CPD

Event holders wishing to apply for CPD approval will first need a provider account. To review our policy regarding applications for CPD provider accounts and to apply for such an account, please view the below form. Completed forms should be emailed to cpdapproval@rcp.ac.uk.

• CPD provider account form

Providers with existing accounts who wish to update their information will also need to contact the team.

To avoid any delays with processing it is important that you upload all the necessary documentation for your application. These include: 

• Declaration of interest form for programme director or chair
• Agenda/Programme (uploaded by provider)
• Speaker bio’s (uploaded be provider)

Learning objectives should be explained in terms of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, or behaviours that the user or delegate would expect to acquire as a result of the CPD. Examples are provided below:

• Learning objectives examples 

You must also include one of the following declarations if your program includes a speaker/author from a pharmaceutical company, device company or other commercial organisation providing healthcare products (for more detail see our guidelines ‘Involvement of pharmaceutical companies, device companies and other commercial organisations providing healthcare products’):

• Commercial speaker's declaration form
• Commercial author's declaration form

You may find it useful to refer to our checklist for providers to ensure your application is complete. 

The CPD application approval fee charged will be dependent on your organisation, event type and event length. Please refer to our CPD approval guidelines to confirm your event type and then review our fee document below:

• CPD approval fees document

The Federation provides 1 credit for each hour of CPD provided. We do not at present provide half credits, therefore the number of hours for credit purposes is rounded to the nearest number of whole hours. Where an event goes over the number of whole hours by less than 30 minutes, the number of hours (and therefore credits) is rounded down e.g. 6hrs 29 minutes is rounded down to 6hrs. Where an event goes over the whole hours by 30 minutes or more the number of hours (and therefore credits) is rounded up e.g. 6hrs 30 minutes is rounded up to 7hrs.

In order to bring the organisation in line with other accrediting bodies in the UK and Internationally, from 31 March 2024 we no longer accept applications submitted after the event date.

We would strongly advise that you submit a completed application with payment at least 8 weeks in advance of the event taking place.
 

The review process can take up to 8 weeks and does not commence until the date of payment. Our reviewers are voluntary physicians who do have their own workload, so we greatly appreciate your patience during the review process.

Whilst your application is awaiting a decision regarding approval you can use the following wording: ‘Application for CPD Approval submitted to the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK’.

After your event has taken place you will need to undertake evaluation of the event and to provide attendees with confirmation of the CPD approved. You may wish to refer to our sample documents below to do so:

• Sample evaluation form
• Sample certificate of attendance