The purpose of continuing medical education (CME) is to ensure the doctor maintains an up-to-date clinical knowledge. Doctors are required to record at least 20 hours of CME within each 12 month cycle into their eportfolio. The focus of CME activities should be guided by a doctor’s professional development plan (PDP).

At InPractice, we believe that effective CPD is grounded in daily practice. For example CME may include, but is not limited to:

• Attendance at relevant educational conferences, courses and workshops
• Self-directed learning programmes
• Presentations, teaching and preparation of educational material
• Assessments designed to identify learning needs in areas such as procedural skills, diagnostic skills or clinical knowledge
• Observations of procedures
• Writing and publishing reports and articles
• Journal reading

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