Faculty of Public Health
Continuing Professional
Development Scheme
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What is Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)?
CPD is the component of learning
and development that occurs after
the formal completion of
postgraduate training.
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Why is it done?
• In public health, the overall aim of
continuing professional development
is to ensure that those who work in
the field develop and maintain the
necessary knowledge, skills and
attributes to practise effectively and
work towards improving the health of
the population.
• CPD is a professional obligation for
all public health professionals.
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Faculty minimum CPD
requirements
• In order to comply with the Faculty's
minimum standards for CPD and to
remain in good standing, all Faculty
members must either submit a
satisfactory CPD return for the previous
calendar year, or have been formally
exempted from this requirement.
• A minimum requirement of 50 credits
must be submitted in each annual return
to be deemed satisfactory.
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CPD year
• From 1 April 2012 the CPD year
will change to a 1 April – 31
March cycle.
• Annual returns should be
submitted as soon as possible
after 31 March each year and no
later than 30 June.
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Key areas of Public Health
competence
Surveillance and assessment of the population’s
health and well-being
2. Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and
healthcare interventions, programmes and services
3. Policy and strategy development and implementation
4. Strategic leadership and collaborative working for
health
5. Health improvement
6. Health protection
7. Health and social service quality
8. Public health intelligence
9. Academic public health
10. Ethical management of self / others / resources.
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CPD Cycle
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Standards
Appraisal
Set personal
development plan
Work :
Reflection
period of
intervention
Review performance
(individual or group)
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Types of CPD activities
a. Learning as part of your job
b. Group work, seminars and journal clubs
c. Conferences, workshops and educational
meetings
d. Formal courses
e. Private study and reading
f. Public health audit, appraisal and reflective
practice
g. Training, teaching, examining and preparation
time
h. Research
i. Organisational development activities
j. Inspection and review activities.
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Credits
As a guide:
• 1 credit – 1 hour of real educational time
• 3 credits – half a day
• 5 credits – full day
• No single category (a-j) should contribute to more
than 50% of total hours achieved
• Private reading should form no more than 20% of the
total
• Publications and preparation under category h) is
allowed up to a maximum of 5 hours for each item.
• At least 25 credits must be directly related to the
PDP.
• Certain major pieces of work, such as the writing of
books, external courses and higher degrees, may be
apportioned across the categories and spread over a
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period of more than one year.
Before claiming credits
Consider:
• Was there new learning?
• Have I recorded this in a reflective
note?
• How is the activity linked to my
PDP?
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Recording CPD
• The CPD process should start with the creation
of a PDP
• CPD activity is recorded in a diary (or portfolio).
This can be paper-based or electronic
• It is advisable to record CPD activities as they
are completed rather than at the end of the CPD
year
• Reflective notes
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Personal Development Plan
(PDP)
• Ideally this is undertaken with a peer
as part of, or linked to, an annual
appraisal.
• Intended to set out the main learning
objectives
• How will they be met and by when?
• How will the practice change as a
result?
• Need met and sign off
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CPD Portfolio
The CPD portfolio consists of a series of
templates for maintaining an accurate record of
learning activities and creating a personal
development plan. It also includes the forms
required for completing the annual return.
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Section 1 - Personal details
Section 2 - Personal Development Plan
Section 3 - CPD Log
Section 4 - CPD Annual Return / Application for
Exemption
• Section 5 - Reflective Notes
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Reflective Notes
• Reflective notes, written by the public health
professional about the learning gained from
each activity, are the most discriminating form of
evidence of effective CPD
• There must be one reflective note for each
activity and it must include the title of the activity
and a factual description
• Reflective notes must be submitted if the
individual is included in the annual audit of
returns
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Construction of reflective notes
There are 4 elements to be completed in each reflective note.
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Why was this activity selected for CPD? (Does it meet an
identified PDP need? Were educational objectives advertised
for an event of interest?)
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What was the learning need or objective that was
addressed? (Describe how the activity contributed to the
development of your knowledge, skills or attitudes)
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What was the outcome of the activity? (How have your
knowledge, kills and attitudes changed? Have you identified
any skills, attitude and knowledge gaps? How will this activity
improve patient/public care of safety? How will your current
practice change as a consequence of your learning from this
activity?
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Further learning needs (Outline any further learning or
development needs highlighted by the activity. How will these
be addressed?)
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CPD Audit
• 20% sample from all returns
• All audit submissions that were deemed unsatisfactory in
the previous year
• All exempted from audit in the previous year
• 2% of the membership will be randomly selected
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Those included in the annual audit will be requested to
provide evidence of their CPD diary/portfolio, including:
Personal details
Personal development plan (PDP)
CPD log
CPD return
Reflective notes (i.e. evidence of active participation in
CPD. Templates are included in the online diary and the
CPD portfolio)
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Audit conduct
• Audit material normally requested in the
second quarter of the CPD year (to be
provided within 4 weeks)
• Faculty CPD Administrator allocates
submission to CPD Co-ordinator in a
constituency other than that of auditee
• Strict confidence
• Standardised checklist sent to auditee as
feedback
• Assessment outcome: ‘satisfactory’ or
‘unsatisfactory’
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Exemption from CPD
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In a recognised public health training scheme
Participating in another recognised CPD scheme
Retired members
Not working in public health
Prolonged sick leave*
Maternity / paternity / adoption leave*
Sabbatical leave*
Any other very exceptional circumstances
*for not less than 9 months
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Conclusion – Portfolio / Reflection
• Participation in CPD demonstrates a
commitment to lifelong learning. The recording
of this process should be as easy and
unobtrusive as possible
• Maintenance of a portfolio containing evidence
of learning through CPD and other activities is
key
• It is important to include in your portfolio a
personal reflection on each activity to identify
what was learnt and how it changed your
practice
• CPD and its processes should meet your
personal development planning needs which will
become an essential part of revalidation
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