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Continuing Professional Development

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Member Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  • Certified Practicing Nutritionists (CPNs) are required to complete 20 points of CPD per financial year membership cycle. 
  • New graduate requirements are prorated based on the month they join – i.e., a graduate joining in January will need to complete 10 points. 
  • As per the CPD guidelines, CPNs are to include CPD content across 4 themes: (1) Courses, Seminars, Conferences, Professional Mentoring (including professional evidence-based industry webinars/podcasts), (2) Work-Based Activity – case study, or project write up, (3) Self-Directed Learning, and (4) Ethics and Cultural Safety.     
  • The AARPN CPD portal (below) includes (1) the 20 Point CPD Assignment and Templates in an editable word document form, (2) practical guidelines for meeting the AARPN CPD requirements and for submitting the complete CPD package to AARPN, and (3) AARPN’s internal CPD content (webinars etc.) that can be used by members as CPD. 
  • If prospective members wish to learn more about meeting AARPN’s CPD requirements, please contact an AARPN representative via admin@aarpn.com.
  • FAQ – Are new graduates able to use content from their base degree qualification as CPD in their first year of membership?
      • No – regardless of what you may have heard elsewhere, this is incongruent with private health insurance industry standards, and will fail audit with external stakeholders. Continuing Professional Development is by definition ‘continuing’ (i.e., continuing on from your core training), and is in addition to that which constitutes your base qualification. New graduates or established clinicians are, however, able to use relevant post-graduate studies as part of their CPD.

AARPN recommends all CPNs undertake the following module provided by Australian Regional Health Group, which provides integral training on the private health industry: https://www.qualiphi.com.au/page/show/1390 

  • This module can be submitted for CPD under the Courses, Seminars, Conferences, Professional Mentoring category. 

AARPN CPD Portal

N.B. The AARPN CPD portal is restricted to Certified Practicing Nutritionists (CPNs). If you are not logged in using your website login credentials, or if your website credentials have not yet been given access-permissions (upon qualifying as a CPN), the AARPN CPD portal not load. Please contact admin@aarpn.com if you think your access is being denied incorrectly.

AARPN CPD Portal