CPD/CME

As an organisation, Whole Hearted Medicine is committed to rigorous educational standards and innovative models for delivering transformative medical education. We are one of the few organisations who hold CPD accreditation across multiple speciality colleges and have done since our first retreat in 2021. We are committed to our goal of ensuring that wellbeing education is embedded into not only medical school curriculums but also recognised in the ongoing CPD requirements for all doctors.

Our educational events focus heavily on the autonomy of each doctor who attends. Supported self reflection, group reflection and sharing act to assist all doctors who attend to build an integrated knowledge base of concepts around workplace stress management & self awareness as well as developing their own robust plan for self care and wellbeing. With an educational program that promotes development of self-efficacy and effective coping skills by encouraging peer support, resilience, and optimism, while normalising appropriate help-seeking behaviour when needed our events strongly encourage the skill of reflective practice that is heavily embedded in the AHPRA CPD standards.

The cornerstone of our educational model encompasses our core pillars of SELF CARE, SELF AWARENESS and SELF COMPASSION into a balanced concept of the ‘Whole Hearted Doctor’.

The ‘Whole Hearted Doctor’ is one who:

Is mindful of their internal environment and responses.
Knows, respects and has compassion for their sense of self.
Is able to build and maintain appropriate and compassionate boundaries for themselves and others.
Is able to practice self compassion as they move through stages of growth and learning.
Having mastered all these skills and committed their ongoing practice, is able to extend this knowledge to those around them including colleagues, juniors and students.

Accreditation

all colleges

Educational Activity: 11.5 hours + Reviewing Performance: 13.5 hours
This is a hybrid activity with 25 hours of CPD education. You will be provided with a participation certificate after the conclusion that can be used for self reporting CPD hours to your college.

ANZCA- ANZCA fellows can self report their learning. This event also meets all the criteria for specific Wellbeing education sessions.

RACS- The RACS CPD program is a self reporting program and participants can claim this activity in their CPD hours.

RACP- RACP fellows can self report their learning.

racgp

Whole Hearted Medicine is a proud accredited training provider with the RACGP.
This is an approved hybrid event with 11.5 CPD hours of Educational Activities + 13.5 CPD hours of Reviewing Performance for a total of 25 hours of CPD.

accrm

A Whole Hearted Medicine retreat receives 17 PDP hours from the ACCRM.

acem

The Mindfulness & Professional Development Retreat for Doctors is approved for 25 ACEM CPD hours, 11.5 Educational Activity hours and 13.5 Reviewing Performance hours.

CICM

There are 22 hours of face to face education + 3 hours of assessed self reflection on a Whole Hearted Medicine retreat, qualifying with CICM for:

2 points per hour- cat 2B (Active or Interactive Small group learning)
1 point per hour- cat 5B (Personal Advancement).

ranzcog

A Whole Hearted Medicine retreat has been approved for 10.5hrs of Educational Activities and 11hrs of Reviewing Performance by the RANZCOG. Doctors are also able to self claim up to 2 hours of self reflection under RP hours.

Please get in touch via the contact page if you need any documents to assist with your CME application for funding to attend a Whole Hearted Medicine retreat.