A CPD home is an organisation accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC), to provide a CPD program for medical practitioners. As a CPD Home ACRRM must:
To fulfill the MBA’s CPD Registration Standard, all medical practitioners are now required to nominate and participate in a CPD Home unless formally exempt. The process includes:
More information about CPD homes is available here.
CPD requirements have changed to an annual cycle and are no longer based on trienniums. A doctor must do a minimum of 50 hours CPD per year. There are three CPD categories with minimum requirements in each CPD category.
The three CPD categories are:
Please refer to the College's CPD 2024 Framework for more information about CPD requirements.
We are not required to submit your CPD or Professional Development Plan to the board, but we are required to provide a list of CPD-compliant doctors to the Medical Board of Australia by 30th June after the end of each calendar year.
ACRRM is committed to support our members to meet their CPD requirements and a remediation period will be offered.
Yes minimum hours are required in each category:
Total of 50 hours CPD per annum.
To find ACRRM CPD activities that contain relevant program-level content:
All ACRRM members have access to CPD Home as a member benefit. For non-members wanting to track their CPD only, ACRRM offers a CPD Home Essentials subscription.
To access the full suite of member benefits and diverse range of accredited courses and educational resources, join as a member here.
As an ACRRM member, medical practitioners can plan their professional development, find clinically relevant educational events and record activities in an easy-to-use online portfolio. The ACRRM Member Engagement team is on hand to aid with the reporting of any MOPS requirements.
Undertaking ACRRM accredited CPD activities will automatically record CPD hours in individual portfolios. The ACRRM CPD Home also enables medical practitioners to self-upload and manage other CPD activities which have been completed.
Medical practitioners can easily self-report CPD activities. Simply log into your MyCollege account via ACRRMs webpage and navigate to your CPD Home.
To add activities to your CPD Home:
If the activity falls under multiple CPD categories, please repeat the above process for each category entry.
Please refer to our CPD explainer video on the CPD Resources page to assist.