Continuing Professional Development CPD CPD is any learning

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) CPD is any learning that develops and maintains professional competence

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) CPD is any learning that develops and maintains professional competence to enable a member to continue to perform their professional role.

Learning activities

Learning activities

What is a learning activity? • Must be relevant and appropriate to your professional

What is a learning activity? • Must be relevant and appropriate to your professional role and responsibilities; • Allows for the development of new or existing competencies.

What qualifies as a learning activity? • Did you learn something while doing this

What qualifies as a learning activity? • Did you learn something while doing this activity? • Does the learning activity contain significant intellectual or practical content? • Is the learning activity directly related to the competencies needed to continue your employment or practice? • Is the learning activity relevant to your current professional needs and/or long-term career interests? • Is the learning activity quantifiable (expressed in terms of a specific time range)? If the answer is yes to all of the above questions, the activity will likely qualify as a new learning activity.

How do I calculate my hours? • How much of the activity was new

How do I calculate my hours? • How much of the activity was new learning? • What parts of the activity were relevant to your professional roles and responsibilities? • Previous learning is not eligible as new learning. • Your new leaning may be different from a colleague in attendance at the same course.

I am instructing a course, can I claim this as CPD and if so,

I am instructing a course, can I claim this as CPD and if so, how many hours can I claim? Does it meet the requirement of being a learning activity? Did you learn? Does it contain significant intellectual content? • Reading and research time for the instruction may be used for verifiable hours; • Reading and research time can only be used once, unless there is new material when there has been a significant change to the curriculum; • General instruction hours is not considered to be a learning activity.

What would not be considered a learning activity? Examples of activities not considered a

What would not be considered a learning activity? Examples of activities not considered a learning activity in most cases (this is not a complete list): • Yoga or fitness programs to deal with stress; • Art, painting, pottery classes. These activities do not contain significant intellectual content and are not relevant to a CPA’s professional role or responsibilities.

In review: A learning activity is any activity that: • is new learning; •

In review: A learning activity is any activity that: • is new learning; • contains significant intellectual or practical content; • is directly related to the competencies needed to continue your employment; • is relevant to your current professional needs and/or long-term career interests; and • is quantifiable. Member registrations can be reached at cpdreporting@cpaalberta. ca or toll free at 1 -800 -232 -9406.