Continuing Professional Development
RANZCOG is an Australian Medical Council accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Home that supports the ongoing maintenance of professional development for obstetricians, gynaecologists, GP associates and junior doctors. 2025 Program UpdatesContact Us
Why Choose RANZCOG?
The RANZCOG CPD Program promotes a reflective approach to lifelong learning, and provides guidance on upskilling and identifying knowledge gaps. This approach supports the College’s vision of delivering excellence in women’s healthcare at all stages in life.
Our CPD Home is just one of the many benefits available to RANZCOG Fellows.
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Meeting your CAPE Requirements
From 2025, the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) requires all CPD Homes to include specific ‘program-level requirements’ to ensure safe, inclusive, and ethical healthcare. These requirements apply to medical practitioners in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. RANZCOG supports CPD participants with guidance, resources, and activity options to meet these obligations. RANZCOG has prioritised the following aspects for 2025:
- Culturally Safe Practice: Providing care that is respectful, responsive, and free of racism and bias. This includes ongoing critical reflection on knowledge, attitudes, and power imbalances, and recognising the ongoing impacts of colonisation on First Nations peoples.
- Professionalism: Upholding integrity, accountability, teamwork, ethical principles, and effective communication in medical practice.
For more information and to review the CAPE requirements and recommended activities go to Program Updates – RANZCOG.
The RANZCOG CPD Program
The RANZCOG CPD program connects you with learning and development opportunities that are relevant to your daily practice, and support your continuous improvement in areas relevant to cultural safety, professionalism and ethics. For more details about the CPD activities you can complete to meet your requirements please review the CPD Framework.
To support the CPD Framework, our CPD Framework Definitions Guide includes links to useful resources and templates. The College has developed a range of policies, procedures and resources to help you stay on track with CPD participation and compliance.
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Overseas Fellows
If you are practising overseas and participating in a recognised International Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program, you may be eligible for a reduction in your RANZCOG subscription fee. This reduction is only available to RANZCOG Fellows practising overseas, not to RANZCOG subspecialists practising overseas.
If your Overseas CPD participation is approved you will:
- Receive a full exemption from your CPD Requirements for the current CPD Cycle, please note you will need to complete and log on your CPD Portal your mandatory CAPE Requirements and Required Training
- Receive a 60% reduction of your membership fees
- Continue to receive ANZJOG and O&G magazine
You will need to submit a new Overseas CPD Application every calendar year to maintain your CPD exemption and membership fees discount.
If or when you return to Australia or New Zealand to practise you will need to inform the College in writing at your earliest convenience.
Recognised International CPD Programs
If you are a Fellow currently working overseas and enrolled in a recognised CPD Program you can apply for an exemption from your CPD hourly requirements and a reduction of your membership fees by completing the RANZCOG Overseas CPD Application Form and provide the required supporting evidence which confirms you are enrolled in an Overseas CPD Program.
Non-recognised International CPD Programs
If you are participating in a CPD program that is not currently recognised by RANZCOG you can submit an application to the RANZCOG Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee for recognition of the program you are participating in.