CPD Audit
CORU undertook a review of its CPD approach in 2017 that has informed changes to the documentation that registrants will be required to submit if called for audit.
Further information on CPD Audit Guidelines is available here.
Your Registration Board may audit this record of CPD to confirm that you have a system and process in place to ensure your knowledge, skills and performance are of a high standard. A random selection of registrants will be selected to submit their CPD record evidencing a minimum of 30 CPD credits in every 12-month period.
CORU CPD Record
The CPD record template is provided in an editable format to ensure that registrants can more easily and efficiently submit their record of CPD if selected for audit. The CPD record includes:
- Implementation of learning activities that achieved 30 CPD credits of new or enhanced learning
- Evaluation and reflection of the learning achieved
- Review of learning needs for the next 12-month period
- Planned learning activities for the next 12-month period
The word version of CORU’s CPD Record Template is available to download.
CORU has produced a visual aid to support registrants selected for CPD audit, to assist them with completing the CPD Audit Record Template. All registrants selected for audit are advised to view the video ahead of completing their CPD record for audit.
CPD Audit Periods
Profession | Audit Period | Audit Date |
Dietitians Registration Board | 01 November 2022 ending on 31 October 2024 | 01 November 2024 |
Medical Scientists Registration Board | 01 April 2022 ending on 31 March 2024 | 01 April 2024 |
Occupational Therapists Registration Board | 01 April 2021 ending on the 31 March 2023 | 01 April 2023 |
Optical Registration Board | 01 April 2021 ending on the 31 March 2023 | 01 April 2023 |
Social Workers Registration Board | 01 June 2021 ending on the 31 May 2023 | 01 June 2023 |
Physiotherapists Registration Board | 01 October 2021 ending on the 30 September 2023 | 01 October 2023 |
Podiatrists Registration Board | 01 April 2023 ending on the 31 March 2024 | 01 April 2024 |
Radiographers Registration Board | 01 November 2022 ending on 31 October 2024 | 01 November 2024 |
Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board | 01 November 2022 ending on 31 October 2024 | 01 November 2024 |
It is expected that at minimum a registrant can demonstrate achieving 30 CPD credits in every 12-month period. For those professions that are taking part in a 24 month audit cycle, you must demonstrate achieving 60 CPD credits in a 24 month period. You must submit 2 separate CPD records for each 12 month period, demonstrating how you have achieved 30 credits in each of these 12 month periods.
Continuing Professional Development Audit FAQs
1. Will I be called for audit automatically?
2. Can a particular group be called in the audit?
3. Can I only be called for audit at the end of a CPD cycle?
Dates of the audit period for your profession are available on profession specific CPD pages on the CORU website.
4. Are there any exemptions from the routine audit?
Those who join the register mid period should engage with CPD without delay in order to be compliant with their Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics, but will be ineligible to be called for the random audit.
5. How will I know if I have been called for audit?
6. Once I have been called for audit, how long do I have to submit my CPD record?
7. Can I defer an audit?
These circumstances may include maternity/adoptive leave/other statutory leave or long-term illness. Requests for deferral can be made to the Registration Board following request to participate in CPD audit and will be considered on a case by case basis. There is no guarantee that requests to defer audit will be successful. Those accepted for deferral will automatically be selected in the next round of audits.
8. How can I request a deferral of audit?
You will have 30 days to submit your deferral form from the date that you have been selected for audit. You may request a deferral form from CORU and submit by email via cpdaudit@coru.ie.
9. My application for deferral of audit has been granted - what next?
10. Who will assess my CPD record?
11. Will my CPD record be returned to me?
12. What are the possible outcomes of an audit?
A review of your CPD record could result in one of two outcomes. Either you are deemed compliant or non-compliant.
A registrant may be deemed non-compliant if they fail to engage with their Registration Board having being selected for CPD Audit, fail to submit a CPD Record and have not been granted a deferral by their Registration Board or if there are concerns raised regarding their fitness to practice as a result of information disclosed on their CPD record.
Further information on CPD Audit Guidelines will be available in due course.
13. Can I be selected again for audit if I have already been deemed compliant?
14. Do I need to submit supporting documentation with my CPD Record?
Registrants are not required to submit supporting documentation, for example certificates, case studies or minutes of meetings. CORU’s CPD Record Template is the only document that we require registrants selected for audit to submit.
Registrants should however maintain supporting documentation as evidence of engagement in CPD.
Further information on completing CORU's CPD Record Template is available as a visual aid here.
15. What are the Executive looking for when reviewing a record?
The CPD record should include your
- Implementation of learning activities that achieved 30 CPD credits of new or enhanced learning
- Evaluation and reflection of the learning achieved
- Review of learning needs for the next 12-month period
- Planned learning activities for the next 12-month period
16. I am not able to meet the deadline for submission of my CPD record due to exceptional circumstances that have arisen unexpectedly - what should I do?
17. What feedback will I receive on my CPD records?
18. I have more questions about CPD. Where can I find more information?
Registrants are advised to read the CPD Guidance and CPD Support issued by their Registration Board on the CORU website for more information about CPD.
Specific queries can be emailed to cpd@coru.ie.
19. I need help with completing my CPD Record Template. Where can I find more information?
20. Do I need to include a digital signature at the end of my CPD record?
Yes. Your CPD record should contain your digital signature. The last page of the CPD record must contain your electronic signature, registration number and date. If you do not have a digital signature, please take a photo of your signature on a hardcopy of the form and submit this with your along with your CPD record. We will not accept a typed signature.