Maintenance of professional standards reporting

MOPS

• Medical Acupuncture
• Anaesthetics
• Obstetrics
• Mental Health
• Radiology

The ACRRM PDP is primarily designed to record data relevant to general practice credentialing and clinical privileging. However, ACRRM can meet your other professional reporting requirements, (e.g. anaesthetics, obstetrics, surgery). To activate this additional  reporting service through ACRRM please complete the 'other reporting requirements' section of the PDP registration form.

Please note: ACRRM only reports activities according to certification you provide. You are responsible for understanding the compliance requirements of the third party college(s) and for meeting those requirements. Non-compliance may impact on your access to Department of Human Services rebates or credentialing and clinical privileges.

If you have Maintenance of Professional Standards (MOPS) requirements, the appropriate 'Planned Reflective Professional Development' activities you undertake will be credited for both MOPS and PDP.

Anaesthetics, medical acupuncture and obstetrics

The MOPS eligibility and reporting requirements for anaesthetics, medical acupuncture, and obstetrics are:

• 15 hours of Planned Reflective Professional Development (PRPD) activities at 2 points per hour (i.e. 30 PRPD points are required for MOPS compliance); or
• Completion of a 6-hour course that contains substantial pre-and post-activity/assessment (awarded 30 PRPD points).

Radiology

The MOPS eligibility and reporting requirements for radiology include any of the following activities:

• 15 hours of Planned Reflective Professional Development (PRPD) activities at 2 points per hour (i.e. 30 PRPD points are required for MOPS compliance); or
• Completion of a 6-hour course that contains substantial pre-and post-activity/assessment (awarded 30 PRPD points); or
• Completion of 15 film reviews, supervised and signed off  by a Radiologist.

Mental Health

To continue accessing mental health care item numbers on the Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS), you must meet the requirements below. (These were the requirements for the 2008-2010 triennium and were unchanged for the 2011-2013 triennium at the the time of publication.)

Mental Health Skills Training (MHST)

To continue accessing MBS Item 2710, GPs who have completed a GPMHSC accredited Mental Health Skills Training* course since 1 July 2001 and are registered with the Department of Human Services, are:

• not required to repeat this training, and are
• not required to complete a mental health continuing professional development activity (MH CPD).

However, the GPMHSC strongly recommends that GPs undertake Mental Health Continuing Professional Development (MH CPD) to maintain their mental health skills. (*Note: MHST was previously known as Level 1 mental health skills training)

Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training (FPS ST)

To maintain registration for Focussed Psychological Strategies, GPs who have completed both a MHST and Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills Training (FPS ST) course are required to complete a Focussed Psychological Strategies Continuing Professional Development (FPS CPD).

For more information, please visit the GPMHSC website: www.racgp.org.au/gpmhsc

For full details on any of the above please refer to the Professional Development Program (PDP) Member Handbook 2011-2013 or call the ACRRM PDP team on freecall 1800 223 226 or email pdpacrrm [dot] org [dot] au