Important Notice: This application must include comprehensive details and supporting documentation to enable the adjudication and peer review teams to fully understand the scope of the activity. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in submission rejection and limitations on future applications. By checking the 'I agree' box below, you confirm that you are the designated Official Applicant (OA). As the OA, you are accountable for overseeing the accreditation application and must verify that all submitted details are accurate and up to date at the time of submission, and upon accreditation approval the activity is delivered as intended in your application.

CPD Accreditation - the formal recognition that the activity meets established quality standards set by the authoritative body. It is a process of assessment and validation to ensure competence, credibility, and compliance with industry or regulatory requirements.

Application for accreditation involves an additional process of assessment including independent peer review. It is purposed for corporate industry produced content, and healthcare service providers producing education for referral engagement to demonstrate content is free of marketing, high quality, and compliant.

CPD Verification - Streamlined recognition of quality activities for the purpose of CPD hour allocation, where the education provider can demonstrate that they meet eligibility requirements.

CPD Verification Eligibility Requirements:

Recognised professional body
The provider is an established peak professional or industry body, with subject matter experts and appropriately qualified members responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the educational activity, consistent with accepted professional standards; or

Accredited CPD home or regulatory authority
The provider is an established CPD home or regulatory authority, and the educational content has been subject to formal internal accreditation, quality assurance, and governance processes aligned with applicable standards; or

Content ownership and intellectual authority
The provider is the original developer and custodian of the educational content and can demonstrate full responsibility for its integrity, evidence base, and ongoing currency; or

Guideline development authority
The provider has made a substantial, recognised, and evidence-based contribution to the development of national guidelines or standards within the relevant therapeutic area or subject (for example, organisations such as the Heart Foundation or the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand)

All applicants must provide verifiable documentation to substantiate eligibility against the stated criteria. The Australian Institute of CPD Standards reserves the right to request further evidence at any stage of the assessment process and to approve, defer, or reject any CPD Verification application where criteria are not adequately met or cannot be substantiated.

CPD Re-review - the process of checking, confirming, or validating that an activity is still relevant and continues to meet specific requirements and standards for compliance.

Application for re-review is ideal for annual updates and to demonstrate currency and continued relevance to learners and generates an updated trust mark.

CPD Accreditation is the formal recognition that the activity meets established quality standards set by the authoritative body. It is a process of assessment and validation to ensure competence, credibility, and compliance with industry or regulatory requirements. Application for accreditation involves an additional process of assessment including independent peer review. It is purposed for corporate industry produced content, and healthcare service providers producing education for referral engagement to demonstrate content is free of marketing, high quality, and compliant.

CPD Verification is streamlined recognition of quality activities for the purpose of CPD hour allocation, where the education provider can demonstrate that they meet eligibility requirements.

CPD Verification Eligibility Requirements:

Recognised professional body
The provider is an established peak professional or industry body, with subject matter experts and appropriately qualified members responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the educational activity, consistent with accepted professional standards; or

Accredited CPD home or regulatory authority
The provider is an established CPD home or regulatory authority, and the educational content has been subject to formal internal accreditation, quality assurance, and governance processes aligned with applicable standards; or

Content ownership and intellectual authority
The provider is the original developer and custodian of the educational content and can demonstrate full responsibility for its integrity, evidence base, and ongoing currency; or

Guideline development authority
The provider has made a substantial, recognised, and evidence-based contribution to the development of national guidelines or standards within the relevant therapeutic area or subject (for example, organisations such as the Heart Foundation or the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand)

All applicants must provide verifiable documentation to substantiate eligibility against the stated criteria. The Australian Institute of CPD Standards reserves the right to request further evidence at any stage of the assessment process and to approve, defer, or reject any CPD Verification application where criteria are not adequately met or cannot be substantiated.

CPD Re-review is the process of checking, confirming, or validating that an activity is still relevant and continues to meet specific requirements and standards for compliance. Application for re-review is ideal for annual updates and to demonstrate currency and continued relevance to learners, and generates an updated trust mark.

The application fee includes up to three scopes of practice. Interprofessional learning activities may involve additional scopes. Please select all scopes of practice relevant to your CPD application below. Each additional block of three scopes beyond the first three incurs an extra fee of $295 + GST. Clinical content must align with at least one specific scope of practice, while non-clinical content such as 'Leadership skills' or 'Cyber Security' may satisfy a broader scope such as 'Healthcare Professional (non-clinical)'.

Subject Matter Experts (SME). Activities are required to have active input from a SME within the scope of practice of the intended learner to ensure relevancy and currency of learning. List all SME involved in the activity content and facilitation of delivery.

Our Standards ensure compliance with national regulations. Activities must demonstrate at least one of the following Core Units recognised by the PACE framework.

PACE may also be known as CAPE across industry.

A gap analysis is a systematic process used to identify discrepancies between current and desired knowledge, skills, or performance levels of learners. It helps educators determine what learners currently know or do versus what they should know or do based on best practices, industry standards, or regulatory requirements.

Clearly define the specific competencies that learners will achieve upon completing the activity. These competencies should be directly tied to safety, healthcare outcomes, and professional standards.

Competency Goals need to be written in bullet points using the SMART framework or equivalent:

• S – Specific
• M – Measured
• A – Achievable
• R – Relevant
• T – Time-bound

Robust learning depends on continuous improvement, making evaluation and feedback essential components of the process. It is expected that data gathered through evaluation and feedback will be shared with all stakeholders involved in the instructional design and facilitation of the activity. This ensures that insights are applied to enhance future delivery and demonstrate a clear commitment to ongoing quality improvement.

If you are planning to claim CPD for a prerequisite activity for participants to complete BEFORE your activity, you must be able to record and evidence participant completion before providing a Certificate of Completion to the participant.

Add your Pre-Activity to the Design and Delivery Planner as an additional session.

If you are planning to claim CPD for a reinforcing activity for participants to complete AFTER your activity, you must be able to record and evidence participant completion before providing a Certificate of Completion to the participant.

Add your Post-Activity to the Design and Delivery Planner as an additional session.

It is to the best of your knowledge at the time of this application, that the information is reflective of the activity. All facilitators, third party organisers, and sponsors have been declared in this application, along with any potential conflict of interest or commercial interests and will be listed on all public communication regarding this activity.

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