Tools for planning, reflecting and evidencing your practice

Learning only changes practice when it is planned, reflected on and recorded. Every National Board's CPD registration standard asks practitioners, in one form or another, to plan their learning against their scope of practice, complete activities, reflect on what changed and keep records that would stand up to an audit. Practitioners going through a notification or complying with conditions face a more demanding version of the same task: they must show insight, learning and change in writing, supported by evidence.

Our tools are built for exactly those jobs. The free tools help you plan hours, draft a reflective statement and find suitable courses. The paid tools live in the student portal and keep your plan, log, reflections and evidence together for the year, or for the life of a remediation process.

Each course ends with a written reflective account and an assessment, and passing the assessment issues a certificate. If you use the CPD Portfolio, completed courses can be added to your log with their certificate attached, so you only need to add the actual time you spent and your reflection. The Reflective Practice Workbook uses the same models taught in our course on reflective practice and writing a reflective statement, and the Remediation Evidence Portfolio follows the approach set out in remediation for health practitioners.

None of the tools submit anything to Ahpra or a Board on your behalf. They help you organise and write your own material, which you then use as you, and your advisers, decide.

Practitioners keeping routine CPD in order

If your aim is a calm renewal and an audit you would not worry about, start with the free planner to set your hours, then use the CPD Portfolio through the year. Reflection is the part most often missing from CPD records, so a short entry in the workbook or the portfolio after each activity pays off later.

Practitioners asked to reflect in writing

Employers, supervisors and regulators increasingly ask for written reflection after incidents, complaints or education. The free template gives you a sound structure for a single statement. The workbook suits people who want to build the habit and keep reflections organised over months.

Practitioners responding to a concern

If you are dealing with a notification, a complaint or conditions, get advice from your indemnity insurer, defence organisation or lawyer first. Then the course finder helps you choose relevant education, and the Remediation Evidence Portfolio helps you plan and evidence learning and change in a way your adviser can review. Our notification guide explains where these fit in the process.

Managers and supervisors

Managers who assign courses to staff use the dashboard that comes with team licences rather than these personal tools. Individual practitioners keep their own portfolio and reflections, which remain private to them.