Osler’s CPD Home - how it works

Basic Requirements

All CPD Homes have the same basic requirements.  Each year, you will need :

• A documented Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP) for the current 12 month period

• To complete at least 50 hours of CPD activities, comprised of :

  • a minimum of 12.5 hours of Learning Activities

  • a minimum of 5 hours of Reviewing Performance

  • a minimum of 5 hours of Measuring Outcomes

  • a combined total of 25 hours for Monitoring Performance and Measuring Outcomes

  • the remaining time can be taken from any of the three categories

For each activity, you must provide sufficient evidence of the activity, and keep your records for 3 years.

Personal Career Development Plan

It’s difficult to navigate your path without a map - that‘s what your PCDP should be for your learning.

Creating one takes a bit of time and effort, but it can set up your learning for the year.  

Follow the steps below to create your first plan

1. Reflect - what are you good at?  What are you struggling with?  Review your logbook, reflections, diary and feedback, ask your peers and colleagues, and think about your strengths and weaknesses.  Consider where you would like your career to go

2. Create a plan - having identified your objectives, it is now time to outline some goals.  Osler recommends each goal follow the SMART approach - specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-based

3. Get feedback - Osler highly recommends you share your plan with a trusted person or supervisor.   You can create a link to share your plan with anyone you wish, and they will be able to securely add their feedback on how to make your plan better.

4. Complete tasks - return to your PCDP regularly and use it to stay on track.  You can tick tasks off as you achieve them

5. Reflect - at the end of each year, take the time to reflect on your progress

Not only does creating a plan tick off a mandatory box, but you can also claim it as time for Monitoring Performance category of CPD activities.  Osler calculates this automatically for you when you create your plan, and enters it into your CPD diary (you’re off to a great start already!)

You’ll even get a bonus 15 minutes added if you ask for, and receive, feedback on your plan.

Completing Relevant Activities

At Osler, we believe you are the best judge of the activities which will drive your practice further.  We recommend that you choose activities that are relevant to your current or future scope of practice.

Program Level Requirements

Within your learning, you also need to demonstrate your learning addresses the Medical Board’s Code of Conduct.

This targets 4 core areas:

1. Ethical practice

2. Professionalism

3. Cultural sensitivity

4. Addressing health inequality

Your learning must include at least one activity (4 in total) solely or substantially dedicated to each of these core areas.

How to capture Program Level Requirements

Some activities have already been pre-approved on Osler. When you complete them, you’ll notice one of the boxes automatically appears ticked. Look out for recommended activities in the system, and in our communications to you.

You can also include activities you perform outside the Osler platform - simply tag the entry with one of these categories.

Compliance

To be compliant, you’ll need to undertake at least one activity in EACH of these categories. 

To meet this criterion, consider whether your activity is sufficiently aligned with Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia, published by the Medical Board of Australia.  It should be :

• solely or substantially dedicated to the category (ethical practice, professionalism, addressing health inequities and culturally safe practice)

• It should be of sufficient depth and quality to meet the learning objectives

• It should be provided by a credible and respected organisation or individual with expertise in the topic.

If you’re having difficulty finding something for each of these categories, you can select an activity from a range of Osler content, which can be found in related content collections under each of the above topics.

Specialist High Level Requirements

If you are a specialist in Australia, you may be required to perform additional tasks set by the relevant college.

These include :

• Emergency medicine

• General Practice

• Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine

• Medical Imaging

• Sports and Exercise Medicine

• Psychiatry

• Surgery

When you log a CPD activity, you'll be able to select which Specialty High Level Requirement (if any) the activity relates to.

Any tasks you need to complete in this cycle will be highlighted in yellow on your CPD Home page. Once you've completed the activity your portfolio page will update and the tasks will be green. 

The requirements set by the colleges for Specialty High Level Requirements are as follows:

Compliance with and monitoring of your CPD

Your CPD Home portfolio page follows your progress in real time.

Completed tasks are shown in blue, while tasks you still need to complete are shown in grey. Important pending tasks are shown in yellow.

When you have completed all your tasks, you will be compliant with the CPD requirements for re-registration with the Medical Board of Australia (read the standard here).

Osler will notify the MBA of your completion between March and June following each year, ahead of your registration.

You will be able to download and print a certificate for your own needs if you wish.

Each year, Osler is required to audit 5% of members to ensure sufficient documentation has been provided.

Examples of the documentation required to pass audit are shown in this document