In response to the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) | Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa’s changed registration and recertification requirements, the MyCPD Framework has been modified to support you to meet your regulatory requirements.

In 2024, the MyCPD Framework will undergo a few carefully considered modifications. These changes respond to the evolving regulatory landscape and reflect the valuable feedback we've received from you. The modifications focus on 3 key areas:

• Cultural Safety and Health Equity — ensuring that healthcare is equitable and culturally sensitive is paramount in today's healthcare landscape.
• Supervisor activities — recognising the vital role of supervisors in the professional development of our members.
• Research activities — acknowledging the importance of research in advancing medical practice and knowledge.

Watch experts Professor Martin Veysey, Dr Catherine D’Souza and Dr Owen Sinclair explain the Framework modifications and their implications for your professional development.

The MyCPD program will continue to follow the calendar year (1 January to 31 December) with records due 31 March the following year. For example, 2024 MyCPD submissions are due by 31 March 2025.

Your 50 hours will need to include:

• A minimum of 12.5 hours of activities in Category 1 - Educational Activities.
  
  These are traditional CME activities like conferences, reading journal articles or completing online learning modules.
  
  
• A minimum of 25 hours of activities from across Category 2 - Reviewing Performance and Category 3 - Measuring Outcomes.

Category 2 involves feedback from others on clinical and professional practice, such as peer review of records, patient feedback or multi-source feedback.

Category 3 involves measurement of health outcomes and might include an audit of standards or guidelines, practice against relevant EVOLVE recommendations, or incident reporting/monitoring. You must complete a minimum of 5 hours of activities in each of these categories and can decide the best mix to suit your practice.

This might mean you complete 5 hours of activities in category 2 and 20 hours in category 3. Or you could complete 15 hours of activities in category 2 and 10 hours in category 3. It's expected that the 2 mandatory activities, professional development plan and annual conversation will enable you to meet the minimum requirement for category 2.


• The remaining 12.5 hours can be completed across any of the categories.

Resources to assist in meeting the requirements including information and templates on the mandatory activities can be found in the MyCPD Interactive Handbook.

2024 MyCPD Framework (PDF)
RACP Guide for Choosing CPD Activities (PDF)
2024 examples of acceptable CPD evidence (PDF)