1. RCGP Guidance
Supporting Information

2. Summary What is new? Scope of Practice CPD and ‘impact’
Quality improvement activities

3. Certificates
The new Guide makes it clear that there is no need to routinely scan certificates for CPD (although GPs may wish to keep particular certificates e.g. those relevant to statutory and mandatory training defined by their employer).

4. Scope of work
Any separate role requiring licence to practice to be included
Over the five year revalidation cycle, the GP should reflect on how they keep up to date, review their performance and reflect on any SUIs or complaints, in each of the roles in their scope of work

5. CPD credits All learning activities, including:
Learning arising from QIA activities
Learning from SEAs and SUIs
Learning from MSF, Complaints + compliments
Learning from personal reading and professional conversations
As well as formal CPD, PDP etc
All are eligible for CPD credits providing that they are documented appropriately with reflection

6. CPD credits 50 credits then think about stopping One hour= one credit
No doubling
50 credits then think about stopping
One hour= one credit
One day- one note
No learning… ?

7. Quality Improvement Activity[QIA]
Wide variety
Relate to scope of work
Options: audit/ data collection, searches, etc
Plus….. Reflections on surveys
No fixed volume “reasonable and proportionate”
Accent on driving reflection

8. GP SEA -definition
Discussion of any situation where, on reflection, the GP feels that their patient care could have been better
SEAs can be discussed at the practice [ideally, if the event has implications for the practice ] or in a learning group
The write up should include lessons learnt, areas for future learning and actions taken as a result of SEA
Events where care was exemplary and from which lessons of good practice were learned can also be included