Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a structured program of learning and reflection, designed to maintain and enhance your professional competence. Participation in CPD is a mandatory requirement of registration for all practising medical specialists in Australia and New Zealand.
RANZCR provides an accredited CPD Home, offering the framework, resources and online ePortfolio to help Fellows and Associates meet the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) recertification requirements during each yearly CPD cycle (1 January to 31 December).
Full details of your CPD requirements and how to meet them are found in our CPD Handbook.
You can log into your ePortfolio via this link. Not yet a RANZCR CPD Home user – you can apply via this link.
2025 saw the introduction of Program Level Requirements. Please find a summary here, and a more detailed guide via this link.
As mandated by the MBA and MCNZ, the CPD program must contain:
In addition to the CPD requirements detailed above, The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) requires the following:
Quick Guides to help with your CPDHow to add Program Level Requirements to your CPD
Activity Lists (with PLR suggestions)
Clinical Radiology Activity and Program Level Requirement Matrix
Radiation Oncology Activity and Program Level Requirement Matrix
Clinical Radiology update: CPD Update | Dr Pramod Phadke
Radiation Oncology update: CPD Update | Dr Ziad Thotathil
Note: Please be aware when attaching evidence via ePortfolio, or sending to the team via email, that evidence which contains identifiable patient information will not be accepted. Should any evidence be received by the College that contains such data, the submission will be deleted, and the evidence will need to be resubmitted without identifiable patient information
A PDP is a planning document that can guide a doctor’s future CPD and educational activities throughout their career. You can use the online PDP form in ePortfolio, or upload one from your place of work.
A structured conversation (at least annually) with a peer, colleague or employer about the doctor’s clinical practice is considered an essential component of recertification programs. The intent of this activity is to provide time for the doctor to reflect on their development needs, their goals for learning and professional activities and their intentions for the next year. Members are encouraged to use the information they have obtained undertaking activities across the three types of CPD to inform this conversation.
It provides an opportunity to receive constructive feedback and share best practice. It may also give members the opportunity to explore their satisfaction in their current role, self-care and any health and wellbeing issues so they are able to adjust their practice accordingly, set performance targets for the future, and consider longer-term career aspirations.
Please note: if you already have an annual review or conversation with your employer, you will be able to indicate this in the CPD ePortfolio and upload a copy or a letter from your employer indicating that a conversation has taken place. This will satisfy the MCNZ requirements.
All requests for a pro-rata CPD arrangement due to special circumstances can be made directly through the CPD ePortfolio using the ''CPD Break in Practice Request form". Please refer to the ‘How to submit a CPD Break in Practice Request’ instructions. Alternatively requests can be emailed to the college membership email inbox with the following details included:
If a pro-rata arrangement is granted by the College, an adjusted number of CPD hours the member needs to accrue for the year will be displayed on your CPD ePortfolio dashboard for that year. The College is able to provide a letter confirming your CPD exemption upon request.
Details of pro-rata options are available in the relevant CPD Handbook for the year of request. For further information please see the RANZCR CPD Exemptions Policy.
Members taking more than one year of extended leave should also refer to the Clinical Radiology Re-entry to Practice Guidelines or the Radiation Oncology Recency of Practice Guidelines.
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Cultural Safety and Health Inequity
RANZCR CPD Home Users are encouraged to undertake activities that include a focus on cultural safety and health inequity. This may be identified when developing their Professional Development Plan and as part of reflective practice activities.
CPD activity types to consider for inclusion as part of your annual program to support cultural safety and health equity:
Professionalism and Ethical Practice
RANZCR CPD Home User are encouraged to undertake activities that include a focus on professionalism and ethical practice. This may be identified when developing their Professional Development Plan and as part of reflective practice activities.
CPD activity types to consider for inclusion as part of your annual program to support professionalism and ethical practice:
Please note, the College is continually updating this information and will include new information as it becomes available.
Clinical Radiologists must complete anaphylaxis training once every 3-year cycle (2026-2028). There are several options open to you:
In all cases you should upload a certificate of completion to your ePortfolio.
If you are seeking CPD advice to support remediation activities please contact the College via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include details of your request.
Requests are managed on a case-by-case basis and may be referred to the relevant Chief of Professional Practice. When required the request may be discussed by the relevant Professional Practice Committee to provide feedback. Please note requests will be de-identified.
Video Library
The College has an extensive webcast library which houses hundreds of hours of webcasts and webinars which can be searched by a term or key word. The Centralised Learning Program (CLP) is also available on the Video Library and is a 24 month lecture program. The content is aimed at the level of an early Phase 2 trainee, but available to all trainees, Fellows and IMGs by searching CLP. Please note that to access this you will need to login to MyRANZCR.
RACP e-learning module on cultural competence and cultural safety
The College has recently been granted guest access to the above e-learning module for trainees, and Fellows may also access the module. Go to this RANZCR website page - then under Online Modules there is a link to click on for a RACP e-learning module.
Benefits of seeking recognition of your CPD activity
Information requested when seeking CPD activity recognition
Please read the Continuing Professional Development Guide to Activity Recognition for Education Providers prior to completing the application form.
Cost for application process for external organisations is $575, applications can be made via this link.
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The College audits a random selection (5%) of CPD Home Users annually. The purpose of this is to ensure that members are selecting appropriate CPD activities and recording them correctly.
If you are selected for audit, we will contact you with instructions on how to submit evidence of your CPD activities.
We will review your submission to confirm that you have claimed all activities correctly and submitted the correct evidence. This takes between two and four weeks.
For further information, please see the RANZCR CPD Audit and Compliance Policy.