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Super short CPD solutions on First do no harm

An RACGP CPD solution to stay clinically up to date and support your annual CPD

Super short CPD solutions on First do no harm

An RACGP CPD solution to stay clinically up to date and support your annual CPD

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Last updated 18 March 2026

The RACGP’s First do no harm: A guide to choosing wisely in general practice is a clinical resource that supports safe, evidence-based prescribing and deprescribing in general practice.

This resource can support GPs to critically evaluate the necessity, benefits, and potential harms of treatments, particularly in patients with complex needs or those on multiple medications. The initiative supports shared decision-making, promotes regular medication reviews, and highlights the need to minimize unnecessary or potentially harmful interventions—ensuring that patient care remains centred on improving health outcomes while avoiding avoidable harm.

The activities in this CPD solution are designed to support thoughtful, patient-centred decision-making and clinical updates that minimise harm and optimise outcomes. You can complete one, several, or all activities in any order while meeting your annual CPD requirements. The CPD activities contained in this CPD solution are included in your RACGP membership.

Complete all activities in this CPD solution and receive

This CPD solution is designed for GPs committed to the principle of “First do no harm” by ensuring safe, evidence-based care.

The activities support thoughtful, patient-centred decision-making and clinical updates that minimise harm and optimise outcomes. You can complete one, several, or all activities in any order while meeting your annual CPD requirements.

The CPD activities contained in this CPD solution are included in your RACGP membership.

CPD solution activities:

Step 1 – Familiarise yourself with the structure and design of First do no harm resources (0.5 EA)

First do no harm: A guide to choosing wisely in general practice is an evidence-based, online resource that supports GPs in reducing low-value care and preventing patient harm. It provides up-to-date information on overused tests, over diagnosed conditions, and interventions lacking strong evidence. Designed to support shared decision-making, it helps empower patients through informed, balanced health discussions.

Use the navigation menu on the left side and explore the GP resources, patient resources and associated topics. You will see that for every topics there is a corresponding GP and patient resource.

The aim of this activity is for you to explore these resources, so you get a good feel for how they’re designed and how you can use them as part of your clinical work.

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Step 2 – Choose and Complete a Best Practice Bites Activity

You will now choose one of the following First do no harm: A guide to choosing wisely in general practice topics as your focused activity.

RACGP has developed 30 minute Best Practice Bite activities in gplearning that combine reading of the clinical resource material with reflection questions. Upon completion your hours will automatically be uploaded on your behalf.

You will now choose one of the following First do no harm: A guide to choosing wisely in general practice topics as your focused activity.

Choose one
Best practice bites: Imaging in adults with acute low back pain (0.5hrs RP)
Best practice bites: Managing subclinical hypothyroidism (0.5hrs RP)
Best practice bites: Vitamin D testing (0.5hrs RP)
Best practice bites: Antibiotics and acute otitis media (0.5hrs RP)
Best practice bites: Coronary artery calcium scoring in asymptomatic people (0.5hrs RP)
Best practice bites: Opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain (0.5hrs RP)

Upon completion, your hours will be uploaded on your behalf.

Step 3 – Apply your learning with a patient using the measuring outcomes tool (2hrs MO)

Use the first do no harm with a one or two patients

Based on your learning from the Best Practice Bites activity, decide on a change you can implement in your practice (e.g., modifying your use of pathology or diagnostic imaging, referrals, patient communication, prescribing practice).

Log a Measuring Outcomes Activity (2 MO hours) in myCPD:

When in myCPD Home, go to the Log tab and select the measuring outcomes tool from the drop-down menu.

When you’re in the measuring outcomes tool, you will be asked the following questions:

Describe an improvement or change you have implemented in your practice and what prompted you to make the change.

What impact or outcome are you expecting as a result of the change/s you’ve implemented? If you have already observed an impact or outcome, please describe this below.

How do you plan to monitor and/or evaluate the effectiveness of these changes?

You will also be asked to upload evidence (de-identified) where you can, such as you notes, reflections, evaluation of your patient records

The measuring outcomes tool will direct you to login to myCPD Home (which is accessed via the RACGP website) as the tool is not available in myCPD app.

measuring outcomes tool