Library resource guides: ANZCA & FPM CPD Program resources: Category 2: Knowledge &amp; skills

Guide index

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.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program guidelines and forms
Access all the forms, guidelines and other resources you need to complete your CPD here.

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: CPD for Clinical Support Roles Library Guide
The purpose of this resources guide is to assist fellows to match CPD activities with the nature of the work roles that they undertake. The target audience is those with clinical support roles alongside their work with patients and those who practice without direct patient care.