GDC issues advice on CPD quality
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- Published: Thursday, 27 November 2014 07:35
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The General Dental Council (GDC) is reminding dental professionals to be proactive in assuring themselves that the verifiable continuing professional development (CPD) they undertake has adequate quality controls in place. This follows the GDC's recent publication of an advice sheet on Quality Controls for Verifiable CPD.
The advice sheet provides guidance for dental professionals and also to those who design, deliver and commission CPD in dentistry, about approaches to quality control. It provides suggestions about quality control measures for verifiable CPD activities and emphasises they should be present at all stages of provision - before, during and after.
The advice sheet can be downloaded from the GDC website. It is a fuller version of the existing advice available within the Frequently Asked Questions on the GDC website. It is advisory only and does not change the current CPD requirements for dental professionals.
The GDC continues to remind those who provide CPD for dental professionals that they should ensure they robustly quality assure their CPD products and services and that 'quality control' is a legal requirement of verifiable CPD. The GDC also continues to call upon the CPD industry in dentistry to be proactive in working together to develop industry-led quality standards.
GDPUK called for exactly this aspect of quality of CPD to be monitored, and for registrants to be aware of the quality provided in a blog published on 17th March 2013, a blog which has had over 60,000 readers.
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