Continuing Professional Development

Advanced Life Support Courses

ACEM

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Please note the following additions to the ACEM providers must submit a list of ACEM CPD participants within 10 working days of the activity. Providers must issue ACEM CPD participants with the attached ACEM evaluation form.

ALS1

CPD category – Group Learning

Activity type – Workshops and Training
– Procedural skills based

CPD Hours – 8

ALS2

CPD category – Group Learning

Activity type – Workshops and Training
– Procedural skills based

CPD Hours – 15

ANCZA

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

This course is listed on a password protected section of the ANZCA website for members to view.

A full ALS 1 or ALS 2 course by the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) will cover the cardiac arrest activity from the emergency responses category. To claim these activities within the CPD portfolio please use the following recognition codes:

ARC cardiac arrest recognition code: ER-19-CA-877

Participants in the ANZCA CPD Program may claim this Cardiac arrest course as an emergency response activity in their CPD portfolio.

This recognition code is valid until June 30th 2023.

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

ALS1

Activity Number: 400514

13.5 hours CPD

Educational Activities 7 hours

Reviewing Performance 6.5 hours

Pre-reading and pre-course MCQ requirements

Rural Procedures Grant program:

Anaesthetic Grant

Emergency Medicine Grant

ALS2

Activity Number: 400684

25.5 hours CPD

Educational Activities 13.5 hours 

Reviewing Performance 12 hours

Pre-reading and pre-course MCQ required

Rural Procedures Grant program:

Anaesthetic Grant

Emergency Medicine Grant

RACP

Royal Australian College of General Physicians

RACP no longer pre-approve external courses and fellows are advised to self-submit.

From 2023, the annual minimum CPD requirement is 50 hours. This includes the mandatory and strongly encouraged activities.

ALS1

We recommend CPD

Face-to-face Hours – 8

Education – 4

Reviewing Performance – 4

Pre-reading and Preparation 6 hours

ALS2

We recommend CPD

Face-to-face Hours – 18

Education – 7

Reviewing Performance – 11

Pre-reading and Preparation 10 hours

CICM

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand

This activity has CICM CPD Accreditation for Category 2A: Passive Group Learning – 1 point per hour and Category 2B: Active of Interactive Small Group Learning – 2 points per hour.

Lectures – 

Category 2A: Passive Group Learning – 1 point per hour 

Workshop – Category 2B: Active or Interactive Small Group Learning – 2 points per hour

Accreditation start Date: 14/6/2022
Accreditation end Date: 14/6/2027

ALS1

Passive – 1 hour (consider pre-reading)

Active/Interactive – 7 Hours

ALS2

Passive – 1.5 hours (consider pre-reading)

Active/Interactive – 16.5 Hours

ACRRM

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

ACRRM Grant Eligibility for Anaesthetics, Emergency Medicine

ALS1
ALS2

First Aid Courses

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Activity Number: 399246

Basic Life Support

Includes CPR requirement

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