Deconstructing Continued Professional Development Simplifying Practice Presented By

Deconstructing Continued Professional Development: Simplifying Practice Presented By Andrew Ormerod

Aims & Objectives Define CPD and its benefits ? Current CPD Practice within the Ambulance service setting HPC – The Standards to be met Simple rules to apply to your CPD

Quote of the Day "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. " -- George S. Patton(1885 -1945) American military leader

Where's your Portfolio ? 1000 UK Paramedics & Technicians Completed a questionnaire in 2010 27% Updated within 12 Months 14% Updated within 6 Months 7% Updated within 3 Months

What is CPD ? Continuing Professional Development (CPD) The Health Professions Council define CPD as “a range of learning activities through which health professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they retain their capacity to practice safely, effectively and legally within their evolving scope of practice” HPC 2011 http: //www. hpc-uk. org/registrants/cpd/

Current CPD Practice 1, 2 or 3 Day course held within Local Ambulance Service Trust. Self Directed Learning (Employers). Self Presentation to taught courses. Response to practice exposure i. e. Looking up a drug or medical condition after an incident.

What should CPD consist of ? Purposeful & Patient Centred Participative and Interesting structure Focused on your developmental needs Designed to build on previous Knowledge, Skills and Experience

The HPC Standards 1. Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of their CPD activities 2. Demonstrate that their CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice 3. Seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service delivery 4. Seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user 5. Present a written profile containing evidence of their CPD upon request.

STANDARD 1 Maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of your CPD activities You must keep a record of your CPD, in whatever format is most convenient for you Electronic (Website / CPD Online) Written via Word / Power. Point Template from HPC Website

STANDARD 2 Demonstrate that your CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to current or future practice You must make sure your CPD is a mixture of different kinds of activities – not just one kind of learning – and that it’s relevant to your work. It could be relevant to your current role or to a planned future role

STANDARD 3 Seek to ensure that their CPD has contributed to the quality of their practice and service delivery You should aim for your CPD to improve the quality of your work. It may not actually improve your work, due to factors beyond your control, but when you choose your CPD activities you should intend for them to improve your work Seek to ensure Determine Future Actions

STANDARD 4 Seek to ensure that their CPD benefits the service user. You should aim for your CPD to benefit service users. As above, you may not be able to make sure that this happens, but you should have the intention of benefiting service users. Depending on where and how you work, service users might include patients, clients, your team, or students Patients Your Team Students / Mentoring

STANDARD 5 Upon request, present a written profile explaining how they have met the standards for CPD If you’re audited, you need to send a CPD profile (which must be your own work and supported by evidence) to show you have met our standards. This must be your own work and supported by evidence Templates & Guides available online Refer to the HPC Website

Simple Rules for your CPD What have you done? Standard 1 & 2 Why have you done it? Standard 1 & 2 How will it benefit you? Standard 3 How will your patients benefit? Standard 4 Have Standard 5 you documented this?

Conclusion • Higher Education will start dominating Paramedic Practice Education from 2010 • Ambulance Services will need to be 100% supportive • Staff need to be Motivated & Develop Life Long Learning Attitudes towards personal development • The CPD Topic is not for debate, its our requirement ! • Will you be ready for the Audit?

Thank you Questions ? a. ormerod@me. com

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References Health Professionals Council (2004). Standards of Education and Training. HPC: London. Health Professionals Council (2006). Continuing Professional Development and your Registration. HPC : London. Health Professionals Council (2007). Standards of Proficiency. HPC: London. ESD Group (2010). Paramedic Questionnaire 2009 - 2010. http: //www. cpdme. com Skills for Health (2007). Curriculum and Competence Framework for the Emergency Care Practitioner. DOH: London.