This course will give participants a comprehensive understanding of what CPD is and the range of issues that arise when managing CPD policies and programmes for a professional body.

With a focus on how CPD is organised in the professional bodies sector and how it impacts on members and other stakeholders, this course is designed to help participants raise the credibility of their professional body through CPD.

The course focuses on 4 themes:

1. Intro to CPD: Benchmarking your approach to CPD
2. Critical issues: Dealing with members
3. Measurement and Audit: Inputs vs Outputs  
4. CPD and relations: Employers & HEIs
   

Course Delivery & Materials

The day will combine a mix of interactive sessions, video case studies, presentations and time for individual reflection. Start time is 9:30am and end time 5:00pm with tea, coffee and lunch provided.

Course is delivered by Prof Andy Friedman, Director of PARN and Tina Williams, Head of Research at PARN.

The course text is CPD: Lifelong Learning of Millions by Friedman (2011) and a copy of this book will be supplied. In addition, you will receive a Training Folder full of supplementary information to support your learning on this topic, along with copies of course slides and case studies.

Who is the course aimed at?

• CPD staff
• Senior staff
  
• Specialist staff
  

Learning Outcomes

• Gain an overall perspective on continuing professional development policies and programmes

• Appreciate the range of CPD approaches taken in different sectors of the professions

• Appreciate future directions in CPD particularly in terms of rising levels of compulsion in compliance and moves towards outputs and outcomes for clients/patients

• Understand the complex opportunities and threats raised by CPD and audit and sanctions for non-compliance for professional body relations with members

• Appreciate the possibilities for new relations with CPD content providers and the implications of these relations for provision of education and training for members in general

• Consider how your CPD requirements can be related to employer staff development and employee appraisals

“The course provided up-to-date and thought-provoking thinking regarding CPD and is helping to inform new developments within our organisation.”

-  Christina Docchar, Project Manager – Supervision, CPD & Registers
   Regulatory Policy Department
   British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

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