Continuous Professional Development – Support Scheme
If you are an NCHD and not in a training post, this scheme will help you fulfil some of your Professional Competence Scheme requirements
Apply by 30 September 2020
The Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS) is an educational programme open to all NCHDs working in the public health service who
are in non-training posts
hold a 2010 NCHD contract with the HSE
and are registered on a Professional Competence Scheme.
The CPD-SS is funded by the HSE. It helps you enhance your clinical knowledge and skills and fulfil some of your Professional Competence Scheme requirements in line with Medical Council requirements. Enrolment is free of charge.
The deadline to enrol is 30 September 2020.
Get access to training and educational activities worth up to 20 CPD credits
Once enrolled on the CPD-SS, you will be able to access training and educational activities worth up to 20 external CPD credits or totalling three days per year, whichever is greatest.
You will be able access a wide range of clinical courses and CPD activities run by Irish postgraduate medical training bodies, including RCPI.
Entry criteria
This is the entry criteria:
You are not enrolled in an intern training programme or on a postgraduate specialist training programme such as BST or HST
You are enrolled on a Professional Competence Scheme applicable to your specialty
You have paid your Professional Competence Scheme subscription
You hold a 2010 NCHD contract
You are working in the public health service
You are on the General or Supervised Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council
Please read the HSE's guidance document on the Continuous Professional Development - Support Scheme before you enrol. It outlines the terms and conditions of the CPD-SS.
View the courses and events you'll be able to attend
We run a wide range of courses and events that are completely free of charge for doctors enrolled on the Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS), including:
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