CPD for clinical support roles: I chair/am a member of an educational committee

Practice evaluation (category 1)

• Participate in a cultural safety activitySee the Support across work roles > Providing a culturally safe practice tab for more information with a view to better understanding cultural safety and implications for your educational leadership. Following this activity, consider undertaking a critical reflection on what you have learnt and what it means for your practice.
• Formally engage with a mentor to further your professional goals for your educational practice. Claim hours spent doing so under the mentoring activity.
• Ask other group members to provide you with multi-source feedback (clinical support), with a trusted colleague collating the feedback and discussing it with you.
• Ask a colleague to complete a peer review of educational practice, observing your committee performance and providing feedback on the Educational leadership and management domain.
• Participate in a peer support group of self-selected peers with expertise and interest in educational practice. Potential areas of focus for the group are listed under key areasLearning and growing as an educator, including your professional supports and educational expertise; Enhancing your communication skills; Enhancing your leadership skills, including committee chairing skills; Enhancing your understanding of educational theory and practices; Promoting evidence-based approaches to the work. See the resources section to support selection of peer support group discussion topics.

Knowledge & skills (category 2)

• Participate in educational committee work and claim this under education/research committee work.
• Contribute to the development of educational resources for trainees/students and their supervisors, including using emerging teaching and learning technologies, relevant to your scope of practice and claim this under education development.
• Undertake a formal educational or leadership qualification and claim time spent doing this under formal courses.
• Attend courses and workshops to develop your leadership skills. Claim time spent doing this under leadership and management skills development.
• Attend face-to-face or virtual learning sessions relevant to your educational practice (for example: conferences, podcasts, webinars; see key areas to considerLearning and growing as an educator, including your professional supports and educational expertise; Enhancing your communication skills; Enhancing your leadership skills, including committee chairing skills; Enhancing your understanding of educational theory and practices; Promoting evidence-based approaches to the work). Claim time spent doing this under learning sessions.