Continuing professional development

Continuing professional development (CPD) plays a role in protecting the public by ensuring that registered practitioners are up to date with the skills, knowledge and attributes for safe, contemporary practice in the profession.

Summary

Medical radiation practitioners must complete 60 hours of over a 3-year period (triennium) – with at least 10 hours in any one year. 

At least 35 hours of CPD must be substantive activities. Substantive actives are those learning activities that have a significant intellectual or practical content that is relevant to a practitioner’s area of practice or their emerging area of practice.

The current CPD triennium is 1 December 2021 to 30 November 2024.**

To better understand CPD obligations please read through the registration standard and guidelines below.

Plan, Do, Record, Reflect

Practitioners:

• are best placed to determine the most appropriate activities for their professional development
• should plan their CPD activities based on a self-assessment of their needs and interests
• must balance their learning – before pursuing interests ensure core skills and knowledge are up-to-date and consistent with safe, contemporary practice in the profession
• should include CPD activities that develop cultural competence and cultural safety
• record and reflect on CPD activities

Reflection

The continuing professional development registration standard and guidelines focus on the importance of reflection as a routine element of good practice.

Reflection enables greater insight about practice and the delivery of safe health services. It is an essential process for self-assessment of value of learning and next steps.

Further information

For further information, please refer to the documents below or contact our Customer Service Team on 1300 419 495

** the Board will commence a review of the CPD standard in 2022

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