Recording CPD Activity to your ePortfolio

Certificates of attendance are the evidence required to support your recorded external CPD activity. You should keep all evidence to support your recorded activities, including certificates, on file for a minimum of 6 years (the current PCS year and the 5 previous).

In the event that Irish College of GPs randomly selects you for verification, you will be asked to add copies of your evidence to your ePortfolio so it is useful to try and include these as you record your credits throughout the year. Where you do not have evidence to support an activity, we advise that you do not record it for CPD. 

The Medical Council may ask you to furnish evidence in the event that you are randomly selected for their PCS audit process. 

You will need to complete all fields marked with a red asterisk. 

You will also need to maintain evidence to support the recorded activity. You can add this evidence to your ePortfolio where it will remain for 3 PCS years (current year and 2 previous) and you should also maintain a copy on file a minimum of 6 PCS years.

Evidence should include the following:

• External: the certificate of attendance given at an event
• Internal: notes and details regarding the activity* (eg. number of people in attendance, topics discussed)
• Personal learning: the name of the journal/website, the date of issue or date of access and the topics covered
• Research and teaching: published paper, slideshow used, course programme
• Audit: detailed summary/report of the audit*

*NB: Patient identifiers should never appear on your ePortfolio or on any evidence used to support the recording of your professional competence activities.

Access assistance and guidelines for using the ePortfolio

Alternatively, you may wish to contact us to avail of a one-to-one or small group tutorial to assist you with using the online ePortfolio. If you would like to organise one, please Contact Us.