CPD requirement checker

Check your AHPRA CPD requirement before you start logging.

Pick your profession to see the hours or credits CPDKeep will set up for your account, the relevant renewal timing, and the official source behind the rule.

Profession

Medical Practitioner

50 hours

Cycle: 50 hours per year (annual cycle)
Renewal: 30 September

Medical practitioners must complete 50 hours of CPD each calendar year, including educational activities, reviewing performance, measuring outcomes, core content, a professional development plan, and CPD home registration unless exempt.

Calendar year: 1 January to 31 December; AHPRA registration renewal is 30 September.

Medical practitioners complete 50 hours of CPD each calendar year, write a professional development plan, and log CPD with an AMC-accredited CPD home unless exempt.

Category and topic requirements

Educational activities (minimum 12.5 hours): At least 12.5 hours must be educational activities.
Reviewing performance (minimum 5 hours): At least 5 hours must be reviewing performance.
Measuring outcomes (minimum 5 hours): At least 5 hours must be measuring outcomes.
Reviewing performance plus measuring outcomes (minimum 25 hours): At least 25 hours must be completed across reviewing performance and measuring outcomes combined, including at least 5 hours in each.
Core content: Complete activities covering culturally safe practice, addressing health inequities, and professionalism and ethical practice.

Standalone requirements

CPD Home registration: Maintain registration with an AMC-accredited CPD home unless an exemption applies.
Professional development plan: Prepare and maintain a professional development plan each year.

Caveats

CPDKeep is a personal record and does not replace the practitioner's accredited CPD home program, reporting, or declaration obligations.
Specialist college or CPD home programs may impose additional activity, reflection, or reporting requirements.
Exemptions and pro-rata arrangements should be checked against the Medical Board and CPD home guidance.

Medical practitioner requirement data is provided for CPDKeep setup and tracking only. Practitioners should confirm their CPD home, Medical Board, and registration obligations before relying on a record for renewal or audit.

Official source

Medical Board of Australia CPD requirements

Source reviewed 29 June 2026. Next review due 30 Sept 2026.

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