CPD advice & support
Our CPD Scheme
We offer a CPD scheme to all practicing UK clinical oncologists and radiologists, aside from anyone in a training post. It focuses on reflection, the outcomes of CPD activities and recognising the value of online learning.
CPD Credits
You should aim to achieve at least 250 CPD credits over five years, with these as evenly spread as possible.
Activities that align with CPD
Activities across clinical, academic and professional environments align with CPD if you can demonstrate that they are genuinely developmental.
Learning from the NHS
Trainees will be automatically enrolled in our CPD scheme following receipt of their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
Other doctors taking up a UK staff position, including those who trained or have been employed globally and wish to enrol should contact cpd@rcr.ac.uk.
CPD Credits
You should aim to achieve at least 250 CPD credits over five years, with these as evenly spread as possible.
Activities that align with CPD
Activities across clinical, academic and professional environments align with CPD if you can demonstrate that they are genuinely developmental.
Learning from the NHS
Trainees will be automatically enrolled in our CPD scheme following receipt of their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
Other doctors taking up a UK staff position, including those who trained or have been employed globally and wish to enrol should contact cpd@rcr.ac.uk.
Enrolment in the CPD Scheme
Trainees will be automatically enrolled in our CPD scheme following receipt of their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).
Other doctors taking up a UK staff position, including those who trained or have been employed globally and wish to enrol should contact cpd@rcr.ac.uk.
Reflecting on your CPD
Additional credits can be claimed for reflecting on what you have learned, and on the long-term impacts on your professional practice and patient care. A reflective template has been incorporated into the CPD online journal and can be completed when you add an activity.
The new RCR Learning hub includes a CPD journal available exclusively for Royal College of Radiologists Fellows and members, offering a seamless process for obtaining your five-yearly certificate:
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Record your CPD activity online
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Include your reflections and impact
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Import and export your activities for your annual appraisal and revalidation
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has produced a reflective practice toolkit:
Academy and COPMeD reflective practice toolkit guidance (PDF)
This toolkit, which contains templates and examples of reflective styles, aims to provide best practice in the documentation of reflection on a variety of activities and events.
The Reflective Practitioner (PDF)
This short guide supports medical students, doctors in training and doctors engaging in revalidation on how to reflect as part of their practice.
CPD FAQs
An individual will be enrolled in the RCR CPD Scheme from the first of the month, following that in which eligibility for Specialist Registration is achieved.
Clinical oncologists or clinical radiologists who take up staff positions in the UK without a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), including those who trained or have been employed overseas, should contact the RCR at cpd@rcr.ac.uk to effect their enrolment in the CPD Scheme.
For most of an individual's CPD period the RCR does not know how many credits have been achieved. Towards the end of an individual's five-year CPD period, the RCR will ask an individual to indicate how many CPD credits have been achieved in each category.
CPD credits can be earned by formal participation in distance learning events with CPD approval. Documentation from the organising body (e.g., multiple choice questionnaire (MCQ) test, certificate, etc.) giving the title and date of the event, and the number of CPD credits achieved (including name of awarding body) must be kept by the individual, with a reflective learning record completed for each hour claimed.
Read our CPD FAQ’s page for more.
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