Pharmacy Daily | Final CPD Guidelines

THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has released the official version of its Guidelines on Continuing Professional Development, which outlines the specific requirements that need to be met by pharmacists when undertaking Continuing Professional Development programs as part of the Board’s annual CPD requirements. The Guidelines state that both accredited and non-accredited CPD points may be credited towards a pharmacists annual requirements, but that in relation to accredited CPD pharmacists who meet the annual quota may simultaneously meet the Boards CPD standard and the CPD requirement for renewal registration. In terms of self-directed learning the Guidelines advise that pharmacists must ensure that they keep detailed records of all CPD activities undertaken and that these details can be verified and a learning plan can be produced upon request. Records of CPD participation must be kept up to date by the pharmacist or providers on behalf of participants and must include the date of activity, source or provider details, type of activity, topics covered during the activity, accreditation status and CPD credits. The Board also recommends that pharmacists undertake a wide range of CPD activities available across a selection of CPD ‘Activity Groups’, and that pharmacists who will be absent from practice for up to one year have no CPD requirement but that pharmacists who rack up absences of between one and three years must complete a minimum quota of one year’s CPD activities relevant to their intended scope of practice. The Board has said that practitioners who are absent for more than three years must meet the Board’s recency of practice registration standards. See www.pharmacyboard.gov.au.

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