Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
 

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS AND CPD-PARTICIPANTS (JANUARY 2012)

The CPD Program (revision as released in June 2011) is currently on hold with a full review and additional information regarding any proposed changes will be circulated to members for comment.

The new program is anticipated to be released as a pilot program at the 9th ASMMIRT in Sydney 2012. This will reflect the new regulatory requirements of the National Registration Board which will commence on 1 July 2012.

Please click here to view the presentation delivered at the Sydney ASMMIRT regarding changes to the AIR CPD Program and the pilot program.

Until the program changes, please continue with the present scheme of accrual of 12 credits per annum / 36 credits per triennium.

For members who have utilised the previous and also current credit framework as available for lodgement in the system, all credits will remain in your records.

The original credit recognition framework has been reinstated to record at the rate of  CATEGORY A credits at 1 credit per hour, or as stipulated in the CPD Guide and on the logo of meeting/seminar/workshop/conference attended.

All CATEGORY B credits are accrued at 0.5 credits per hour.

The Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program commenced in 1999. CPD helps to benefit practitioners, their patients and the public through a better educated, better trained and more proficient workforce.

Participants can claim CPD credits for a vast array of activities; from more formal programs such as conference attendance, workshop participation or the completion of further education; to informal CPD activities such as self directed learning and critical reflection about clinical experiences.   

Enrolment in the CPD program is provided as a component of membership of the AIR; other MRS practitioners may also participate through either the corporate sponsorship program or non-member enrolment. 

It is the firm belief of the AIR that active participation in CPD by Medical Radiation Science practitioners benefits the participant as well as their patients and the wider community.

Guide to CPD Online 

Please click on the following link to access a tutorial on how to lodge credits in the online CPD portal.