• Yes, we have an app for both Android and Apple.
• For Android, go to the Google Play Store and download the CPD Home App.
• For Apple, go to the App store and download the CPD Home App.

• Follow the below steps to sign up to CPD Home
  
  • Click the ‘Sign-up’ button at the top of the home page
  • Enter your name, email, mobile number, and AHPRA MED number.
  • Choose whether you would like to be a ‘Subscriber’ or a ‘Learner’.
  • Tick ‘Agree’ to the Terms.
  • Tick ‘I’m not a robot’.
  • If signing up as a CPD Home Subscriber – pay the subscription fee.
  • Verify your email and phone number.
  • Follow the steps to create your profile.
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• No. We are Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant, which means we follow industry best practice. Our system does not retain any credit card information at any time and nor does our banking partner, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
• Upon providing your credit card details to us, our system obtains an authorisation on your card and generates a unique token code to bill your card for a set value - no details are ever stored. This token is unique to you as well as to CPD Home and cannot be used by anyone.
• When you initially subscribed, your unique token was saved to our system but not your credit card details. Please be assured, we do not store nor have access to your credit card details.

• Firstly, you need to add your Medical Registration category. If you selected the Specialist registration, the college(s) where you completed your qualification(s) needs to be selected along with your Specialty (up to 3), Fields of specialty practice (if applicable) and specialist high-level CPD requirements (if applicable).
• Finally, add your Workplace setting (clicking all that apply) and click ‘Save Details’. This information helps us understand more about you, so CPD Home can suggest relevant activities to meet your learning needs.

• Since 1 January 2024, all non-exempt medical practitioners are required to have a CPD home.
• If you are a doctor who is required to join a CPD home, you will need to complete the following each year to be compliant with the Standard.
  
  • Write a Continuing Professional Development Plan (CPD Plan) each year
  • Complete a minimum 50 hours of CPD activities per year:
    
    • At least 12.5 hours (25 percent of the minimum) in educational activities,
    • At least 25 hours (50 percent of the minimum) in activities focused on reviewing performance and measuring outcomes, with a minimum of five hours for each category; and
    • The remaining 12.5 hours (25 percent of the minimum) across any of these types of CPD activities, which includes any relevant specialist high-level CPD requirements.
  • Meet any specialist high-level CPD requirements set by the MBA.
  • Reflect upon achievement of the CPD Plan at the end of the CPD Year.
  • Retain completed CPD records for three years after the end of each one-year cycle period for auditing purposes.

• CPD homes:
  
  • are accredited by the AMC (Australian Medical Council)
  • Deliver CPD programs that are robust, monitored and evaluated
  • support doctors to tailor CPD activities to meet the learning needs identified in their written CPD Plan
  • work with external learning providers, ensuring quality CPD activities are available through an online Catalogue of learning
  • help Subscribers keep track of their CPD hours with an online system for CPD record-keeping
  • support Subscribers to meet their CPD requirements, including for:
    
    • Culturally safe practice
    • Addressing health inequities
    • Professionalism and
    • Ethical practice.
• CPD Home has been approved for initial accreditation by the AMC. For more information, see the below links:
  
  • https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Professional-Performance-Framework/CPD.aspx
  • https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Professional-Performance-Framework/CPD/About-CPD-homes.aspx

• CPD Home delivers an extensive CPD Program specifically designed to support Subscribers in meeting their annual CPD requirements set by the Standard.
• Our CPD Home Program covers requirements for PGY3+ not in an accredited training program, generally registered medical practitioners such as non-vocationally registered doctors, international medical graduates and other registered Australian doctors who require a CPD home.
• If you are a registered medical specialist, our unique offering will also help you to simplify your achievement of your CPD obligations, including any specialist high-level CPD requirements set by the MBA, whether you hold a fellowship or not.
• CPD Home offers Subscribers accredited, peer-reviewed medical learning, effortless CPD tracking, and reporting.
• With CPD Home you can:
  
  • complete a learning module on how to write your CPD Plan
  • nominate your learning focus topics when writing your CPD Plan
  • access a comprehensive Catalogue of CPD activities including quality clinical research, specialty topics, professionalism and ethical practice, cultural safety, equitable care, compliance, and communication skills
  • amend your CPD Plan throughout the CPD year
  • recommence your online learning where you left off
  • register for CPD activities offered by Contributors
  • know that hours assigned for a CPD activity are uploaded on your behalf to your CPD Dashboard by the Certified Learning Provider
  • track your learning against the CPD Home Program requirements
  • upload and save externally completed learning evidence to your CPD Tracker
  • monitor your CPD progress immediately on your Dashboard
  • access guidance and support to help you complete activities that will meet your mandatory CPD requirements and address the learning goals you set out to achieve in your CPD Plan
  • print or save your CPD Reports detailing your completed CPD records that aggregate your learning. The CPD Dashboard automatically calculates completed CPD hours to meet your mandatory learning, including high-level requirements set by the MBA
  • download your CPD Statement of Completion for the current CPD year
  • access your data anywhere, any time
  • oreflect upon your CPD achievements at the end of the CPD year
  • know that Ahpra will be automatically advised of your CPD compliance at the end of the CPD reporting period.
• CPD Home gives you complete choice and control over your CPD needs. Here are some key features.
  
  • We certify learning providers to bring you a variety of CPD activities relevant to your scope of practice
  • Our platform tags learning to ensure relevant CPD activities automatically surface to your Dashboard based on the learnings goals you set out in your written CPD Plan
  • Your CPD Dashboard displays a simple way to track your progress and prompt you to complete mandatory activities, ensuring you remain CPD compliant
  • Simple templates are available to help you complete your CPD Plan and other mandatory activities with ease
  • We recognise your completed CPD activities accredited by any other AMC accredited CPD home that aligns with our CPD Home Program and your registered scope of practice
  • For learning that is not accredited by another CPD home, there is a simple process to upload your CPD activity records and supporting evidence where the activity aligns with our CPD Home Program
  • We accept CPD activities that you participate in during your normal course of practice.
• Read our CPD Home Program Guide to learn more.

There are two subscription fees based on a doctor’s registered scope of practice.

1. Non-specialists (PGY3+ not in a specialist training pathway and other non-specialists)
2. Specialists (including General Practitioners)

For doctors working on average 20 hours or less per week, we offer a part-time subscription. Financial members of the AMA and ASA receive up to 50% off the full price.

To learn about our current fees, including special offers, please visit the Benefits and Fees page on our website.

All AMA CPD Home subscriptions are annual and follow the calendar year to align with the Ahpra CPD year (1 January - 31 December).

If you've been placed on a monthly payment plan, you'll need to settle a lump sum payment for previous months in the calendar year before switching to monthly payments.

CPD Home does not provide partial subscriptions, and the entire annual subscription must be fully paid for us to report your compliance to Ahpra. Check out our Fees and Refunds Policy for more information.

• Yes. You may subscribe to more than one CPD home. However, you must complete the CPD program requirements of at least one AMC-accredited CPD home for your compliance requirements to be met for the CPD year.
• Please note: If you have multiple CPD homes and only partially complete requirements under each CPD home, then no CPD home can report compliance of your CPD requirements to Ahpra, and this may impact your ongoing medical registration. For simplicity purposes, choose a single CPD home that can support you to meet the Standard and remain compliant.

• Yes. To meet the Standard, you must follow the program set by your CPD home.
• The AMA's CPD Home captures all mandatory CPD requirements. Your Dashboard ensures you can monitor your progress at any point in time, so that you can be confident that you are meeting the CPD requirements set by the Standard.
• Key elements of the CPD Home Program Guide include:
  
  • the annual reporting period commences on 1 January and concludes 31 December each year
  • the minimal completion of 50 hours of CPD activities sit across two domains of learning during each reporting cycle, including mandatory learning is required to be completed. This includes completion of CPD activities that address the minimum number of hours for each of the two domains of learning
  • participation in the two domains of learning encompasses:
    
    • Domain 1: Educational Activities (minimum 12.5 hours - maximum 25 hours)
    • Domain 2: Reviewing Performance (minimum 5 hours) and Measuring Outcomes (minimum 5 hours) (Total time: minimum 25 hours - maximum 37.5 hours)
  • prepare and reflect on your written CPD Plan
  • engage in CPD activities that align to the Medical Board of Australia’s Good Medical Practice: A code of conduct for doctors in Australia; 2020. This involves completing CPD activities across each of the following CAPE aspects:
    
    • Culturally safe practice
    • Addressing health inequities
    • Professionalism
    • Ethical practice

    completed CPD activities for the CPD year must include a CPD activity that individually addresses each one of the above aspects. CPD activities listed in the CPD Home Catalogue will be assigned under the applicable CAPE aspect. When uploading other CPD activities to your record, you need to assign the applicable CAPE aspect(s) to the activity, where relevant

  • the minimum and maximum number of accumulated CPD hours for each domain must be observed. Additional hours will be recorded by the CPD Dashboard but excluded in the annual CPD calculation where it exceeds the maximum number of hours for that domain
  • you must save and retain your annual CPD activity records for three years after the end of each one-year cycle for auditing purposes by CPD Home and/or the MBA, even if you change to another CPD home service provider. Medical practitioners with a specialist registered scope of practice must also meet the high-level CPD requirements set by the MBA.
• While this sounds complex, don’t worry. Our system is designed to guide you and ensure that you can meet these requirements with the least amount of effort. Our system will prompt you to complete learning, while your Dashboard gives you an easy, visual representation of your progress.

• Yes. CPD Home provides Australian registered medical specialists, international medical graduates, PGY3+ trainees and non-vocationally registered medical practitioners with a robust CPD program of learning, a CPD tracking service, and access to an extensive learning Catalogue.
• The CPD Home Program Guide recognises a wide range of CPD activity types to meet the learning needs of Subscribers. To learn more about the CPD Home Program, please download the CPD Home Program Guide available on the website.

• Australian medical practitioners are individually responsible for meeting their annual CPD requirements, which have been set by the Medical Board of Australia in the revised CPD Standard: Continuing professional development (the Standard).
• CPD Home provides Subscribers access to a comprehensive Catalogue of CPD activities.
• As a CPD Home Subscriber, your CPD Home Dashboard makes it easy to track and record your progress towards meeting your annual CPD requirements. CPD Home provides Subscribers the tools for complying with the Standard and will keep track of Subscriber progress, providing support and guidance, where required.
• If you complete CPD activities that are external to the CPD Home Catalogue, you must self-record your activity and upload accepted supportive evidence to your CPD Tracker. This will automatically display as additional CPD hours on your Dashboard.
• To learn more about medical practitioner CPD obligations, visit the Medical Board of Australia webpage.

• Yes. You can complete CPD activities that align with our CPD Home Program and your registered scope of practice. CPD activities completed on our system will automatically be added to your Dashboard. Activities completed with other learning providers must be uploaded by you to your CPD Tracker as your record of completion with accepted supporting evidence.

• Please note that use of postnominals or maintaining membership with your specialty college does not impact your access to Medicare rebates and specialist registration with Ahpra. However, you will need to be registered with an AMC-accredited CPD home and comply with the Standard including any specialist high-level CPD requirements set annually by the MBA.
• Ongoing use of postnominals is determined by specialist medical colleges. Our broad understanding is that specialists wishing to use postnominals should specify the duration of when the fellowship was maintained e.g. FAMA (1992-2024). Some colleges may allow specialists to state the year fellowship was attained e.g. FAMA (attained 1992), ensuring ongoing fellowship of the college is not implied. It is recommended that specialists check the constitution of their respective college in relation to the use of postnominals.

• Yes. The AMA’s CPD Home will recognise CPD activities that have been accredited by any other CPD home service provider. However, you are responsible for uploading your evidence of completion of this activity, for confirming that it aligns with the CPD Home Program, and that is relevant to your scope of practice.

• The policies that outline our commitment as your CPD home provider are publicly available from the website.

• The following forms are available for submission and are located on your Dashboard under the ‘Resources’ menu:
  
  • Conflict of Interest Declaration Form
  • Exit Poll Form
  • Request for Data Download Form
  • Recognition of Financial Hardship Application Form
  • Reconsideration, Review or Appeal Application Form
  • Special Consideration of Exceptional Circumstance Application Form
• Should you submit one of the above forms, these can be viewed at any time by clicking the ‘Resources’ menu and navigating to the ‘Submitted Applications’ section.
• Please note: This feature is only available to CPD Home Subscribers.

• No, the requirements set by the Standard are the same Australia wide, no matter which state or territory you work or practice in. While managed by the AMA (WA), our program supports all Australian doctors who require a CPD home service.

• CPD Home uses Microsoft Dynamics and a secure SQL database to store information. CPD Home data is collected and stored electronically. Our data management is in line with best-practice security standards.
• The use of and access to Subscriber information is restricted to authorised CPD Home staff only, all of whom regularly undertake security awareness training to prevent any compromise of our systems through cyber-attacks of any kind. Multi-factor authentication is also utilised across all data and systems access points. CPD Home blocks unauthorised overseas IP addresses from accessing the CPD Home system.
• The data we hold in our electronic databases is fully backed up and archived fortnightly, with a point-in-time snapshot taken every day to facilitate any required data restoration.

• Each month, we deliver one of three newsletters to your inbox.
• Our primary newsletter is dedicated to our Subscribers. It provides updates on our services and matters affecting CPD compliance with the Standard. Our Subscribers automatically receive our newsletter following sign up.
• Our Free Learner newsletter provides interesting updates on new CPD activities delivered by our Contributors, and highlights the many benefits of being a CPD Home Subscriber, including special subscription offers that may be available.
• Our non-Subscriber non-Learner newsletter reaches all other doctors who have signed up to receive our communications.
• Not signed up to the AMA’s CPD Home as a Subscriber or Learner but want to receive the CPD Home newsletter? Click here to subscribe now.
• Our newsletters are a key part of our communications with you as part of our CPD Home support services. However, if you do not wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time. To unsubscribe, simply scroll to the bottom of the last newsletter you received and click on the ‘Unsubscribe’ link.
• Please note, if you are a Subscriber and choose to unsubscribe from our Subscriber newsletter, you will likely miss out on important communications regarding your CPD compliance.

• We accept Mastercard and Visa as forms of payment.

• You will be notified by email that AMA CPD Home subscription renewals are commencing. You may also receive a follow-up SMS to check your email. Simply complete the renewal form to subscribe for next year.
• Don’t want to complete the renewal form? Auto-renewals commence on 1 December, so make sure to keep your personal details and payment information are up to date to secure the right plan for next year.

• To discontinue your AMA CPD Home subscription from 1 January, please email enquiries@cpdhome.org.au three business days before 1 December. This will ensure your annual subscription for next year does not auto-renew.
• You will continue to enjoy CPD Home services for the remainder of your active subscription year and your CPD compliance status will be submitted to Ahpra on your behalf.