Medical practitioners
In 2025, the Medical Board of Australia introduced key regulatory changes to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements, aimed at enhancing quality of care and patient outcomes.
What stays the same?
- Medical practitioners must still complete a minimum of 50 hours of CPD annually across three categories – Educational (EA), Reviewing Performance (RP) and Measuring Outcomes (MO). The number of hours required under each category also remain the same.
- The CPD program continues to follow the calendar year cycle, beginning on January 1st until December 31st. CPD records are due by March 31st of the following year.
- The three-year CPD triennium for medical practitioners now concludes on December 31st 2025.
- An annual conversation (RP category) and development of a professional development plan (RP category) must still be included.
- Cultural safety, addressing health inequities, has been a requirement since 2024. Medical practitioners are required to complete and document CPD activities annually in this domain.
What has changed?
- Specialist requirements: In addition to cultural safety, CPD participants must now incorporate ethics and professional behaviour in CPD activities, and this must be evidenced in CPD records. Therefore, new requirements include:
- Ethics and professional behaviour: minimum 2 activities. These can be EA, RP or MO.
- Cultural safety (including health inequities): minimum 2 activities. These can be EA, RP or MO
Additionally, the Medical Board of Australia has recently confirmed that grace periods will no longer be granted, which means you must complete your required CPD hours before 31 December 2025. However, you have until 28 February 2026, to record or upload your activities completed during the 2025 calendar year.
Question: I attended a webinar in November 2025, and it is January 2026. Can I record this activity as part of my 2024 CPD requirements?
Answer: Yes, you can log this as a 2025 CPD learning activity until 31 March 2026, to upload your documents to your CPD home.
Question: I completed a CPD activity in January 2026, can I record this as part of my 2025 CPD requirements?
Answer: No. Since this activity was completed after 01 January 2026, it can only be recorded for the 2025 CPD cycle, not the 2024 CPD cycle.
MIPS will continue processing CPD activities for RACGP members and issue a Statement of Attendance for those who attend a risk education session.
Dental practitioners
According to the Dental Board of Australia’s CPD Registration Standard, dental practitioners must complete 60 hours of CPD every three years, with at least 48 hours of focused on scientifically based activities and no more than 12 hours of non-scientifically based activities.
The current three-year CPD cycle ends on 30 November 2025.
How can MIPS help you?
MIPS is committed to helping you meet your CPD requirements and ensure that activities meet your diverse learning needs. We have all our webinars available on demand and you can watch these, complete the activity and gain CPD points at any time – when it suits you!
Here are the dates for our final two webinars of 2025:
Tuesday 28 October
Tuesday 25 November
As the year is fast coming to an end, it’s a great time to review your CPD progress and ensure you’re on track to meet your CPD requirements by 31 December 2025.
Explore the full range of activities available in the MIPS Member Support library. Here is a list of available CPD activities:
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CPD Activity category |
Link |
Hours |
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Educational Activity |
1 | |
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1.5 | ||
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1 | ||
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Working as an independent medical expert: your roles, responsibilities, and liabilities |
1 | |
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Working with Life Insurers – Reports, Opinions and Confidentiality
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1 | |
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1 | ||
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AI Transcription Tools in Medicine and Dentistry: Risks and Rewards |
1 | |
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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Cosmetic Practice Regulatory Changes Voluntary Assisted Dying |
1 | |
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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Reviewing Performance |
1 | |
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1 | ||
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1.5 | ||
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Reviewing Performance + Measuring Outcomes |
1 hour RP 5 hours MO | |
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2 hours RP 3 hours MO | ||
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1 hour RP 3 hours MO | ||
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1 hour RP 3 hours MO |
After completing a Reviewing Performance or Measuring Outcomes CPD activity, please contact the Risk Education team at riskeducation@mips.com.au to claim your Statement of Completion.
Please note that pre and post webinar Statements of Completion are issued in batches, not on a request made basis.
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