CPD Documents
In June 2009 the Directors of Continuing Professional Development (DoCPD), had their document, Guidelines for Recommended Headings under which to Describe a College or Faculty Continuing Professional Development Scheme (the Core Model for CPD Scheme Headings document) accepted and approved by all the Colleges and Faculties and approved by the Academy Revalidation Development Group.
The core model is the link between revalidation and the CPD schemes which are in existence or in development across Colleges and Faculties.Despite a diverse range of CPD schemes this provides a central model which will set a future standard for the purposes of revalidation, of which CPD is a major component. It is the final common pathway, by which all CPD schemes will relate to the Academy statement on the Ten Principles of CPD.
It was agreed that all College and Faculty CPD schemes would contain the headings in the core model, or if not, would map to them, thereby linking all specialties into the central core model. Those colleges and faculties which have sub-specialty groups have already been liaising with these groups to ensure that any recommendations on CPD for their sub-specialists link back through the specialty CPD model to the core model. This process has been ongoing during the finalisation of the core model.
All Colleges and Faculties have now reviewed their CPD schemes in the light of the core model headings and sections. The Academy's aim for all systems to have a consistent approach and map back to the core document has been successful.
CPD: Guidelines for recommended headings under which to describe a College of Faculty CPD scheme
The reflective notes template was developed by the Directors of CPD Subcommittee (DOCPD) of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in 2010.
A CPD working party considered a number of different templates currently in use by the medical royal colleges ranging from the minimalist to the rather complex and our final version is towards the brief end of the spectrum of the various models. This is intended to allow some small scope for adaptation of the model if this is required by the particular use to which it is being put. In other words, the final wording and phraseology does not have to be exactly as laid out on our generic template. As long as the final version "maps" to the generic template then this would be acceptable. Most Colleges and Faculties have now mapped their guidance back to this template.
CPD Reflective Guidance and Template
Standards and Criteria for CPD Activities: A Framework for Accreditation
Directors of CDP response to the GMC's role in Continuing Professional Development: a consultation