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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
Deadline to was 8 October 2018
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.
Get access to training and educational activities worth up to 20 CPD credits
Once enrolled, 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.
A prospectus of courses and activities that you can access thanks to the CPD-SS will be circulated to successful applicants.
Entry criteria
If you are interested in participating in the CPD-SS, please check that you meet the following 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 for 2018 - 2019
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.
Contact Us
Rebecca McEntee
Programme Coordinator, Postgraduate Medical Education Centre
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