You will already be familiar with our CPD recording module which has helped you keep track of your learning activities since you signed-up.  We have now also added a 'CPD Audit Profile' module to use if you are selected for audit.  There are two ways you can produce your CPD profile statement using CPD-Online.com. 

With the first option you simply input your profile statement into our 'CPD Audit Profile' module and let it take care of the process for you.  As required, the statement is still your own work/words but it is formatted into an superbly presented 'brand-free' template for you ready to simply print. 

To take advantage of this first option, simply click where you see and follow the prompts.  At the end you will get a profile statement that looks something like this:

If you choose this second option, the first thing you will need to prepare is a summary list of all your CPD records to prove your compliance with CPD standard 1 - maintain a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of your CPD activities. The www.cpd-online.com system will allow you to do this in seconds:
 

Select all the CPD records you wish to include   Click export and choose MS Excel   Print this list from within MS Excel

The second thing you will want to demonstrate is that your CPD activities are a mixture of learning activities relevant to your current or future practice (standard 2).  Remember the little graph that automatically tallies up all the different types of your CPD on the system's homepage? Click on that to see a larger printable version:

Click on the little graph   This will open a bigger graph   Right click on the bigger graph and print it or you could right click on it and cut and paste it into another document or even save it   This is a nice easy and effective way to visually demonstrate your CPD is a mixture of learning activities

Choose records that are complete and give you a good amount to talk about   Focus on the benefits to your practice and to the service user   Download the associated evidence that you uploaded with the record and submit that as evidence to support your profile statement     You can select individual records from the homescreen   If you click 'print selected CPD' all these records will appear in a print template that removes all cpd-online.com references.

Now you have gathered everything you need easily from our system, you will need to write your profile for submission. This must be all your own work and we cannot therefore help you with this.

Follow the examples shown in the .pdf files for your profession given in the previous step and use the tips above to help you. Remember the following:

• You need to provide a summary sheet giving brief details of all your CPD activities over the last two years.
   
• You need to write approximately 500 words (which is approx 2500 characters) on a summary of practice over the last two years. 

  Your summary should describe your role and the type of work you do. The summary should include your main responsibilities, identify the specialist areas you work in and identify the people you communicate and work with most.

  It may be appropriate to base this part of your CPD profile on your job description. When you have written your statement about how you meet the HCPC's standards for CPD, you may find it helpful to go back over your summary of work, to make sure that it clearly explains how your CPD activities are relevant to your future or current work.
   

• You need to write approximately a further 1500 words (which is approx 7500 characters) on your profile statement and this should describe how you have met the HCPC CPD standards.  Remember, you will be expected to focus on standards 3 and 4 for this section as explained above.
   
• Don't get bogged down with the word count, if you can sufficiently fulfil the criteria in 1000 words, there is no point bloating it out to 1500.
   

Good luck!