RCPI has, since 1995, facilitated a process of recording and monitoring Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Fellows and Members of the College and its Faculties and Institute. Participation in RCPI’s CME Programme has been voluntary to date.
Part 11 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 - Maintenance of Professional Competence, was enacted on 1 May 2010. The commencement of this legislation places a new statutory duty on doctors to maintain their professional competence. From 1 May 2011 all doctors on the Specialist and General Divisions of the Medical Register will be legally obliged to participate in a Professional Competence Scheme.
Under the auspices of RCPI, the following constituent Training Bodies have been formally accredited for the purpose of operating Professional Competence Schemes on behalf of the Medical Council:
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine, RCPI
• Faculty of Pathology, RCPI
• Faculty of Paediatrics, RCPI
• Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI
• Institute of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, RCPI
• Irish Committee on Higher Medical Training, RCPI
For full details on Specialist and General Schemes being operated by RCPI’s Training Bodies please click on the relevant link below:
With the commencement of RCPI’s Professional Competence Schemes on
1 May 2011, the RCPI Voluntary CME Programme ceased on 30 April 2011. Submissions of CME activities for the period January to April 2011 were accepted up to 31 August 2011.
If you require a CME report for your records, please contact the Professional Competence Department by email to professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie
Contact:
Professional Competence Department
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Frederick House, 19 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Email: professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 1 863 9739
Fax: +353 (0) 1 672 4707