Most CPD programmes are directed to professional staff who seek t0 maintain their professional expertise by writing articles, attending meetings, undertaking post graduate studies, laboratory accreditation visits or online learning. Credits allocations are biased towards academic activities and less to online learning activities.
CPD activities in IVF are separated by professions with each discipline in IVF services by varying CPD accreditation bodies
The reality is that most IVF staff are not professionally oriented individuals but are keen to learn about IVF both when joining a clinic and continuously throughout their employment. Most will access information when time allows but rarely seek new information.
IVFCPD seeks to provide a resource that ALL IVF staff may access in a manner that allow their activities to be tracked for submission to CPD bodies and to demonstrate to their employers that they have been busy following their own online learning.
IVF is a continuing changing field and clients of IVF clinics are very educated about new techniques. IVFCPD provides a resource where all staff can lean the same information to keep abreast of their clients questions.
But most important is the IVFCPD is dynamic and growing. Based upon new publications, its growth reflects new trends in IVF
Lastly, IVFCPD has the potential for clinics to individualize their own programmes based upon the courses available.
