What are the different CPD credit categories?
CPD credits can be either clinical or non-clinical and can be derived from personal, internal or external activities. • Clinical credits concern any event in which the educational content directly relates to clinical topics. • Non-clinical credits concern an educational event that is not directly related to clinical issues, e.g. management courses, ethical and legal issues, appraisal training. • External credits are given for events outside the hospital or trust such as attending conferences and study days. These may be regional, national or international meetings, and are often held by specialist societies, or are meetings that attendees pay for. • Internal credits are events within or organised by the hospital/trust, or provided solely for local clinicians. E.g. hospital Grand Rounds, journal clubs clinico-pathological conferences, local evening medical meetings, etc. • Personal credits relate to study such as private reading, lecturing, researching etc.
