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IGEM NEWS | CPD Sampling

SAMPLE OF SUCCESS

FOR EXAMPLE:

ACTIVITY: Visited supplier’s factory and
saw presentation on latest products

BENEFIT GAINED: Better understanding
of how this product can be used. Able
to make changes to current business
practices to more efficiently install
supplier’s products. Also identified
other areas of the business where the
product may be of use.

ACTIVITY: Led the design team

BENEFITS GAINED: Learned about team
leadership, which allowed me to allocate
appropriate time and resources to ensuring
the final design met requirements
The main area where we would like
to see improvement is that of the CPD
plan. Although the CPD plan is not
currently a requirement of IGEM’s CPD
scheme, it is invaluable when reviewing
IGEM Membership Development Officer Ross McCart takes progress, both for yourself and for
a look at the results of the CPD sampling process for 2018 IGEM’s reviewers. For your own benefit,
the CPD plan helps you to keep track of
IGEM HAS COMPLETED another year When requesting a submission, your progress. After 12 months of CPD,
of reviewing CPD submissions. IGEM is generally interested in three it’s easier to evaluate your progress and
Following our standard process, a things: a CPD plan, details of the development if you have a completed
sample of members was contacted activities completed and the benefits plan from the beginning of the year
and asked to send in a record of their gained from those activities. reminding you of your intentions. You
CPD activities. This year marked another good year can then review your aims and
The sample size was the normal of submissions with members taking objectives and what did and didn’t work.
two per cent of our professionally part in a wide variety of activities such One of the main reasons IGEM
registered members (Chartered as mentoring and being mentored/ carries out a sampling process is to
Engineers, Incorporated Engineers coached, completing business reviews, provide our members with feedback
and Engineering Technicians). They design work, attending forums and and guidance on their development.
were randomly selected and networking events, reviewing company Members are able to get more
contacted at the beginning of June. and/or IGEM standards, etc. specific and detailed feedback if they
The members were then asked to Our members also provided much provide a CPD plan to IGEM. A CPD
submit 12 months’ worth of CPD more detail on the benefits gained plan enables the reviewers to
activities by the end of June. from their CPD in comparison to understand what you’d like to achieve
CPD activities are classed as previous years. However, there is still and give you some direction on how
anything that improves your room for improvement. While the to you might do this. Without a CPD
knowledge, skills or competence in details of the activity outlines what plan, reviewers are left with a list of
the workplace. The IGEM CPD you completed, the benefits gained activities and benefits. They are still
scheme doesn’t specify a minimum should focus on what you learned. able to provide feedback with this
number of activities, so it allows each Recording your CPD allows you to information, but this feedback would
member to decide what they log as reflect on the activities you’ve be much more detailed with the
CPD and how much they record. undertaken and to develop yourself as inclusion of a simple CPD plan. ■
IGEM will also accept CPD records in a professional. This process of
any format, so if you have a company reflection helps to reinforce the ■ For more information on IGEM’s
system or are recording CPD via lessons you’ve learned. So, when CPD scheme or if you’d like to know
another institution you don’t have to recording the benefits gained you more about CPD in general, contact
duplicate your effort. For those that should think about how you will apply IGEM’s Professional Development
don’t have access to other systems, your new knowledge to your job role. Officer Ross McCart by emailing
IGEM recommends its own online Try to consider how this will improve ross@igem.org.uk or calling
CPD tool, mycareerpath. your skills and/or competency. +44(0)1509 678166

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