I wonder if you could help please: it was mentioned in a recent V-mail (Vital autumn 2008 page 5) that staff meetings can be held in a way that allows them to comply with verifiable CPD requirements. I wonder if you could let me know what staff meetings would have to contain to comply with verifiable CPD regulations. I thought that staff meetings counted as non-verifiable CPD? I would appreciate any advice.

Lesley Derry at the British Dental Association responds: For staff meetings to meet verifiable CPD requirements, the dental practice would have to set the aims and objectives of the meeting and stipulate the anticipated learning outcomes. At the end of the session, participants would need to give feedback on the subject covered etc and how far the learning objectives were met.

The practice would also need to issue a certificate indicating the subject discussed and the time spent on it. These certificates can be generated in-house.

Ed's note: More information can also be found on the GDC website (click on ‘news, publications and events’, then search in the list of documents for ‘CPD for DCPs’).