Recertification - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Declarations regarding your employment history, practice and CPD completion during the audit period.

A form will be downloadable from the online audit submission form for your peer or manager to complete, confirming your practice has met the requirements during the audit period.

You can upload your own CPD logbook detailing the hours and types of CPD you completed during the audit period, and you will need to provide a summary of the totals.

Six pieces of evidence for CPD activities you completed during the audit period.

 At least four of these documents must be related to substantive CPD activities, and at least one document from each year must be provided.  

Four reflective statements.

• One related to ethical practice 

• One related to your scope of practice (substantive activities) 

• One related to culturally appropriate practice 

• One related to any of these elements of practice 

Each reflective statement must refer to CPD you have completed and draw links to your clinical practice. Use the questions below as a guide to writing your reflective statements. 

 What have you learnt? How has the CPD contributed to your body of knowledge and skills? How have you applied this learning to your practice and integrated the knowledge and findings into your practice? What further learning could you undertake?   

For further information regarding reflective statements, please see the CPD policy (page 11).  

Information on page 7 of the CPD Policy document says:

If you are registered for the first time OR you’re returning to practice and haven’t worked during the full audit period of 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024, then follow the guide below:

Medical imaging and radiation technologists: five (5) hours of CPD for each consecutive three-month period the health practitioner has been working within the relevant biennium (the two-year consecutive period we are currently auditing), ie between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024.

The CPD Policy document (Continuing Professional Development) is here. You can also access it on this website under the following page/scope of practise: medical radiation technology (encompassing the practices of medical imaging and radiation therapy).

You can make a request (stating why you wish to be exempt from participating in the audit). It needs to be done via email, within 10 business days after receiving the initial selection email.

Email mrtbaudit@medsci.co.nz - use the subject heading ‘Board CPD Audit 2024’ – include the following information in the body of the email: first name/surname and registration number.

No. You must submit your recertification material via the online portal. In your MRTB practitioner portal on the evidence of CPD activities page, you will need to upload 6 pieces of evidence of the CPD you have completed over the relevant biennium. We have created a guide which you find here. 

Extensions will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Please email the team at mrtbaudit@medsci.co.nz  

Every two years a number (not all) of Board health practitioners are selected to participate in a CPD audit. However, we anticipate that within a five-year period all Board health practitioners will have taken part in an audit.

The audit is a legislative requirement (under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, Section 41). 

CPD is where a health practitioner takes part in learning activities throughout their career to ensure they continue to practise safely, effectively, and legally within their scope of practice (as it evolves).

Yes. All health practitioners must be able to provide evidence they have engaged in a minimum amount of CPD within a two-year period. For more specific details about this view the CPD Policy.

View the CPD Policy - it specifies how many hours a health practitioner needs to spend on their CPD each year, and what the requirements are.

Yes. The minimum amount of CPD required applies to all health practitioners, regardless of whether they are employed on a full-time, part-time or casual basis. For more specific details about this view the CPD Policy.

Yes. There is a minimum number of CPD hours that need to be recorded. For more specific details about this view the CPD Policy under ‘Pro-rated CPD’.

View the relevant CPD Policy for your scope of practice (under ‘CPD activities’ and ‘Examples of CPD activities’) for relevant details.

Yes. In your MRTB practitioner portal on the evidence of CPD activities page, you will need to upload 6 pieces of evidence of the CPD you have completed over the relevant biennium. We have created a guide which you find here.

A reflective statement describes the activity that you engaged in, its relevance to your practice, and what you have changed or not changed as a consequence of participating in this activity.