GDC invites views on future development of CPD

The publication represents the next step on the journey towards achieving a more effective system of CPD, which began with commitments made in the regulator’s 2017 publication Shifting the balance and the introduction of the Enhanced CPD scheme in 2018. Since then, this journey has continued with the gathering of further information and evidence through stakeholder feedback, a systematic literature review on CPD and, most recently, through workshops with professional associations, educators and other regulators which took place earlier this year.

After building a robust base of evidence, the GDC says it ‘now wishes to explore ideas for developing the CPD scheme with dental professionals and stakeholders’ and that it is ‘opening a conversation about what meaningful CPD is, how it can be achieved, and what the obstacles might be that prevent dental professionals from accessing and undertaking it.’