-what did it consist of?  Outcome of the learning activity-how did the learning relate to your work?

9. `The NMC is committed to delivering an effective system of revalidation for all nurses and midwives by 2014’

11.  Can help Identify the outcomes of the learning activities and their impact on fitness to practise;  That learning activities are relevant to the current area and scope of practice and that they help improve practice;  The submission and assessment of evidence;  Help you keep an online record of CPD activities.

12.  Promote the Prep Handbook;  Promote a learning zone;  Support e-portfolio;  Link the Journal Club seminars to PREP guidelines;  Provide tools to assist with reflection.

14.  CPD evidence should reflect role and focus on linking theory to practice:  The journal club can help with this.  As an RCN ULRs I can help by informing members of PREP Standards and support with portfolio development;  Revalidation is on it`s way – This Journal Club can help you with this!