GDC issues advice on CPD
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- Published: Thursday, 22 November 2012 08:05
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has issued advice on obtaining Continuing Professional Development (CPD). It’s now less than a year until nearly 40-thousand Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) will reach the end of their first five year CPD cycle. Of those who have declared what they have done so far 36% have logged more than the minimum hours; 11% have logged no hours. Dental Technicians are currently the least likely to have logged their hours - 22% having not yet declared any.
Finding good quality CPD – GDC advice for registrants
The provision of CPD is a competitive business and you are in a strong position as the customer. If you are unhappy with the quality of CPD which you have paid for – or accessed for free – you should send feedback to the provider.
When providing verifiable CPD, providers should be actively seeking feedback anyway, so make the most of this opportunity to get your voice heard.
Reputable companies will respond to feedback and complaints by improving their products and they should value your input. The GDC does not quality assure any CPD courses.
You can find CPD - both verifiable and general – in all sorts of places:
• Formal courses and lectures;
• In-house team training;
• Study days;
• Educational parts of professional meetings;
• Peer review and clinical audit;
• Distance learning;
• Multimedia learning (for example, web-based learning and using a CD-ROM);
• Staff training in the practice or laboratory;
• Going to educational workshops at conferences;
• Reading journals.
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