Advice for Fellows and Members on CPD may be obtained direct from the College at cpd@rcsed.ac.uk.
The current CPD guidance endorsed by the Forum of Surgery Surgical Forum of Great Britain and Ireland which is applicable to all surgeons, will shortly be available on this website.
It is envisaged that further advice and guidance will be issued to aid in the preparation of robust appraisal and revalidation submissions once the current consultation on CPD initiated by the GMC results in a final document.
Download: GMC draft guidance
The Directors of Continuing Professional Development (DoCPD) of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) Committee comprises representatives from all the 20 Colleges and Faculties, the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM). Since 2008 the DoCPD Committee has been reviewing Continuing Professional Development schemes to harmonise them across all Colleges and Faculties in preparation for the introduction of revalidation.
The latest publication from this group is 'Standards and Criteria for CPD activities, a Framework for Accreditation'
The accreditation process is based on the following aims, which are reflected in the standards and criteria:
- To ensure that the content of the event is relevant to the CPD of career grade doctors
- To increase the learning to be gained from CPD activities
- To minimise bias and conflicts of interest
- To encourage the appropriate evaluation of educational activities
- To maintain a published list of accredited activities to aid the completion of CPD portfolios
- To provide a transparent process open to scrutiny
- To provide a thorough but also administratively simple and flexible process
A link to the full document is available here; http://www.aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-a-guidance/doc_download/9448-standards-and-criteria-for-cpd-activities-a-framework-for-accreditation.html