Weekly Comment 13 Jul 15
July 13, 2015
Professional Practice
Portfolio.
ALL pharmacists in Australia
are required by the Pharmacy
Board of Australia to complete
40 credits of continuing
professional development (CPD)
each year. Ideally this CPD is
informed by reflecting on gaps
in your performance against
the competency standards and
preparing a learning plan.
The logical next step is to
maintain a Professional Practice
Portfolio (PPP), which includes a
reflective component, as a record
of performance, achievements and
plans for future development.
Such a portfolio can serve a
variety of purposes in addition
to forming a record of CPD
undertaken. Mapping to the
Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Framework (APFF) and reflecting
on the impact of the activity forms
the basis of submission to the
Australian Pharmacy Council for
recognition of advanced practice.
In the future, membership
organisations may offer members
the opportunity to receive
feedback on their portfolio and a
personalised learning plan to assist
in future development as a more
advanced practitioner.
Using the APPF to map CPD and
gaps in knowledge and skills can
provide individuals with insights
into developing their performance.
Unlike the competency standards,
the APPF has three levels of
development so there are signposts
across a range of competencies, for
how to progress development.
A PPP can take any form and
does not require sophisticated
technology; it can be as simple as
linked Word documents.
- This week’s
contributor is Kirstie
Galbraith, from Monash
University.
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