CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY, GUIDANCE NOTES & HISTORY

Both the online CPD system and the MSWord table demonstrate the importance placed by the Society on reflective practice; that is assessing the benefit of the CPD activities to the development of skills and knowledge and the enhancement of delivery to employers or clients. [...] Learning hours The concept of learning hours in the CPD Policy is intended to recognise that the learning value of any particular activity (in whatever category) depends on the nature of the activity and its value to the individual. [...] Description of CPD activities It is important that the description of activities presented in a CPD summary is sufficiently detailed to enable a reviewer to fully understand the nature of the activity and be able to appreciate its relevance to the current job role or to future career aspirations. [...] APPENDIX 1 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CPD CATEGORIES The Royal Statistical Society CPD policy The CPD policy of the Society takes a broad view of what constitutes CPD consistent with the following definition. [...] Problem formulation and design Collection and organisation of data Modelling and analysis Presenting, reporting, interpreting Professional skills The CPD policy describes CPD evaluation as a self-assessment process from the point of view that the number of "learning hours" of professional development is determined by the individual from the actual number of hours committed to the learning activity.