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- CPD is required by all registered with APHRA in Australia.
- The ACAM CPD program mimics programs administered by other colleges. The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) mandates certain CPD to maintain your registration.
- There is a required CPD of 50 hours per year of each year of the triennium (current period is 2020-2022 inclusive. The MBA requirements can be found here
- COVID Infection Control (suggested course (no charge);
- ACAM Ethics’ Examination (no charge) contact secretary@acam.org.au for access to this examination, approximately 30 minutes, a resource drop box has been created;
- BLS/ALS course as accepted by the MBA;
- Infection Prevention and Control Course (suggested course (no charge).
CPD Dashboard
- The dashboard is access via your Member’s Portal;
- The CPD dashboard has been organised into domains/tiers, recognising the difficulty or weighting of certain activities;
- Difference activities are listed under each Tier, it is suggested that you explore each drop down menu to be familiar with the Tier structure;
- Your certificates of completion are required as PDF to load to your dashboard.
To log your CPD Dashborad
- Log on to the Member’s Portal
- Locate My Portal
- CPD [NEW]
- Open CPD [NEW]
- Follow instructions to load the dashboard
- *note PDF copies of your certificates will be needed for loading to the dashboard as evidence of completion
Once your CPD has been completed
- Download your CPD certificate
- The CPD standard for MBA can be found here
The Current Triennium
The current triennium completed on December 31st , 2022.
Mandatory activates
Tier Two
- COVID infection control (Mandatory)
- Infection control (Mandatory, upload PDF of completion certification)
- Life support (Mandatory, upload PDF of completion certification)
- Infection Prevention and Control
- ACAM Ethics Examination
Special Recognition
Tier One
Academic award (special recognition needs to load PDF of award)
Contribute/write a research paper/report (paper needs to be loaded)
Other
Outcome measurement
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Performance review
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Professional development
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Clinical skills
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Clinical Audit and reflection activities
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Contribution to College
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other
Education
Tier One
Academic paper (Tier One needs to load PDF of paper)
ACAM laser course (Tier One needs to load PDF of completion certificate)
Other
Tier Two
- ACAM Newsletter article (Tier Two)
- Blog moderator (Tier Two)
- Clinical audit (Tier two needs to load a certificate)
- Conference attendance (Tier Two certificate needs to be loaded)
- Presentation at conference Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Presentation at workshop Tier Two (upload PDF of timetable, showing person on program)
- Workshop helper confirmed by convenor
- Other
Tier Three
- Conference helper confirmed by convenor
- Cosmetic injectables (Tier three reading etc.)
- Dermatology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Medico-legal (Tier three reading etc.)
- Self reflection (Tier three reading etc.)
- Skin cancer (Tier three reading etc.)
- Sub-optimal outcomes (Tier three reading etc.)
- Psychology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Pharmacology (Tier three reading etc.)
- Practice management (Tier three reading etc.)
- Facebook moderator
- Other