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Who is My CPD aimed at and what does it do?
What operating systems/devices can I access My CPD from?
Will the GMC read what I write?
Can I include information about specific patients in my notes?
What resources are available to help me understand how My CPD works?
What does the graphic on the homepage represent?
How do I log a learning activity?
How do I find a learning activity I’ve previously created?
How do I link activities to my PDP objectives?
What are "My tags" and how can I use them?
What does My CPD mean when it talks about reflecting?
How can I flag activities that are important to me or I want to go back to?
What does the complete bar show me on the "My activities" screen?
I’ve deleted an activity by accident, how do I recover them?
How do I export my learning activities?
How do I export some of my activities, rather than all?
How do I provide feedback on the app including useful enhancements?
The iOS app cannot access my camera or microphone, how can I fix this?
How do I set my CPD credit target?
How do I reset my password?
How do I turn on/off push and email notifications?
How do I turn on/off push notifications?
Can I record partial CPD credits, for example half credits or adding credits in decimals?
Can you claim CPD points or get any evidence for reading hot topics?
My CPD is for all doctors on the UK medical register.
It will be useful for doctors in training and even medical students as it helps you log your learning on the go
Doctors who have annual revalidation appraisals may find it especially useful. It will help you record you learning, reflect and note the effects of changes to your practice.
If you store examples like this you should be in a great position to discuss your CPD with your appraiser.
My CPD also contains advice and case studies to help you plan your CPD, evaluate the success of your CPD, and prepare for appraisal.
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My CPD is available on Android 4.0.3 or above and iOS 7.0 or above.
My CPD is not currently available on Windows Phone, BlackBerry or other mobile operating systems. This is because of the high development costs relative to the potential number of users.
My CPD will not run on a rooted or jailbroken device. This is in line with guidance from a leading information security partner on the serious information risks associated with running applications on a rooted or jailbroken device.
No – this is covered in the terms and conditions. You can view them in My CPD when you register for your account. You can also find a link in the "About" section of My CPD.
No. You should avoid this because there are circumstances where you may be obliged to produce what you have recorded, eg as a result of a court order, or even a freedom of information request. (More detailed information in the terms and conditions.)
This video explains how to log a new activity, edit an existing activity and export your learning record to another system.
My CPD has a help overlay which shows what the main buttons do on key pages. To access this, go to "Settings", and click on "Help overlays".
The graphic is showing two things.
a) It’s showing how your learning covers the four Good medical practice domains. One learning activity may cover several domains, which is why the combined total of the numbers by the bars adds up to more than the total number of activities you’ve logged.
b) It’s showing, within each domain, how many of the activities you have reflected on.
If you tap on the name of the domain you can read more about each one.
Click on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen, then complete the fields. Not every screen on My CPD has a + at the bottom, so if you can’t see one, go to menu (the three horizontal lines in the top corner) and choose "My activities".
You can complete as much of the information as you wish, but you should try to fill in the name, type of activity and a brief account of what you learned.
You can either use the search facility on the My CPD activities page, or use filter.
The search window is at the top of your list of activities. As you type, the list of activities reduces to show only those activities with the search term included.
To filter the list of activities, click on the funnel icon at the bottom of the screen then use the filtering page to set the criteria for the activities you are interested in.
When filling in an activity, one of the fields is called PDP objectives. Open it, and it asks you to create bubbles containing PDP objectives. You can call these what you want.
Next time you’re filling in an activity, your bubble options will be there for you to choose or add to.
The app allows you to categorise each learning activity by type of learning, GMP domain and if you wish, your PDP objective.
You might want to add your own categories, for instance specialty-specific and general.
The section called "My tags" allows you to create your own categories. My CPD will store them so you only have to type them in once.
When you log a learning activity on the app, it invites you to summarise what you learned. It also asks you to reflect on how you might change your practice as a result of that learning.
The app lets you set a reminder for yourself so you can check whether the changes you have made have worked. If so, you can note this in the activity, or you can set another reminder for a date further in the future.
While editing the activity, touch the flag which turns it blue.
You can view all the flagged activities together by using the filter functionality in the "My activities" section.
This shows you have filled in what you have learned, your reflections on how you will change your practice, and the effects of those changes.
Once you have chosen to delete it, there's no way of recovering it on the app.
When you delete an activity, you receive a prompt giving you the chance to export the activity to another system before you delete the record altogether.
You can export all learning activities by going to your list of activities and tapping the upwards arrow symbol to the right of the "My activities" heading.
You will be asked to choose which format you'd like to export in.
It will export all fields for each activity by default. My CPD also allows you to omit information you don't think you will need and change the order of fields.
If you only want to export some of them, you can reduce the list using the filter functionality.
Click on the funnel icon at the bottom of the screen then use the filtering screen to set the criteria for the activities you want to export.
The best way is to email webmaster@gmc-uk.org. Please title your email "CPD app".
Go to iOS settings, then "Privacy". Select camera or microphone and set My CPD to "on".
On the homepage, just under the main graphic it says "View CPD credits". The first time you click on this link you will be asked to input your target for the year. If you wish to amend it at any other time you can do so in "Settings", which you can access via the main menu.
You can either reset your password using the forgotten password link, or via "Settings".
Go to "Settings" and reset "Notifications".
If you are using an iOS device, go to iOS settings and select the My CPD application. Select notifications and turn notifications on or off.
If you are using an Android device, go to Android settings then Application Manager and select My CPD. Turn notifications on or off.
Unfortunately, My CPD does not currently support partial CPD credits. A future update will include this function.
Unfortunately, you cannot claim CPD points for online reading of GMC hot topics.
