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CPD requirements for aboriginal and torres strait islander health practitioners

What the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia's CPD registration standard asks of a aboriginal and torres strait islander health practitioner with general registration, and how VitalCPD keeps your records ready for an audit.

What the Board requires

  • At least 20 h of CPD each registration year (this one: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026).
  • At least 5 h of it interactive.
  • A portfolio of your learning goals, planned activities and reflection.
  • Interactive means a two-way flow of information with other practitioners, face to face or online.

Registered part-way through the year? Your hours may be less (pro-rata). Work out your own hours.

Sources, checked 15 Oct 2026:

Boards update their standards from time to time. VitalCPD isn't affiliated with Ahpra or the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia; always check the Board's current standard.

Reflection questions in VitalCPD

Based on Ahpra, Questions to help you reflect (Dec 2019). VitalCPD asks these for every activity you log.

  1. What did I learn from the CPD activity?
  2. Did what I learn help meet my learning goals?
  3. Has what I learnt improved my competence and kept me up to date or built on my knowledge? How?
  4. Does what I learnt suggest that I could change my practice to improve patient outcomes? How? If not, why?
  5. How could/should I change my practice to improve patient outcomes?
  6. What do I need to do to implement change in my practice?
  7. Do I need to do any further learning to ensure that I am competent and up to date?
  8. Summary

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