Library resource guides: CPD for clinical support roles: Overview

Guide index

Our dedicated CPD program resources guide provides resource support for all parts of the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program, covering every activity in the CPD curriculum.

How to use this guide

Identify your work roles
Under each work role you will find:
- key areas to consider in planning your CPD
- suggestions for how you can undertake CPD for that work role in -
  - Category 1: practice evaluation (reviewing performance and measuring outcomes), and
  - Category 2: knowledge & skills
- resources to support CPD activity for that work role [right-hand column].

If you can’t find your work role in the library guide:

You can still use the CPD activity guide to plan CPD for that work role.
If you need assistance, contact the college’s experienced and helpful CPD team

Work roles index

How can I meet CPD requirements for my type of practice?

The college has put together case studies, guidance and support resources specific to your type of practice to help you meet requirements.

I am a specialist anaesthetist registered in Australia
Find support and resources to meet your CPD requirements as a specialist anaesthetist with medical registration in Australia.
I am a specialist anaesthetist registered in New Zealand
Find support and resources to meet your annual CPD requirements as a specialist anaesthetist registered in New Zealand.
I work as a specialist anaesthetist or pain medicine physician in the private sector
I work as a specialist anaesthetist or pain medicine physician in the private sector.

Check out the Private practice support document

I am a Faculty of Pain Medicine dual fellow
Find support and resources to meet your CPD requirements as a FPM dual fellow.
I practice without direct patient care
Find support and resources to meet your CPD requirements if you practice without direct patient care.

Check out the Practice without direct patient care toolkit document
Check out the CPD for clinical support roles library guide

I am a specialist international medical graduate (SIMG)
Find support and resources to meet your CPD requirements if you complete the college’s specialist international medical graduate (SIMG) process.
I am an ANZCA provisional fellow
Find support and resources to meet your CPD requirements as an ANZCA provisional fellow.

ANZCA CPD portfolio

Participants record, monitor and provide evidence of their completed CPD activities through the online CPD portfolio. Simply log in in with your college ID and password.

My CPD Portfolio
[college website]

ANZCA & FPM CPD [App] This link opens in a new window
Designed for ANZCA and FPM fellows and CPD participants, this app makes staying up to date with your CPD requirements easier than ever.

ANZCA & FPM CPD (iOS/Apple)
ANZCA & FPM CPD (Android/Google Play)
ANZCA: CPD app FAQs We've collated answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) from CPD participants.
ANZCA: Setting up SSO & MFA

CPD Value: CPD participants should check the specific CPD note listed in each section.

ANZCA & FPM resources

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Standard
CPD programs relevant to anaesthesia and pain medicine apply evidence-based educational activities that foster genuine continuing professional development.
CPD Mandatory Compliance Policy
This policy defines the CPD compliance requirements for ANZCA and FPM fellows, ANZCA provisional fellows, SIMGs, rural generalist anaesthetists, DHM specialists and other CPD participants of the ANZCA and FPM CPD program, in accordance with the ANZCA and FPM CPD standard.
CPD Special Consideration Policy
Fellows and other CPD participants who fail to meet minimum CPD requirements due to exceptional circumstances may apply for special consideration.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Clinical practice type – support document
The purpose of this document is to support fellows and other CPD participants completing the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program under the clinical practice type
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Private practice support document
This document provides support for fellows and CPD participants who work in the private sector and complete CPD under the clinical practice type to meet their CPD requirements.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Practice without direct patient care toolkit (supporting patient care)
The college supports ANZCA and FPM fellows and other Continuing Professional Development (CPD) participants to identify and complete CPD activities appropriate to their roles that don’t involve direct patient care but that support the health system and patient care.

Continuing Professional Development Program Handbook by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
Publication Date: January 2024
CPD Activity Guide by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists & Faculty of Pain Medicine This guide contains a list of all the activities associated with the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program, as well as links to associated individual activity guides and forms.
Publication Date: 18 December 2023

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program Resources Library Guide
The purpose of this guide is to assist fellows to locate information and resources relevant to their CPD activities, including those resources available through the ANZCA library. The target audience is those with clinical roles.

Feedback

The college welcomes feedback on content that can improve this guide – please advise cpd@anzca.edu.au.