We’re With You All the Way
As a registered health practitioner working in New Zealand, you are required to maintain your competence in medical imaging / radiation therapy practice in order to meet the MRTB recertification requirements. You are responsible for keeping your knowledge up-to-date by undertaking relevant CPD.
Personalised support
The NZIMRT supports members with their professional journey. All NZIMRT members have access online to the myCPD management system which allow members to plan, record and evaluate all their CPD activities, keep a dynamic CV all in a format that can be supplied to the MRTB in readiness for CPD audit. myCPD can be accessed at any time from any device simply by logging into the Members area of the NZIMRT website.
myCPD can help you to plan, record and reflect on your CPD and produce reports which can be used for a variety of purposes including, if you choose to do so, reviews with your line-manager or when applying for a new role and also reports can be automatically created to satisfy MRTB CPD audits.
Our aim is to encourage reflection on professional practice and support you to:
- Take responsibility for your learning & development
- Integrate knowledge gained in other aspects of life into professional life
- Reflect on current work practices
- Record, critique & evaluate
We are always on hand for support and advice; you are most welcome to submit your CPD activities to the NZIMRT for peer review.
myCPD Online E-portfolio
All NZIMRT members benefit from an individual electronic portfolio in which they can record all their CPD activities, which can be accessed at any time from any device simply by logging into the Members area of the NZIMRT website.
myCPD can help you to plan, record and reflect on your CPD and produce reports which can be used for a variety of purposes including, if you choose to do so, reviews with your line-manager or when applying for a new role and also reports can be automatically created to satisfy MRTB CPD audits.
As a member using myCPD you will build up an impressive collection of CPD activity Records in your online e-Portfolio, demonstrating your learning and development over the CPD biennium – hopefully members will use their myCPD Portfolio to show their employer of their professional development activities as well as a resource for writing articles / book reviews / journal submissions.
CPD Requirements
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act)
In 2003, the Act was passed into law. The Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB) is one of sixteen New Zealand health regulation authorities appointed by the Minister of Health under the Act. The Board is responsible for the administration of the Act in regard to the profession of medical radiology technology (medical imaging and radiation therapy).
With the introduction of the Act in 2003, in order to gain an Annual Practising Certificate (APC) it became mandatory for every practising MRT to provide evidence of enrolment and active participation in a Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB) approved recertification programme.
The NZIMRT was a proactive early adopter of CPD and has offered an MRTB approved CPD programme from August 2004 until the MRTB changed the requirements on 1st April 2017.
Recertification includes a number of tools used by the Board to monitor the ongoing competence of all practising medical imaging and radiation therapy practitioners. Continuing professional development (CPD) is a critical feature of the Board’s recertification programme.
New CPD Standards
The MRTB published their new CPD standards for Annual Recertification of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Practitioners on 8th March 2017.
The myCPD E-portfolio website is tailored to respond to these new CPD requirements.
CPD Help
Sample evaluations:
- Sample of a Professional Evaluation – demonstrating new learning
- Sample of a Professional Evaluation – demonstrating no new learning
CPD Plan:
- Sample CPD Plan
CPD Plan Evaluation:
- Sample CPD Plan Evaluation
Professional History:
- Sample professional history
How to run a Study Day
Have you considered running a study day in your area but just not quite had the experience or confidence to make it happen? The NZIMRT has compiled guidelines and templates to help you through the organisation process (these are currently under review). Give it a go, it can be a very rewarding experience.
Our thanks to Lee Wilson for her work in devising these guidelines.
NZIMRT Study Day Guidelines