Transcript Continuing Professional Development

Grant Duncan
CPD - Definitions
 Learning activities, which update existing skills.
 A combination of approaches, ideas and techniques that
will help you manage your own learning and growth.
 Any activity engaged in by an individual through which
they continue to maintain and enhance existing
competence and develop new knowledge and skills.
 A means of supporting people in the workplace to
understand more about the environment in which they
work, the job they do and how to do it better. It is an
ongoing process throughout our working lives.
...the means by which members of professional
associations maintain, improve and broaden their
knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities
required in their professional lives.
What should be included?
 CPD should not be exclusively about formal events,
seminars, courses or qualifications (although these can
be valuable elements), and may involve development
in both technical and non-technical areas. It can
include a wide variety of activities such as open
learning, private study, work experience and more.
Qualifications
 City & Guilds Diploma in Diabetic Retinopathy
Screening
 Warwick MSc in Health Sciences (Retinal Screening –
Diabetes)
 Foundation Degree in Ophthalmic Science
 Roehampton University MSc Life Sciences (Diabetes)
Other Routes to CPD
 Multidisciplinary Team Meetings (MDT)
 Clinical review meetings
 One-to-one sessions with senior staff
 NHS Compulsory Basic Training
 Training courses and workshops
 Professional body council meetings and sub-
committee membership
 National meetings (MSC, VRC etc.)
Who is Responsible
 It is important that employers allocate time and
resources to allow screeners to take part in CPD.
 Contractual obligations and job plans may need to be
defined more precisely to identify the time that is to
be committed to CPD.
 As a professional, you have a responsibility to keep
your skills and knowledge up to date. CPD helps you
turn that accountability into a positive opportunity to
identify and achieve your own career objectives
 The consensus view is that a “points” system provides
the most effective way of monitoring standards and is
the easiest to administer.
 CPD will not be based on any formal examinations.
What Can BARS Do?
 Help and advice
 Provision of workshops
 BARS Forum
 Annual Conference
 Online CPD diary
Existing Models
 Royal Colleges