Effective from January 2023, all doctors will be required to meet the CPD program requirements of an accredited 'CPD home'. Most specialist medical colleges will be the default CPD Home for their specialty.

The revised Registration Standard published by the MBA maintains the minimum number of hours as 50 per year. However, there are some changes to the required allocation of the 50 hours across three types of CPD – reviewing performance, measuring outcomes and educational activities.

Reviewing performance includes formal peer review activities covered by the RANZCP’s section 2, measuring outcomes includes activities that are represented in section 3 and educational activities are equivalent to the RANZCP’s section 4 – self-guided learning.

The following changes to RANZCP CPD program will be introduced bi-nationally:

Professional Development Plan

The Professional Development Plan (PDP) will be allocated a maximum of 2 hours (reduced from 5)

Section 2 and Section 3 Activities

A minimum of 23 hours is required over both reviewing performance and measuring outcomes (equivalent to current RANZCP Section 2: Formal Peer Review and Section 3: Practice Improvement activities respectively).

This includes:

• A minimum of 10 hours in reviewing performance
• A minimum of 5 hours in measuring outcomes.

These changes allow flexibility for the individual member to determine the spread of their hours across the requirements for Sections 2 and 3.

Section 4 Activities

• A minimum of 12.5 hours in educational activities (equivalent to current RANZCP Section 4: Self-Guided Learning Activities, currently 25 hours)

Section 5 Activities

• An additional 12.5 hours across any CPD activities (equivalent to current RANZCP Section 5: Additional Hours, currently 5 hours).

Current framework

CPD Program framework from 2023