CPD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

A total of 50 hours must be accrued in accordance with the minimum mandatory CPD hours per domain as well as your Mandatory Requirements and Required training. For more information about your requirements and what activities will help you meet them go to: RANZCOG CPD Program and Profiles  

The Professional Development Plan (PDP) is a projected yearly plan of your professional development requirements based on reflection of your current practice, assessment of your current skills, knowledge and educational needs.  

The PDP is a mandatory requirement for all doctors across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. 

The Annual Conversation is a structured conversation undertaken with a peer, colleague or employer about your clinical practice, it provides time for you to reflect on your development needs and goals for learning and professional activities as outlined in the PDP. 

The Annual Conversation is mandatory for all Fellows and CPD participants who hold an MCNZ registration. All other CPD participants can choose to log an Annual Conversation if they wish to. 

Yes, all obstetrics and gynaecology specialists must complete an in-person Basic Life Support (BLS) program every two years starting in 2025.  A comprehensive list of BLS activities are available on Integrate and the RANZCOG CPD App.

A list of all the approved high level requirements can be found here: AHPRA – Continuing Professional Development. 

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. 

The MBA’s program-level requirements focus on four key aspects, collectively known as CAPE: 

• Culturally Safe Practice 

• Addressing Health Inequities 

• Professionalism 

• Ethical Practice  

What This Means for 2025  

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. 

Medical practitioners must complete 2 hours of CPD activities in each focus area, either through one extended activity or several smaller ones.  A comprehensive list of recommended activities to meet your CAPE requirements for 2025 is available in the Resources section of Integrate and the RANZCOG CPD App.

Yes, the documents listed below are available to download via Integrate and the RANZCOG CPD App on your CPD Overview page. 

Compliance statement 

• It’s a formal confirmation that you’ve met all requirements for the most recent CPD cycle 

• Available to download after the end of the CPD cycle

Letter of completion 

• Confirms your status with the College and participation in the RANZCOG CPD program 

• Does not provide evidence that you’re meeting your CPD requirements, only that you are currently enrolled in the CPD program 

Statement of hours 

• Summarises the number of CPD hours you’ve completed in the current cycle 

• Provides information on whether you’re on track to meet your CPD requirements 

• Does not prove CPD Compliance 

Alternatively, please contact the College if you require assistance with your CPD documentation via email cpd@ranzcog.edu.au or call us on +61 3 9412 2910. 

The College will automatically enrol you in the RANZCOG CPD program from the date of your elevation to Fellowship. Access to the CPD program is a member benefit and included in your membership fees.

If you’re a Fellow working overseas (outside Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand), you have the option to:

• continue participating in the RANZCOG CPD program, or
• enrol in a recognised international CPD program (instead of the RANZCOG CPD program)

If you opt to participate in an international CPD program, you may be eligible for a 60 per cent reduction in your annual subscription fee.

Please follow the links below for more information relating to CPD for overseas Fellows.

As stipulated by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ), all part-time and semi-retired Fellows (including those only undertaking occasional locum work) must complete the same number of CPD hours as full-time Fellows. As a result, the College is unable to grant any concessions.

However, please note that semi-retired Fellows may be eligible for a reduction in annual fees. Please refer to the Membership Subscription Fees – Concession and Support Policy and Procedure for more information.

Please also note that our CPD team may be able to assist you with identifying suitable activities, if you’re experiencing difficulties in meeting your CPD requirements.

As a private practitioner the CPD activities you complete may look a little different. To help you identify activities to help you meet your requirements we have created a Program and Profile page.

If you have any questions about CPD activities that will help you meet your requirements, please contact the CPD team.

• Phone: +61 3 9412 2910
• Email: cpd@ranzcog.edu.au

If you’re a retired Fellow returning to practice, you must comply with all CPD requirements that were in place at the time of your retirement as well as any additional requirements as indicated in the Membership Review Policy and Procedure.

If you have any queries about your reinstatement, please contact the Membership team via:

• Email: membership@ranzcog.edu.au
• Phone: +61 3 9412 2908

Please contact the Membership team via:

• Email: membership@ranzcog.edu.au
• Phone: +61 3 9412 2908

From 2024 your Subspecialty training has been mapped to the RANZCOG CPD program. Your participation in the subspecialty training will cover your CPD requirements and will be uploaded on your behalf. Your requirements will be met through your participation in the Training program.

If you take a leave of absence from the training program you will need to meet your Fellowship CPD requirements to remain CPD compliant, please contact the CPD team:

• Phone: +61 3 9412 2910
• Email: cpd@ranzcog.edu.au

Once the CPD team receives confirmation of your elevation, your Subspecialty requirements will be calculated pro-rata and added to your CPD cycle.

If Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) has indicated you need to join a CPD program in line with your scope of practice, please apply to join RANZCOG’s CPD Program.

Australia

If you are assessed as substantially comparable, you will receive access to your CPD cycle once you start your supervision period and you will have access to it for the duration of your supervision.

If you are assessed as partially comparable, you will be enrolled in the CPD Home from the date of the start of your supervision period.

If you are enrolled in the CPD Home before you start your supervision period, you will receive a pro-rata refund.

Aotearoa New Zealand

All SIMG Doctors applying to be elevated to Fellows of RANZCOG need to be actively enrolled and CPD compliant for their most recent cycle to be eligible for elevation.

Yes, in accordance with AMC guidelines RANZCOG randomly selects 5% of all participants for audit for each CPD cycle.

If you are selected for a verification audit you will need to provide a copy of your Compliance Statement from your CPD Home for the CPD team to audit.

No, you need to apply to join the CPD Home. However, as an active member of RANZCOG the CPD Home application fee will be waived and you will receive a 25% discount on your Annual Fee.