RCPI Help Centre

Understanding Professional Competence 6

• What is Professional Competence?
• Understanding Professional Competence booklet
• What must I do to meet my scheme requirements?
• What PCS information will the Medical Council ask me for?
• What are the 8 Domains of Good Professional Practice?

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Enrolling on or renewing your Professional Competence Scheme 14

• Do I need to enrol on a Professional Competence Scheme?
• I am on the General Division, what Scheme do I enrol in?
• How do I know which General Division Scheme to choose?
• I am on the Specialist Division, what Scheme do I enrol in?
• How do I renew my enrolment on a Professional Competence Scheme?

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Personal Development Plan 3

• Why do I need to create a Personal Development Plan?
• How to create a Personal Development Plan in your ePortfolio for Professional Competence
• How to get 5 CPD credits for your Personal Development Plan

Clinical (Practice) Audit or Quality Improvement Project 2

• How to record Audit or Quality Improvement?
• Do I have to Conduct an Audit every year?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 7

• What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?
• External CPD (Maintenance of Knowledge and Skills)
• Internal CPD (Practice Evaluation and Development)
• Personal Learning
• Research or Teaching CPD

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CPD - Evidence 5

• When you need to provide evidence of CPD activity
• What evidence can I use for Internal CPD?
• Do I need to keep evidence of my Personal Learning activities?
• What evidence do I need for delivery of a talk or presentation to my colleagues, at Grand Rounds, for example?
• What evidence do I need for delivering a lecture or presentation at an academic meeting/symposium, etc.?

CPD - how to record 16

• How many credits must I record each year?
• How do I calculate CPD credits?
• Can I carry CPD credits over to next year?
• I had a lot of CPD credits last year, can I apply some of them to this year?
• How can I claim credit for a Higher Medical Degree or PhD?

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Using ePortfolio (Kaizen) for Professional Competence 21

• What to do if your Kaizen form will not save
• Is it necessary to attach evidence documents to my ePortfolio forms?
• What browsers does ePortfolio (Kaizen) work on?
• What to do about duplicate records in Kaizen?
• How to Create a ePortfolio (Kaizen) short cut

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Annual Verification 3

• What do I need to know about annual verification?
• How does annual verification work?
• What must I do if I am selected for verification?

Annual Statements 5

• What is an Annual Statement?
• Why do I need an Annual Statement of Participation?
• When are Annual Statements issued?
• How to locate and print your Annual Statement
• Why is there no “Verified” tick on my Annual Statement of Participation?

Data Deletion 1

• Deletion of Historic Data