2nd International Forum on CPD Accreditation
Recently CPD Executive Officer Teresa Brandau-Stranks attended the 2nd
International Forum on CPD Accreditation which was held at The Royal
Australasian College of Physicians in Sydney. The aim of the forum was to
develop an international consensus on values, principles and metrics for CPD
accreditation systems and discuss these openly with industry professionals from
around the world. There were interesting workshops and sessions on the role of
simulation in CPD, the role of CPD accreditation systems in performance
improvement, reviews of research literature and benchmarking. The forum heard
from overseas CPD representatives from the United Kingdom, Oman, USA,
Canada, Hong Kong and South Africa. If you are interested in any of the
presentations which discuss and highlight many challenges and opportunities of
embedding CPD within systems of revalidation and re-certification please contact
Teresa Brandau-Stranks. The forum confirmed that the ANZCA CPD program is
ahead of its time with many of the other countries and Colleges not having online
programs available to their Fellows or accreditation systems for their CPD
activities/events. The College now proceeds to the next stage of CPD
accreditation in line with the new National Registration Scheme which
commences from July 1, 2010. If you require any further information please
contact Teresa Brandau-Stranks, Executive Officer - CPD, + 61 3 9510 6299.