Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a process of lifelong learning whereby a Veterinary or Para-Veterinary Professional systematically engages in activities that maintain abilities, skills and knowledge required for a professional practice.
Veterinary professionals who enter the CPD systems during their Compulsive Community Service, must accumulate a total of sixty (60) CPD points, of which twenty (20) CPD points have to be structured activities, within every three-year cycle from commencement of the CPD system.
Para-veterinary professionals who enter the CPD system during their Compulsive Community Service, must accumulate a total of fifteen (15) structured and thirty-five (35) unstructured CPD points for every consecutive three-year CPD cycle.
The following qualifies as structured activities:
| Veterinary Profession | Para-Veterinary Profession |
|---|---|
| One (1) point is allocated to both the instructor and trainee for each week of in-practice training and instruction with a maximum of twenty (20) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle. Provided that details of the in-practice training and instruction are recorded. | One (1) point is allocated to both the instructor and trainee for each week of in-practice training and instruction with a maximum of twenty (20) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle, provided that details of the in-practice training and instruction are recorded. |
| One (1) point is allocated for each day of supervision of an undergraduate veterinary or para-veterinary student registered with council. Provided that details of supervision are recorded. | One (1) point is allocated for each day of supervision of an undergraduate para-veterinary professional student registered with Council, provided that details of supervision are recorded. |
| One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of documented discussion between professional colleagues. Provided that an attendance register is retained of meetings. | One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of documented discussion between registered para-veterinary professional colleagues, provided that an attendance register is retained of meetings. |
| One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of reading relevant literature with a maximum of fifteen points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle. Provided that the date, time spent and literature read is recorded. | One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of reading relevant literature with a maximum of fifteen (15) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle, provided that the date, time spent and literature read is recorded. |
| One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of participation in any correspondence course, audio/video tape, compact disc or web based package accessed via printed or electronic medium with a maximum of fifteen (15) points to be accumulated in any threeyear cycle. Provided that full details are recorded. | One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of participation in any correspondence course, audio/video tape, compact disc or web-based package accessed via printed or electronic medium with a maximum of fifteen (15) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle, provided that full details are recorded.One (1) point is allocated for every two hours of participation in any correspondence course, audio/video tape, compact disc or web-based package accessed via printed or electronic medium with a maximum of fifteen (15) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle, provided that full details are recorded. |
| One (1) point is allocated per hour or part thereof for the first two hours, thereafter additional points are allocated per completed hour of formal lectures and/or practical demonstrations of any non-veterinary course attended to improve personal and/or managerial skills that will assist in providing better service in the veterinarian’s related field of work with a maximum of ten (10) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle. Provided that the programme is submitted to council together with the annual summary referred to in regulation 8.2. | One (1) point is allocated for each day or part of day of formal lectures and/or practical demonstrations of any non- veterinary or non- para-veterinary course attended to improve personal and/or managerial skills that will assist in providing better service in the para-veterinary professional’s related field of work with a maximum of five (5) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle, -provided that the programme is submitted to Council together with the annual summary referred to in regulation 8(2). |
| Two (2) points per day or portion of day for attending veterinary and / or para-veterinary related farmers days / information sessions or relevant activities with a maximum of ten (10) points to be accumulated in any three-year cycle. |
In the event that a veterinary or para-veterinary professional does not comply with the set our CPD requirements for a particular period, the council may impose one of the following conditions: