CPD deadline
There are now fewer than eight months left until nearly 40,000 dental care professionals (DCPs) will reach the end of their first five year Continuing Professional Development (CPD) cycle.
On July 31 2013 they must have completed 150 hours of CPD. They will then have until August 28 2013 to declare the hours that they have completed or risk losing their General Dental Council (GDC) registration.
CPD is a legal requirement and employers are being asked to help remind DCPs about it and to help them plan it, do it and log it.
CPD is study, training, courses, seminars, reading and other activities which advance a dental professional’s development. It can be provided in-house by other members of the dental team who are trained and competent in the relevant area.
Why is CPD so important?
CPD was introduced to ensure that all dental professionals keep their knowledge current, to encourage the development of new skills in order to benefit the care of patients, and to give patients confidence in the profession as a whole. It’s very important that the CPD registrants undertake takes into account the needs of their patients and is relevant to their practice.
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