About MOPS
About the Program
The program requires participants to report annually to the College on their continuing medical education activities.
- Credit Points Requirements
- Certificate of Completion
- Confidentiality
- Credit points - calculating and claiming
- Annual MOPS return forms
- Submitting supporting documentation
- Random Review
A minimum of 500 credit points must be obtained over a five year period, including a minimum of 50 points in quality assurance activities. A minimum of 60 points must be submitted in each year of the five year cycle.
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Certificate of CompletionFrom 1 January, 2002, Certificates of Completion will no longer be issued. Participants are provided with an annual statement which lists the credit points accrued in the current cycle, as well as the participant's activity status. This statement may be used as evidence of participation in the MOPS program.
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Confidentiality
All data gathered for the purposes of Quality Assurance projects, through participation in the Physician Assessment or contained in reports arising out of a Practice Quality Review (which are undertaken as part of the MOPS program) are afforded protection from subpoena, as the MOPS program has been registered under the appropriate legislation in both Australia and New Zealand. This data is not accessible under the Freedom of Information Acts of the two countries. Records kept by the College pertaining to all aspects of an individual's participation in the MOPS program, including Practice Quality Review and Physician Assessment, are held in strict confidence. Information concerning participation in the MOPS program will be forwarded directly to that participant upon receipt of a written request from the Participant and under no circumstances will be provided to others.
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Credit points - calculating and claiming
When calculating the number of credit points for attendance at meetings etc, the total number of points should not be inclusive of meal breaks. As a general principle, no credit points should be claimed for committee work of a purely business/administrative nature. However, workshops and educational meetings that are arranged by the various committees may attract points if it is deemed that those workshops or meetings have a significant educational component (e.g. meetings of the self-assessment program committees and of the written question setting committees of the Committee for Examinations).
Where Participants are involved in committee work because of their discipline or clinical expertise, points should be claimed within the Practice-related Continuing Medical Education category, attracting 0.5 credit points per hour (e.g. reviewing research proposals for the NHMRC).
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Annual MOPS return forms
A form will be sent to you at the end of each year and this should be returned to the College by no later than February of the following year.
Members of this website are also able to submit their annual MOPS points electronically online.
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Submitting supporting documentation
Participants are not required to submit supporting documentation verifying the activities they have undertaken with their annual MOPS return form.
Documentation is only required to be submitted if a participant is selected for a random review.
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Random Review
Five percent of participants will be subject to a random review of their documentation each year. The review requires participants to send in verifying documentation on request (e.g. diaries, programs, publications or other items). This request is usually made in April of each year for the preceding year.
If a participant fails to substantiate an annual MOPS return he/she will be required to submit supporting documentation for the following year at the time of submission of their points. Points will not be credited until the documentation has been reviewed. Once a participant has successfully completed a random review within a particular cycle, they are ineligible for a second review for the remainder of that cycle.
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