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Overview
Teaches professionals to design, record and evidence their own development meaningfully, and to build CPD programmes for others. Focused on reflective practice rather than certificate collecting.
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Aims of the Course
- Audit competence against a professional standard
- Plan purposeful development activity
- Reflect critically on practice and impact
- Design and accredit CPD for others
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Course Structure
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Professional Standards
- Reading and using standards frameworks
- Self-audit against criteria
- Identifying genuine gaps
- Ethical obligations for renewal
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Planning Development
- Goals linked to practice
- Formal, informal and peer learning
- Time and cost realism
- Development plan writing
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Reflective Practice
- Reflection models
- Critical incident analysis
- Evidence of changed practice
- Writing reflective accounts
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Building CPD Programmes
- Needs analysis for teams
- Designing modular CPD
- Accreditation and credit
- Evaluating impact on practice
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Recording and Evidencing
- Portfolio structure
- Collecting impact evidence
- Digital CPD records
- Preparing for review or revalidation
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CPD Project
- Complete a development cycle
- Document impact on practice
- Peer review of portfolio
- Next-year plan
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Complete a competence self-audit against a standard
- 02Write a purposeful twelve-month CPD plan
- 03Produce reflective accounts evidencing change
- 04Design a modular CPD programme for a team
- 05Present a portfolio ready for external review
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Assessment
- CPD portfolio with impact evidence
- Reflective accounts
- Programme design submission
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Entry Requirements
- Open access; practising professional
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Progression and Careers
- CPD lead
- Professional development coordinator
- Practice educator