The Medical Board of Australia and Medical Council of New Zealand definitions of ‘practice’ are very broad and include any work that uses your medical skills and training, so a specialist anaesthetist or specialist pain medicine physician who works in administration, teaching or quality and safety with no direct patient care is still defined as ‘practising’ for registration purposes. The requirements of the MBA and the MCNZ are therefore the same regardless of whether your practice involves direct patient care or not.
CPD in a year
Using real entries from the CPD portfolio, this case study illustrates how you could meet your annual CPD requirements.
CPD activities
Category 1 Practice evaluation - Reviewing performance
You need to complete a minimum of five hours of reviewing performance activities each year and a minimum of 25 hours across reviewing performance and measuring outcomes each year. Find more information:
Category 1 Practice evaluation - Measuring outcomes
You need to complete a minimum of five hours of measuring outcomes activities each year and a minimum of 25 hours across reviewing performance and measuring outcomes each year. Find more information:
Category 2 Knowledge & skills
You need to complete a minimum of 12.5 hours of knowledge and skills activities each year. Find out more information:
Cultural safety
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Further information
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