HPC launch online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presentation

08/06/2009

CPD presentation launched online

The Health Professions Council (HPC) has now launched its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presentation DVD online. The DVD which was originally launched on 1st May 2008 has been very successful and in high demand by registrants being audited for CPD.

The DVD was designed and produced to assist registrants with their understanding of the HPC requirements for CPD and prepare for the CPD audits by giving helpful tips. The DVD has received highly positive feedback from registrants which is why the HPC have now made this presentation available online.

Online presentation features include:
• audio-visual presentation which explains the CPD audit process in detail;
• easy to navigate individual section headings;
• subtitles (with the ability to change font size);
• three playing formats (Flash, QuickTime and Windows Media Video); and
• a full transcript to download as a pdf document

The online CPD presentation has been timed to benefit those selected in the forthcoming CPD audits. As well as converting the content from DVD format to web, The HPC has also made every effort to ensure that it is as accessible as possible, both from a technical, and a disability point of view.

HPC’s CPD Communications Manager, Mark Potter said:

“With the DVD being so successful we thought the next natural progression would be to make it available to all our registrants online. This is a useful tool filled with helpful tips not only for our registrants but also for graduates preparing to join our Register.”

The presentation can be played from the existing CPD section of the HPC website. This can be found in the 'registrants' section, or by using the URL www.hpc-uk.org/cpd
 

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Notes to Editors:

1 To view the online CPD presentation DVD please follow this link http://www.hpc-uk.tv/flash.html

2 All media enquiries to Ebony Gayle, Press & Public Relations Manager on 020 7840 9784 or email ebony.gayle@hpc-uk.org.

3 The Health Professions Council is an independent, UK-wide health regulator set up by the Health Professions Order (2001).  The HPC keeps a register for 13 different health professions and only  registers people who meet the standards it sets for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health. The HPC will take action against people who do not meet these standards or who use a protected title illegally.

4 HPC currently regulate the following 13 professions. Each of these professions has one or more ‘protected titles’. Anyone who uses one of these titles must register with the HPC. To see the full list of protected titles please see:www.hpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/protectedtitles/

• Arts therapists
• Biomedical scientists
• Chiropodists and podiatrists
• Clinical scientists
• Dietitians
• Occupational therapists
• Operating department practitioners
• Orthoptists
• Paramedics
• Physiotherapists
• Prosthetists and orthotists
• Radiographers
• Speech and language therapists

Ebony Gayle
020 7840 9784