GDC launches enhanced CPD for dentists

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a new model of enhanced continuing professional development (CPD) for dentists.

Designed to give CPD a greater focus on quality over quantity, the new approach will introduce a personal development plan to help record CPD activity and aid further development, while removing the need to submit non-verifiable CPD.

A change in the number of hours required has also been introduced, with 100 hours set as the new requirement for dentists, 75 hours for hygienists, therapists, clinical technicians and orthodontic therapists, and 50 hours for nurses and technicians.

The new enhanced CPD scheme came into force for dentists on January 1st 2018, with other members of the dental team set to be affected from August 2018.

Matthew Hill, executive director for strategy at the GDC, said: "When speaking to dental professionals, the desire for CPD to be much more that the tick-box exercise it had become was clear. This is the first step towards achieving that goal."

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