PR&CRM

Practice Review and Clinical Risk Management (PR&CRM)

What is PR&CRM?

• ‘Practice Review’ includes clinical audit and quality assurance activities aimed at improving one's own practice
• ‘Clinical risk management’ refers to measures to improve safe practice and/or minimise clinical harm

Practice Review & Clinical Risk Management points are available for Fellow's participating in the following activities:

1. Preparing PR&CRM activities (Note: delivering lectures will attract educator activity points)
2. Attending PR&CRM sessions (see the Meeting and Conferences List for available activities)

PR&CRM Sessions

(a) A PR or CRM session is defined as:

• A meeting/workshop which teaches or demonstrates how to undertake practice review, or clinical risk management in your own practice (eg. courses conducted by Cognitive Institute, ALSO)
• The time spent undertaking practice review. That is, reviewing the processes or outcomes of one’s own practice or a clinic in which one works, a delivery suite, or some other O & G clinical service with an aim to improve, or reduce clinical risk

(b) The following activities do not attract PR&CRM points:

• Sitting on Medical Boards
• Sitting on Medical Advisory Committees
• Provision of medico legal reports

  However, if a Fellow learns something whilst engaging in one of the above activities and wishes to incorporate this into their practice, they can use the Practice Review Worksheet (154KB) to earn PR&CRM points, which follows the Quality Cycle ( 127KB).

How many points do I need in this category?

There is a minimum requirement of 25 points in the PR&CRM category over a Fellow's three-year CPD period. As there is no maximum, you can, if you wish, claim all your 150 CPD points in the PR&CRM category.

The Quality Cycle Framework

College staff often receive calls from Fellows who are concerned that they don't have enough Practice Review and Clinical Risk Management points.

Frequently these Fellows have been reviewing and improving their skills/knowledge throughout the year and have not realised that they are eligible to claim points in this category.

By placing your activities in the quality cycle framework ( 127KB) and using a Practice Review Worksheet ( 227 KB) , you can acknowledge what you have learnt, and how it has improved your clinical outcomes.

Fellows may claim 5 PR&CRM points towards their CPD requirements for each aspect of their practice they review using the Practice Review Worksheet.

Frequently Asked Questions

For more questions and answers concerning PR&CRM activities, please check the CPD Frequently Asked Questions page.

Assistance

Contact

If you would like to further discuss ideas regarding turning a learning experience into a practice review activity please contact:

Mr Jason Males
CPD On-Line and PR&CRM Co-ordinator

Ms Val Spark
Continuing Professional Development Co-ordinator

Ms Lyn Johnson
Manager, CPD & Subspecialty Services

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