Professionals wishing to undertake CPD
What is Professional Development?
Continuous Professional Development is the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skill, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout your working life. Put more simply, it is a life-long learning approach to planning, managing and benefiting from your own development.
By undertaking CPD you can:
- Maintain and enhance your competence in your current role
- Ensure you are competitive in the job market
- Demonstrate commitment to your own development
- Find a new intellectual challenge
CPD is not an adjunct to your work, and the need for it is not dependent on your life or career stage (although it is a requirement for Chartered status). CPD can be any activity –in fact, you are probably doing it already – as long as you take a systematic approach to planning, undertaking, recording and reviewing your development.
MyCPD
In order to help you with this systematic process, we provide MyCPD, a free online tool that allows you to record your development or career goals, plan activities to help you reach them, and record and reflect upon your learning. MyCPD can be accessed from behind the members' login- go to http://members.iop.org and log in.MyCPD will appear on the left hand side.
Institute Policies: CPD Policy
CPD Monitoring for Chartered Scientists
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