CPD evidence examples

Examples of types of evidence for continuing professional development

Things you may have produced

• Information leaflets
• Case studies
• Critical literature reviews
• Adapted user/student notes
• Policy or position statements
• Discussion documents
• Procedural documents
• Documents relating to national or local processes (e.g. schemes for peer review, mentorship or clinical supervision)
• Recent job applications
• Reports (e.g. on project work, clinical audit, reviews of activity)
• Business plans
• Protocols
• Guidance materials (e.g. for service users, colleagues or students)
• Clinical audit tools
• Clinical guidelines
• Course assignments
• Action plans
• Course programme documents
• Presentations
• Articles produced for publication
• Questionnaires
• Research papers/proposals/funding applications/ethical approval applications
• Induction materials for new members of staff
• Learning contracts
• Contributions to work of a professional body
• Contributions to work of a special interest group

Materials demonstrating reflection & evaluation of learning & practice

• Profiles drawn from learning portfolios
• Adapted documentation arising from appraisal, clinical supervision, job evaluation, compliance with locally-implemented competence frameworks.
• Documentation from compliance with local or national CPD schemes
• Evaluation of courses/conferences attended
• Personal development plans
• Documented and approved claims for academic credit for prior or experiential learning

Materials acquired from others

• Testimonies
• Letters from users, carers, students or colleagues
• Course certificates