Becoming an RACGP CPD Provider

Becoming an RACGP CPD Provider

CPD Providers with the RACGP CPD Program are recognised for the high-quality activities and training they offer GPs to help them meet their CPD requirements.

2020–22 Providers

Providers wishing to continue to deliver RACGP approved activities in the 2023–25 triennium must enter into a CPD Provider Agreement. This document outlines the conditions and responsibilities of the parties in the development and delivery of CPD activities for the 2023–25 triennium.

New providers

Applicants are required to complete the new CPD Provider Application Form to answer a number of questions and evidence their ability to meet the CPD Standards (Appendix 1).

The new CPD Provider Application Form is reviewed by the RACGP, and applicants will receive notification of an outcome within 7–14 working days of submitting the form. If successful, the applicant will be invited to enter into a CPD Provider Agreement.

Providers must nominate a CPD Representative who will be required to undertake training provided by the RACGP.

All new providers will be subject to a quality assurance assessment within 12 months (refer to Appendix 1). 

Provider eligibility criteria

As an RACGP CPD Provider, you must meet the following criteria:

• You have read and agree to comply with both the RACGP CPD Standards and the RACGP CPD Provider handbook.
• You will comply with the contractual requirements of being an RACGP CPD Provider as outlined in the RACGP CPD Provider Agreement.
• You have read the 2022 RACGP Curriculum and syllabus for Australian general practice and will only deliver CPD activities that can be mapped to the curriculum. For more information visit our curriculum and syllabus page. 
• Your organisation has an education background or has suitably qualified education staff, and you can meet the CPD activity and Provider requirements of being an RACGP CPD Provider as outlined in the RACGP CPD Standards (Appendix 1).
• Your organisation has at least 12 months’ demonstrated experience delivering education to GPs in Australia.
• You do not provide CPD activities on behalf of other organisations/third parties. Partnership arrangements as defined in the sponsorship and activity guidelines (Appendix 5) are acceptable.
• You do not offer education exclusively on the following topics:
  • cosmetic/aesthetics medicine without therapeutic benefits
  • medicinal cannabis.
• You acknowledge that any CPD activities on new, or evolving, medical areas will require review by the RACGP medical educators and/or subject matter experts, and you’ll be required to cover the cost of this review at the RACGP’s current hourly rate.
• Your activities may inform, but do not promote, specific goods, services, medical devices or pharmaceutical products.
• You have a website clearly advertising the education you offer to GPs.
• You understand your organisation will be audited as part of your RACGP CPD Provider Agreement.
• You understand the RACGP may refuse your application based on the information you supply.

CPD Provider annual fees and value proposition

Refer to Table 2.

All providers will incur an annual fee covering costs associated with engagement for the year commencing 1 January 2024. This includes:

• attendance at CPD Representative training (including update workshops or webinars)
• access to a provider dashboard
• access to RACGP approved advertising material
• inclusion in RACGP’s advertising of activities.

The fee is based on the provider’s annual activity from 2023.

Providers only delivering cultural awareness and/or cultural safety training will not incur annual fees.

The first fee for the new triennium is issued upon acceptance of the Provider Agreement. A renewal fee is issued for every subsequent year of the triennium.

Access to the provider dashboard is activated upon payment of the fee and appointment of a qualified CPD Representative within the organisation.

Table 2. CPD Provider annual fees and value proposition