CPD Major & Minor Criteria
Major Criteria
(10 points annually)
This relates to educational activities that take place outside your workplace where you can interact with and learn from others.
You can claim 1 CPD credit for each hour spent on activities such as the examples listed below:
· Academic/Scientific meetings
· Symposiums
· Exam preparation courses
· Workshops
· Seminars
· Courses/Lectures/Workshops leading to a Diploma/Masters
· Online courses or tests where the site provides details of the learning outcome, links to further reading and you can download evidence of participation
Minor Criteria
(40 points annually)
These are activities take place alongside your colleagues and teams within your workplace on topics related to your practice that help improve the standards of your own practice and that of your team.
You can claim 1 CPD credit for each hour spent on activities such as the examples below:
· Journal Clubs
· Grand Rounds
· Multi-disciplinary team meetings (MTD)
· Faculty meetings
· Legal briefings
· Case studies
· Handover meetings
· Committees
Please note: Updates and changes may be made to these standards on occasion. Physician associates on the MVR will be notified of these changes in reasonable time so that they are able to comply with the CPD requirements.