Medical colleges, the rise of the CPD Home and what it could mean for your postnominals
You do not need to be a member of your specialist medical college. Yes, colleges are still important, considering they define the doctor you are…
Tag: CPD
The new CPD regime and taming the unruly beast of our perfectionism
We are in the era of continuous improvement. Planning and documenting CPD in ways we previously did not. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering…
You can now join a CPD home for just $299 — should the RACGP be worried?
The first question when the Medical Board of Australia announced its CPD home revolution was whether it meant GPs could abandon their colleges en masse.…
‘If you do not exist, you can do no harm’: A (very) grim fairy tale
Once upon a time, millions of years in the future, on a planet light-years away, there lived a small colony of breeding doctors. They were…
Is this really self-reflection? The CPD course that left me seething
I am becoming generally pissed off with the ‘reflection’ component of some of the courses designed to accommodate the newfangled, medical board-inspired accreditation process. In…
The new CPD regime: Why the AMA is menacing the RACGP
The reforms to CPD are now in place: self-reflection, the need for a written professional development plan, measuring your outcomes and the rest. This new regime offers…
The new CPD regime is coming – here’s what GPs need to know
In less than three months, GPs will enter the Medical Board of Australia’s revamped — and controversial — CPD regime. The demands for self-reflection and…
RACGP offers 40 CPD points for GPs to ‘critically review’ their bulk-billing
The RACGP is offering a limited number of GPs 40 CPD points to “critically review” whether they should be bulk-billing patients. Outgoing president Adjunct…
How about giving GPs CPD points for a holiday? I can think of no better activity
Let me tell you about the cabinet of curiosities my brother, a former university biology professor, received as a retirement gift. One of the most…
RACGP grants more bonus CPD points in response to pandemic
Recognition of pandemic-related learning now accounts for 75 points over the past two years.
