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What is Continuing Professional Development?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the process by which health professionals keep updated to meet the needs of patients, the health service and their own professional development. In contrast to continuing medical education (CME), which involves updating clinical knowledge, CPD also embraces developing and improving a broad range of skills necessary for medical practice (e.g. management, communication, teaching and learning skills; knowledge of information technology; and audit).

What is Revalidation?

Revalidation is the mechanism by which doctors will have to demonstrate at regular intervals that they remain up to date and are fit to practise. There are major changes underway which will lead to new requirements for all doctors in the UK.