What happens to my CPD when I work as a locum?

If you're a specialist

Continue performing whatever continuing professional development (CPD) requirements are expected of you in that specialty under your college.

You should also consider whether your locum work is taking you out of your normal scope of practice and tailor your CPD program accordingly.

If you're not a qualified specialist

You'll need to actively consider your CPD.

The Medical Board assumes that doctors working as pre-vocational trainees or trainees under a college program are doing sufficient CPD.

Once you are not in formal training, the Medical Board expects you to put together a plan and requires:

• At least 50 hours of CPD per annual period (1 October to 30 September each year), self-directed.
• Within those 50 hours, a mandatory practice-based, self-assessed reflective activity — one of:
  • a clinical audit, or
  • a peer review, or
  • a performance appraisal.