Acceptable CPD activities and evidence
For both First Accreditation Audit and Reaccreditation, you are expected to engage in a minimum of five CBT CPD activities per year. These should cover a range of topics and may be drawn from the learning and development activities below. This must include at least six hours of CBT skills workshop(s) each year. We recommend you check that these are taught by trainers with appropriate CBT training.
Courses, workshops, reading, online content, podcasts and broadcasts must be aimed at mental health professionals and presented by or include substantial contributions by experts in the problems discussed. They should be relevant to your clinical practice and role.
Clinical role
Short courses / in-service training
Secondment to specialist area (CBT relevant)
Workshops
Journal clubs / peer review
Skills practice groups (not supervision)
Presentations Attending a Special Interest Group (SIG)
Shadowing / doing or coaching by others (CBT relevant work)
Project work / structured discussion with colleagues
Service audits
Personal development plans (PDP), job appraisals
Self-development
Committee representative
Management elements (clinical role)
Member of occupational group for managers (within CBT) i.e. NHS Talking Therapies service managers
CBP service managers training courses / modules
Expanding role
Organising courses
Professional role
Mentoring Lecturing / teaching
Examining Accrediting
Expert witness
Tutoring Involvement with professional body (BABCP), branch meetings, SIG’s
Maintaining or developing specialist skills – expanding role
Job / role promotion related activity
Formal/educational role
Member of learning / teaching committee
Review for a professional journal – academic or ‘CBT today’ etc.
Studying for a teaching award
Seminars
Distance learning
Planning and running a course
Writing a professional article
Supervising clinical research
Reading books, journals / articles (CBT relevant)
Research role
Presentations at conferences
Membership of an ethics or research committee
Working for an academic journal / selecting CBP articles etc.
Completing a dissertation or thesis as part of an academic course (CBT relevant)
Self-directed study
Reading journal articles
Reviewing books / articles
Podcasts
Videos
TV programmes
Keeping files of own progress
Other
Public service (CBT related)
Voluntary work (CBT related)
Promoting CBT / Publicising CBT (media etc.)
Examples of CPD evidence
You are also required to include supporting evidence for your CPD activity and Reflective Statement.
In addition to the examples below, your Reflective Statement should provide the assessor with good evidence of your engagement in the activity as well as information relating to how this has contributed to your CBT practice development.
The assessors may contact you if they require any further information or evidence in relation to any of your activities.
Reading books and articles – Reflective Statement alone with clear referencing
Podcasts, Videos, TV programmes – Screenshot and/or Reflective Statement showing the presenter and topic
Webinars, Workshops and Courses – Attendance Certificates
Where these are not available (eg recorded webinars), other examples can include:
Confirmation of booking emails
First page of Handouts
PDFs available with webinar
Screenshots of the webinar
Your feedback form
Statement of attendance from manager/supervisor
Other materials and activities
Formal feedback such as performance review or appraisal records
Certificates of completion
Business plans
Reflections including records of discussions with a mentor or manager
Information leaflets
Case studies
Critical reviews / Adapted notes (study notes etc.)
Policy / position statements
Discussion documents
Procedural / process documents
Job descriptions / applications
Reports / audits / reviews-forms
Business plans / appraisals / PDP plans
Guidance materials / guidelines
Course assignments feedback / module credits
Action plans
Course programme documents / in service training / conferences / workshops
Presentations (power-point etc.)
Articles done
Questionnaires
Research papers / proposals / applications
CBT literature / leaflets etc., produced
Contributions to professional body
SIG contributions
Material showing reflection / evaluation of learning, for work, clients etc.
The reflective statement document
Material from others
Testimonies/letters – from staff / colleagues / clients / carers
Feedback from organisations / students / institutions (universities etc.)
Teaching assessment / feedback
Course certificates
