As a registered dental professional, you have a duty to keep up to date with your skills and knowledge in order to give patients the best possible treatment and care. CPD is compulsory, but ideally it should simply set out a formal framework for what you are already doing. Here’s what that means in practice, in five straightforward steps:

• Step 1 - Make sure you know your compulsory CPD start date 
• Step 2 - Make sure you understand how many hours of CPD you’re required to do
• Step 3 - Plan your CPD activities to meet the requirement
• Step 4 - Record your CPD
• Step 5 – Every year, fill in a statement of the CPD hours you’ve completed,