Library resource guides: ANZCA and FPM CPD Program resources: Category 1: Practice evaluation

Guide index

Please Note: This guide is currently being redeveloped.

Practice evaluation activities index

Reviewing performance:

CPD plan & evaluation
Cultural safety
Multi-source feedback (MsF)
Patient experience survey
Peer-review of practice
Annual structured conversation/ performance appraisal
Accreditation inspection/review
Case conference
Critical reflection
Examiner for the ANZCA anaesthesia primary and final and FPM fellowship exams
Medico-legal reports
Mentoring
Peer review of educational practice
Peer support groups
SIMG Performance Assessment assessor
Team scenario

Measuring outcomes:

Clinical audit
Analysing healthcare outcomes
Clinical governance
Clinical governance/quality assurance committee work
Incident reporting
Morbidity/mortality meetings
Practice audit (clinical support)
Quality improvement project
Report of audit findings
Review patient pathways
Root cause analysis (RCA)

Practice evaluation unmasked: CPD and Library webinar

CPD Committee Chair Dr Debra Devonshire unmasks and demystifies the CPD Practice evaluation resources. We look at the wide range of resources available to ANZCA fellows – including those available via the library – and offer up some practical advice on completing these activities.

Recorded: Tuesday, 17 November 2020. Duration: 54 minutes. This webinar my be claimed for CPD purposes.

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: 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: 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.