Work-Based Learning Credits for the PCS: What Counts and How to Log It
Turn MDTs, grand rounds, teaching and reading into the 15 WBL hours each PCS year needs, with a 20-row conversion table and 4-question reflection template.
CPD and Registration Articles
CPD for Social Care Workers: Preparing for CORU’s First Audit
Only learning from 1 Dec 2025 to 30 Nov 2026 counts. Check if you can be picked, how daily work earns 30 credits, and work through a 12-step checklist.
PCS Practice Review Examples: Audit, QI and Feedback Ideas That Count
Stuck for a 10-hour practice review? Choose from 25 audit, QI, significant event and patient feedback ideas, with ICGP, RCSI, RCPI and CAI rules noted.
PHECC CPC Case Study: How to Structure, Reason and Reflect
Write a case study a reviewer can follow: cite the 2026 CPGs by number and level version, reflect honestly, remove every identifier. Fictional example.
PCS Enrolment: Which Professional Competence Scheme to Join, by Role
Consultant, GP, locum or non-training NCHD? Match your registration to the right Medical Council scheme operator, beat the 30 June cut-off and avoid gaps.
Professional Development Plan (PDP) for the PCS: How to Write Yours
Write your PDP early in the 1 May PCS year. See how ICGP, RCSI and CAI split the up-to-5 planning hours, plus six domain-mapped PDP examples.
Medical Council PCS Audit and Non-Compliance: What Happens Next
Audited doctors usually send one document. See the 3-month leave exemption, the 3-year persistence test and how to fix a PCS shortfall before 30 April.
Nurse Prescriber CPD Requirements in Ireland: What NMBI Expects
NMBI sets no CPD hours for RNPs or RMPs, yet Standard 11 expects CPD, audit and peer review. See what each means, who checks it and a 12-month plan.
NMBI Professional Competence Scheme: Pilot Findings and Draft Rules
Do nurses have to log CPD hours yet? No: Part 11 is not commenced. See what is confirmed, why 60 and 450 hours are draft, and six steps to take…
IIOP CPD Cycle Example: A Pharmacist’s Five Stages, Weak vs Strong
Watch one pharmacist's cycle go from thin to review-ready at every IIOP stage, plus an unplanned-learning cycle and a 4-cycle plan for the 2027 extract.