Top tips for completing your CPD profile

Below are some key recommendations from CPD assessors who were involved in previous  audits, they think that they would help registrants to complete a CPD profile.

Do:

• Keep it simple. Use simple language to describe the CPD you have done, what you have learnt from it, and how it has benefited you and your service user(s).–     Choose four to six CPD activities over the last two years. Tell us what you did, what you learnt, and the benefits to you and your service user(s).
• Ensure the activities you discuss are a mixture of learning types and were undertaken in the last two years.
• Remember to include a dated list, in chronological order, of all the CPD activities you have completed in the last two years. This will demonstrate that you have met CPD standard 1. Please explain any gaps of three consecutive months or more.
• Provide a clear, easy-to-follow profile of evidence. Profile templates, examples and guidance can be found on our website within the CPD section.
• Double check your profile before submitting it to us, ensuring all relevant documentation is included.

Don’t:

• Try to describe in detail every activity you have undertaken over the last two years. Selecting a small number of different activities that you feel benefited you the most and writing about each one is a better approach (see previous examples).
• Send us evidence of all your CPD activities. We only need evidence to support the activities you have written about to demonstrate standards 3 and 4.
• Include identifiable information. This must be anonymised before including it with your CPD profile. This is any information you hold about a service user(s) that could identify them, such as names, addresses or any other personal information. 
• Include CVs.