Human Resources

Initial and Continuing Professional Development Policy

The Initial Continuing Professional Development (ICPD) Policy outlines:

• The purpose and importance of Continuing and Professional Development
• Entitlements and responsibilities for Continuing and Professional Development
• Identification of professional development needs and professional development planning
• Criteria for success including monitoring and evaluation of learning and development

Defining ICPD

Initial and Continuing Professional Development (ICPD) Policy

The Initial and Continuing Professional Development Policy outlines:

• the purpose and importance of professional development;
• the entitlement and responsibilities for professional development;
• the identification of professional  development needs and professional development planning;
• the criteria for success, including the monitoring and evaluation of professional development.

The ICPD Policy  recognises continuing professional development (CPD) in the widest sense, to include mentoring, self-directed learning, experiential learning, job shadowing, exchanges and conferences in addition to scholarship and course-based learning.