The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) requires all practitioners in Australia to provide a yearly declaration of CPD completion for continued registration. The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) requires all those with vocational registration in New Zealand meet the requirements of an approved CPD program, which includes recertification, to receive an annual practising certificate. These CPD requirements are governed by the MBA and MCNZ, not RANZCR. The CPD program is an annual cycle from 1 January to 31 December.
RANZCR is an accredited CPD Home that provides resources and support for radiation oncologists, clinical radiologists and associated practitioners that aligns with the MBA CPD registration standard and the MCNZ recertification requirements. CPD Home provides the tools needed to track and record evidence of continuous professional development via the RANZCR ePortfolio, where CPD hours can be logged, compliance to date checked and certificate of completion can be downloaded (e.g. confirming CPD participation).
The ePortfolio is mobile friendly and interactive, supported with online guides, occasional webinars, telephone and email support from the dedicated CPD team.
The MBA and MCNZ have introduced new requirements for 2025, including new categories and additional activities. The CPD program must therefore contain:
Therefore, practitioners can:
Alternatively, the College offers Anaphylaxis training at the RANZCR Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), which is generally held each October.
In addition to the CPD requirements detailed above, The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) requires that all New Zealand Fellows, Educational Affiliates, IMGs and CPD Participants meet the requirements of an approved CPD program, which includes recertification, to receive an annual practising certificate. The additional annual requirements of the MCNZ are:
It is mandatory that a CPD program include activities that facilitate professional development across the breadth of medical practice – referred to as program level requirements. These activities provide opportunities for reflection on attitudes and personal biases, professionalism and ethical practice that may have an impact on patient care. To meet program-level requirements, a minimum of two hours CPD should be spent on each of the following per year:
2024 Certificates of Completion are available for download from the Reports tab of the ePortfolio. Please refer to the instructions - 2024 How to Download a CPD Certificate of Completion.
RANZCR 2025 CPD Handbook
All Members are required to prepare a professional development plan (PDP) on an annual basis.
A PDP is a planning document that can guide a doctor’s future CPD and educational activities throughout their career. It ensures a focus on those activities that will provide most benefit to an individual doctor, based on identified development needs, the identification and integration of professional and personal (non-work) objectives.
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’ form on the CPD ePortfolio dashboard or 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.
Please refer to the Clinical Radiology CPD Handbook or the Radiation Oncology CPD Handbook for further information.
Members taking more than one year of extended leave should also refer to the Clinical Radiology Recency of Practice Guideline or the Radiation Oncology Recency of Practice Guideline.
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Cultural Safety and Health Inequity
RANZCR CPD participants 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 participants 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 Radiology members need to complete anaphylaxis training once every 3 years. Members are able to use the courses that they are already completing, especially as anaphylaxis training is commonly part of Basic Life Skills or CPR training. Members are required to record completion of this training in the CPD ePortfolio.
Please note, there are no Specialist High-Level CPD requirements for Radiation Oncology members at this time
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.
The below resources can be used by Radiation Oncology Members to complete their Professional Development Plan or Multisource Feedback.
Please note, Clinical Radiology Members can access these templates through the CPD e-Portfolio.
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.
RANZCR now provides a process for external organisations to request recognition of a CPD activity.
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 $510 + GST.
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Detailed information will be made available in the near future. Further questions? Please contact the College team via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for assistance.
The College audits a random selection (7%) of CPD participants 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 and give you four weeks 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.