Use your PD portfolio 
Members who participate in the ACRRM Professional Development Program (PDP) have access to a PD portfolio where they can now self-record their PDP activities.  Most activities will receive instant PDP credit.  If members attend an accredited course the education provider should report on behalf of the member and that credit will also contribute to their PDP records.   

Have you checked out your PD portfolio yet? Adding an entry is easy. View the PD Portfolio Guide here.
 
PDP resources 
A library of quality improvement guidelines and forms is available in the 'Resources' section of your PD portfolio, to provide ideas for how to do various PDP activities including: 

- Clinical attachment 
- Clinical audit
- Medical record review
- Patient feedback
- Peer observation of teaching
- Peer review (direct observation and case discussion)
- PUNs and DENs
- Significant event analysis 

A new resource has been developed with information on how to use practice analytics for quality improvement. This guide is designed to:

  1. Highlight the value of structured data and what tools are on offer;
  2. Outline how you can structure practice analytics to suit your own needs;
  3. How to ‘think outside the diabetes box’.  E.g. if you are a hospitalist in rural Queensland, how can you use data to improve your practice.

Better Rural Health Outcomes using Practice Analytics - By A/ Prof Christopher Pearce, Chair, ACRRM Digital Health Committee

Find information on the 2020-22 PDP framework 
The ACRRM PDP framework has changed for 2020-22 with PDP credit now measured in hours across three categories – Educational activities, Performance review and Outcome measurement.  Information on the PDP framework is available in the PDP handbook and PDP web page. 

Find ACRRM accredited education activities 

Members can search all accredited activities here. You can search using different criteria including: 

- Keyword 
- Activity type 
- PDP category 
- Procedural grant eligibility 
- Location 
- Date  
- Domain and  
-Curriculum 

Search for all ACRRM provided online education activities here 

Search for other distance education here 

Procedural grants available for online activities 
In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to claim for online education for a limited time has been introduced.  GPs must be registered on the program prior to completing eligible educational activities.  General information on the program is available here. Find out more about eligible online activities here. 

Measuring Outcomes Webinar 
Click here for a recording of the webinar 'Performance and Outcomes - Do you know your impact'. This webinar was presented by Dr Tony Lembke and A/Prof Christopher Pearce and discusses quality improvement using GP data and how to measure your outcomes.