Program guide & requirements

The RANZCP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program provides opportunities for professional learning, a platform to record your progress and guidance to help you meet requirements set out by medical regulators.

The program is flexible, with multiple ways to meet requirements, emphasises self-directed education and focuses on practice improvement.

Meeting CPD requirements

Participants need to complete a minimum of 50 hours annually, including

Australian standards

• CPD requirements for medical practitioners in Australia. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) 
• Obligations on medical practitioners [Medical Board of Australia]
• Continuing professional development registration standard [Medical Board of Australia]
• Information for participants of declared quality assurance activities [Australian Government Department of Health and Aging website]

Aotearoa New Zealand standards

• The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) sets the CPD requirements for medical practitioners in New Zealand.
• Maintain registration [Medical Council of New Zealand]
• Recertification and professional development [Medical Council of New Zealan ]
• Protected Quality Assurance Activities under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 [NZ Ministry of Health]