New Hot Topic Meeting: General Practitioner CPD - Making An Impact

From November 2009 all practising doctors are required to have a licence to practise and a certificate to be on the general practice register. They will have to renew their licence and certification every 5 years in a revalidation process. As part of this process they will be subject to a more rigorous annual appraisal which will include reflection and proof of learning.

A system of 'credits' will be introduced for GPs as evidence of continued learning and its impact. Under this system GPs will need to gain 50 credits each year through various forms of learning (a total of 250 credits in each 5 year revalidation period). To support this the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has introduced a credit-based system for demonstrating continuing professional development (CPD).

The PM Society is delighted to announce that Professor Nigel Sparrow, Chair of the Professional Development Board at the RCGP will be introducing the new credit system at a 'Hot Topic' evening meeting to be held at Haymarket Medical Publishing, London on Wednesday March 17th from 6.30pm.

Issues that he will be covering include:

• How will the RCGP system work in practice?
•  What is the link to GP revalidation?
•  How can GPs gain their CPD  credits?
•  What will be the role of journal articles, on line learning, meetings and practice initiatives in the CPD agenda?
•  What can the industry do to support GP CPD?

 For more information, and to book your place at this meeting, click here.