Continuing Professional Development

The Radiographers Board has decided to continue the voluntary continuing professional development (CPD) scheme for three more years with effect on 1 January 2009. All registered radiographers are invited to participate in the voluntary scheme.

The Board has recently reviewed the scheme and made a number of amendments to sections 2.6, 3.3, Form II and Annex of the Manual for CPD. Details of the scheme are listed below:

No enrolment is required to participate in the voluntary CPD scheme. Participants are invited to submit the declaration form and record sheet for CPD programmes/activities completed during 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 to the Secretariat, Radiographers Board by fax at 2865 5540 or by mail to Central Registration Office, 17/F, Wu Chung House, 213, Queen's Road East, Wan Chai or by e-mail to info@smp-council.org.hk on or before 30 June 2010. Registrants who have attained 15 CPD credits (at least 12 credits of which should be for undertaking profession-related CPD activities and at most 3 credits for other healthcare or information technology related CPD activities) may be awarded a certificate.


CPD Manuals

(a) Manual for CPD
  Forms - (I) Application Form for Assessment of Non-accredited CPD Activity/ Programme
      (II) Record Sheet of CPD Activities and Credits Attained for Registered Radiographers
      (III) Declaration Form
(b) Manual for Accreditation as a Provider of CPD
  Application Form: Application Form for Accreditation as a Provider of CPD
  Annex I: Annual Summary Report Form on CPD Activities
(c) Manual for Validation of CPD Programme/Activity
  Application Form:
    Part I - Organization Fact Sheet
    Part II - Validation Application


Accredited Programme Providers

(a)   Hong Kong Association of Radiation Therapists
(formerly known as 'The Association of Therapeutic Radiographers)
(b) The Hong Kong College of Radiographers and Radiation Therapists^
(c) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
(d) The Hong Kong Radiographers' Association
(e) The Hong Kong Radiological Technologists' Association
(f) The Hong Kong Society of Interventional Radiology
(g) The Hong Kong Society of Nuclear Medicine
(h) Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine^
(i) The Hospital Authority
(j) The Hong Kong Society of Clinical Oncology
(k) The SPACE, the University of Hong Kong
(l) The Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Organ Imaging, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(m) Vascular and Interventional Radiology Foundation
(accreditation effective from 22 August 2006)

^ Appointments effective from 1 April 2009.
* The appointment of The Hong Kong Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology as an APP ended on 31 December 2008.


Accredited CPD Programmes/ Activities

(a)   Manual for CPD
  Annex : List of Profession-related CPD Activities/ Programmes recognized by the Radiographers Board for the Award of CPD Credits
(b) Other Accredited Programmes / Activities

 

Profession-related CPD activities
Programme/Activity Organizer Maximum CPD Credits
Year 2006
11th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute - "Combined Modality Management of Malignancies of Head & Neck and Chest"
(14 and 15 January 2006)
Hong Kong Cancer Institute, Department of Clinical Oncology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong 6 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
Mammography Training, Academic Module
(27 February to 3 March 2006)
BreastScreen, South Australia in conjunction with the University of South Australia 15 CPD credits
(with a pass in formal assessment)
9th International Workshop on Electronic Portal Imaging
(8 to 12 April 2006)
Australian Institute of Radiography

12 CPD credits
(for full attendance, including workshops on 8 & 9 April 2006)

9 CPD credits
(without attending the above workshops, 3 credits/ day)

The Inaugural Scientific Congress of the Hong Kong Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology - "Neuroendovascular Therapies in Evolution"
(13 May 2006)
Hong Kong Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology 3 CPD credits
Cardiovascular Interventional Summit Hong Kong 2006
(23 to 25 June 2006)
Hong Kong College of Cardiology 9 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
IMRT and Other Conformal Techniques in Practice
(25 to 29 June 2006)
European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 12 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
20th International Congress and Exhibition of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
(28 June to 1 July 2006)
Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 12 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
11th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology
(6 to 9 August 2006)
Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology 12 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
Joint Scientific Meeting "Title: Update on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma"
(20 September 2006)
Hong Kong Head & Neck Society; and Hong Kong Nasopharyngeal Cancer Study Group Ltd. 1 CPD credit
CyberKnife Scientific Symposium 2006
(24 September 2006)
Adventist Health, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital & Theresa Po CyberKnife Center 3 CPD credits
14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists
(28 October 2006)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 3 CPD credits
The 13th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress (HKICC) & 3rd Annual Meeting of the Centre for Cancer Research, the University of Hong Kong
(15 to 17 November 2006)
Organizing Committee, the 13th HKICC 9 CPD credits
(3 credits/ day)
First Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
(2 December 2006)
Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine 1 CPD credit

Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Association of Medical Physics
(19 December 2006)

Hong Kong Association of Medical Physics 1 CPD credit
Year 2007
"Personalized Cancer Therapy: Coming Soon", Wei Lun Public Lecture
(4 January 2007)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 CPD credit
Cancer Imaging 2007 "Fight Cancer - the Best We Can", Joint Scientific Meeting of the International Cancer Imaging Society & Hong Kong College of Radiologists
(10 to 11 February 2007)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists & the International Cancer Imaging Society 6 CPD credits
(3 CPD credits/ day)
Third International Scientific Meeting of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(25 to 28 February 2007)
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the University of Hong Kong and International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 12 CPD credits
(3 CPD credits/ day)
"An Update on the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
(17 March 2007)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 2.5 CPD credits
Scientific Symposium - "Bone Quality & Update on Osteoporosis Management"
(28 March 2007)
Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong

1 CPD credit

10F Osteoporosis Diagnosis Course with Densitometry Certification Examination (Course)
(18 to 19 May 2007)

8th Regional Osteoporosis Conference (Conference)
(19 to 20 May 2007)

Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong, the Osteoporosis Centre, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association and the Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Harmone & Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong

11.5 CPD credits
(for full attendance at the Course with a pass in the examination)

6 CPD credits
(for Conference)

4th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
(7 July 2007)
Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care, Hong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine and Hong Kong Hospice Nurses Association 3 CPD credits
International Lung Cancer Update
(18 July 2007)
Hong Kong Lung Cancer Study Group, Hong Kong College of Radiologists and the Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society

1.5 CPD credit

Second Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
(28 July 2007)
Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

1 CPD credit

The New Era in Prostate Cancer Management
(27 August 2007)
Hong Kong Urological Association 1 CPD credit
Treatment Evolution in NSCLC
(10 September 2007)
The Hong Kong Lung Cancer Study Group, Hong Kong College of Radiologists and the Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society 1.5 CPD credits
Scientific Meeting "Imaging of Liver Metastatic Disease: A Practical Approach with Multidectector CT"
(17 September 2007)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists

1 CPD credit

Update on Oral Cavity Cancer
(18 September 2007)
Hong Kong Head & Neck Society 1 CPD credit
RANZCR 58th Annual Scientific Meeting
(4 to 7 October 2007)
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 12 CPD credits
(3 CPD credits/day)
Cetuximab: Significant Advances in Recurrent and Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
(23 October 2007)
The Hong Kong Head & Neck Society 1 CPD credit
Joint Scientific Meeting "Breast MRI 2007"
(24 October 2007)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists and the Hong Kong Society of Diagnostic Radiologists 1 CPD credit
2nd Joint Scientific Meeting of The Royal College of Radiologists & Hong Kong College of Radiologists (HKCR) & 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of HKCR
(27 to 28 October 2007)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists & The Royal College of Radiologists

6 CPD credit
(3 credits/ day)

12th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute "Breast Cancer Conference"
(3 to 4 November 2007)
Hong Kong Cancer Institute & Department of Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 6 CPD credits
(3 credits/day)
14th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 4th International Think Tank Forum: Anti-cancer Innovation and Global Collaboration and 4th Annual Meeting Centre for Cancer Research
(14 to 16 November 2007)
Organizing Committee, Hong Kong International Cancer Congress

9 CPD credits
(3 credits/day)

SRS/SRT Application of Using Image Guided
(10 December 2007)
Elekta Limited

1 CPD credit

Year 2008
Scientific Meeting "Moving Towards a Cure in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma"
(22 January 2008)
Hong Kong Society of Haematology 1.5 CPD credits
Breast Cancer Symposium
(8 March 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 3 CPD credits
Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer
(11 March 2008)
Hong Kong Head & Neck Society 1.5 CPD credits
Head and Neck Cancer: Recent Advances and Future Directions
(28 March 2008)
The University of Hong Kong and Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Education and Research Center 1.5 CPD credits
Luncheon Meeting on Radiology of Vertebral Compression Fracture (Diagnosis and Treatment)
(25 April 2008)
Hong Kong Doctors Union & Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital 1 CPD credit
The 9th Regional Osteoporosis Conference
(17 - 18 May 2008)
The Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong 9 CPD credits
(17 May 2008: 4 CPD credits;
18 May 2008: 5 CPD credits)
Breast Cancer Symposium 2008
(21 June 2008)
The Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society 2 CPD credits
Current Treatment & Future Trend in Advanced NSCLC
(27 June 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists and The Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society 1.5 CPD credits
Second Asian Pacific Conference - Perspective in Lung Cancer
(1 - 2 August 2008)
Imedex, endorsed by Japan Society of Clinical Oncology 10 CPD credits
Lung Cancer Symposium
(6 September 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 2.5 CPD credits
2008 Annual Scientific Meeting
(13 September 2008)
Hong Kong Society for Ultrasound in Medicine 4.5 CPD credits
8th International Conference of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society
(21 - 24 September 2008)
Philippine Cancer Society 12 CPD credits
16th Annual Scientific Meeting of HKCR - Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Programme
(1 to 2 November 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 10 CPD credits
16th Annual Scientific Meeting of HKCR - Clinical Oncology Programme
(1 to 2 November 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 6.5 CPD credits
15th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress
5th Annual Meeting of Centre for Cancer Research
(12-14 November 2008)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 12 CPD credits for the whole activity

(12 November 2008: 2.5 CPD credit points;
13 November 2008: 5 CPD credit points; and
14 November 2008: 5 CPD credit points)
The Role of Targeted Therapy in Contemporary Oncological Practice
(29 November 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 3 CPD credits
Scientific Symposium on Clinical Trials for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
(4 December 2008)
The Hong Kong Nasopharyngeal Cancer Study Group 2.5 CPD credits
Inauguration Conference of The Hong Kong College of Radiographers and Radiation Technologists
(6 - 8 December 2008)
The Hong Kong College of Radiographers and Radiation Technologists 12 CPD credits
Year 2009
Current Status of Recombinant TSH in the Management of Thyroid Cancer
(19 February 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 1 CPD credit
Breast Cancer Symposium
(28 February 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 2.5 CPD credits
Ho Hung Chiu Medical Education Foundation Lecture (Degenerative Disorders of the Vertebral Column
(3 April 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 1 CPD credit
Asian Oncology Summit 2009
(3 - 5 April 2009)
Elsevier 12 CPD credits
Ho Hung Chiu Medical Education Foundation Commissioned Training
(4 - 5 April 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 8.5 CPD credits
(4 April 2009: 5 CPD credits;
5 April 2009: 3.5 CPD credits)
Female Cancer Symposium
(8 August 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 2.5 CPD credits
Symposium on "New Frontier of Targeted Therapy: Unmet needs"
(12 September 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 2.5 CPD credits
3rd Joint Scientific Meeting of The Royal College of Radiologists & Hong Kong College of Radiologists and 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong College of Radiologists
(31 October to 1 November 2009)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 9.5 CPD credits
(31 October 2009 : 5 CPD credits;
1 November 2009 : 4.5 CPD credits)
16th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress & 6th Annual Meeting
(4 to 6 November 2009)
Centre for Cancer Research, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 12 CPD credits
(4 November 2009 : 2.5 CPD credits;
5 November 2009 : 5 CPD credits;
6 November 2009 : 5 CPD credits)
The 14th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute - "Breast Cancer Conference 2009"
(14 to 15 November 2009)
Hong Kong Cancer Institute & Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation; and State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China 10 CPD credits
(14 November 2009 : 5 CPD credits;
15 November 2009 : 5 CPD credits
Year 2010
High Availability Technologies for Picturing Archiving Communications Systems (PACS) ?Workshop on Health Information Exchange (HIE)
(16, 23 January 2010)
Institute of Professional Education and Knowledge 10 CPD credits
(16 January 2010 : 5 CPD credits;
23 January 2010 : 5 CPD credits)
Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital Scientific Meeting in Radiotherapy 2010
(23 January 2010)
Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital 3.5 CPD credits
OSHK Scientific Meeting: Differences between bisphosphonates: from Mechanism of Action to Real Life Studies
(2 February 2010)
Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong 1 CPD credit
High Availability Technologies for Picturing Archiving Communications Systems (PACS) - Workshop on Health Information Exchange (HIE)
(27 March and 10 April 2010)
Institute of Professional Education and Knowledge 10 CPD credits
(27 March 2010 : 5 CPD credits;
10 April 2010 : 5 CPD credits)

Symposium for Medical & Health Professionals - Update on Gastrointestinal Malignancy
(17 April 2010)

The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society & Department of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital 2.5 CPD credit

Advances in Head and Neck Radiotherapy
(21 April 2010)

Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 1 CPD credit
Breast Cancer Symposium
(8 May 2010)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 3 CPD credits

11th Regional Osteoporosis Conference (11th ROC)

(i) ISCD Bone Densitometry Courses and Certification Examinations 2010
(13 to 14 (am) May, 2010)
(ii) 1st ISCD Vertebral Fracture Assessment Course in Hong Kong
(14 (pm) May 2010)
(iii) 11th Regional Osteoporosis Conference
(15 to 16 May 2010)

Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong (OSHK) & Hong Kong Geriatrics Society (HKGS)

15 CPD credits

Activity (i) : 8.5 CPD credits

Activity (ii) : 5 CPD credits

Activity (iii) : 9.5 CPD credits
(15 May 2010 : 4.5 CPD credits;

16 May 2010 : 5 CPD credits)

Other healthcare or information technology related CPD activities*
Programme/Activity Organizer Maximum CPD Credits
Year 2006
3rd Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium
(16 September 2006)
Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care 6 CPD credits
End-of-Life Care in Long-Term Care Settings
(29 September 2006)
Haven of Hope Christian Service 6.5 CPD credits
Year 2007
Enhancement Program on In-house Safety Audit
(26 January 2007)
Open University of Hong Kong 3 CPD credits
New Horizons in the Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
(19 May 2007)
Hong Kong Urogynaecology Association 3 CPD credits
9th Joint Annual Scientific Meeting
(8 September 2007)
The Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, the Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy, Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology, Hong Kong Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Hong Kong Society of Gastrointestinal Motility 3 CPD credits
Health Research Symposium 2007
(29 September 2007)
Food and Health Bureau 3 CPD credits
Symposium on Global Development in Chinese Medicine
(24 to 25 November 2007)
Hong Kong Association for Integration of Chinese-Western Medicine Limited, Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine and Hospital Authority 6 CPD credits
(3 CPD credits/day)
Year 2008
Certificate Course in Incident / Accident Reporting and Documentation
(4, 18, 25 January 2008; 1 February 2008 and 9 May 2008)
Hong Kong Legal Nurse Consultants 9 CPD credits
Second Hong Kong Lung Cancer Forum
(6 March 2008)
Hong Kong Lung Cancer Study Group 1.5 CPD credits
Master of Business Administration in Health Services Management
(1 March 2008 to 29 March 2009, 5 days of each unit)
The University of Ballarat 9 CPD credits
The Role of Anti-EGFR Treatment in SCCHN
(26 March 2008)
Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong 1 CPD credit
Seminars on Practical Knowledge of Occupational Safety & Health for nurses
(4, 11 and 18 June 2008)
Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association 9 CPD credits
(3 credits/day)
9th Ho Hung Chiu Lecture - Snapshots of our Medical Schools and Medical Education
(1 November 2008)
Hong Kong College of Radiologists 1 CPD credit
Year 2009
Symposium for Medical & Health Professionals HER2 Status and Treatment of Breast Cancer
(18 April 2009)
HKU - PMH Cancer Education and Research Centre, Department of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital and The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society 2.5 CPD credits
10th Regional Osteoporosis Conference 2009 (ROC 2009)
(2 - 3 May 2009)
Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Association of Rehabilitation Medicine 9 CPD credits
(5 CPD credits each for 2 May 2009 and 3 May 2009)
Scientific Symposium: Out-Patient Colorectal Cancer Treatment
(14 May 2009)
The Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society 1.5 CPD credits
The Breakthrough of Cetuximab in 1st line metastatic colorectal cancer treatment
(16 June 2009)
The Hong Kong Cancer Therapy Society 1 CPD credit
Healthcare Information Exchange - How Public Meets Private?
Workshop
"High Availability Technologies for PACS"
Conference
"Healthcare Information Exchange - How Public Meets Private?"

(15 July 2009)

Institute of Professional Education & Knowledge
(a member of VTC group)
4.5 CPD credits
(Workshop: 2.5 CPD credits
Conference: 2 CPD credits)
OSHK A-Z Symposia Series B ?“B”isphosphonate-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and the New OSHK Guidelines
(1 November 2009)
Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong 4 CPD credits
Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education, HKU 2009 - 'Making Sense in Communication'
(11 to 12 December 2009)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The Univesity of Hong Kong 9 CPD credits
(11 December 2009 : 5 CPD credits;
12 December 2009 : 5 CPD credits)

Note: Documentary evidence as specified in section 3.3 of the Manual for CPD such as attendance records should be produced upon request for the claiming of CPD credits.

* 9 credits maximum per CPD cycle.


Previous version of the Manuals (for reference only)

(a)   Manual for CPD
(b) Manual for Accreditation as a Provider of CPD

 

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