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Registration Officer
Membership and Qualifications

Telephone:01223 432690
Email:

Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House, Science Park,

Milton Road, Cambridge

CB4 0WF

Continuing Professional Development

Specialist Skills

CPD for members on the RSC Register
of Eligible Qualified Person

Specialist Skills QP 2013 page 1

Guidance Notes for CPD for Eligible Qualified Persons

The RSC defines Continuing Professional Development as"The responsibility of individuals for the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills to ensure continuing competence as a professional throughout their career".

As a QP, recording your CPD will identify your commitment to maintaining your professional competence, as required by Annex 16 to the EU Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice:

“8.3 A QP should maintain his knowledge and experience up to date in the light of technical and scientific process and changes in quality management relevant to the products which he is required to certify”.

The RSC provides an online tool to help you record your CPD, or follow the link from the QP pages at As an alternative, you can use this CPD for QPs form and return it by email or post.

How much and what types of CPD activities do I record?

The key to successful career planning is realistic self-analysis.
Identify the areas where development is needed.
Identify any specific requirements for a new role or tasks that have changed.
How do you ensure that your knowledge remains up-to-date?
Do you need to develop new skills?

The CPD record will be assessed by the RSC against the self-analysis identified and recorded by you on the summary form. Registrants are requested to complete the CPD records by recording evidence of competencies during the review period (e.g. one year) and submitting the summary to the RSC. You may wish to use, as a starting point, the key knowledge and experience for QPs as defined within the QP Study Guide. This is available on the RSC website at and there is a summary of the Study Guide elements in the Appendix to this document.

How will my CPD be assessed?

You will be invited periodically to submit a summary of your CPD record to the RSC. The RSC will consider your summary of activities to determine whether you have demonstrated that you are keeping your knowledge and skills up to date.

Using the RSC CPD framework is voluntary, but if you send an appropriate return, the date will be noted in the QP Register.

New registrants will receive guidance on CPD on acceptance to the register.

Summary Record-Sheet of CPD for QPs

Also available as a word file on the RSC website at

Please refer to the Guidance notes for CPD for Eligible Qualified Persons before completing the summary.

Period covered by summaryFrom To

1.Personal details

Name:

Membership number:

Category of membership:

2.Address and employment

Enter the details you wish to be shown in the Register:

Address:

Email address:

Telephone: Fax:

Website address :

Please tick the box if you wish your entry to appear on the website
3.Professional experience

List your key responsibilities and describe the range of products to which these responsibilities relate, e.g. sterile liquids, tablets, capsules etc, during your CPD assessments period.

Job title and employer / Dates / Duties
From: / To:

4.QP activity

Are you named as a QP on a Manufacturer’s licence?
yes no
Are you actively releasing product?
yes no

5.Self-analysis

List your career ambitions and aspirations during the CPD period.

6.Skills Development

List your skills development required to achieve your ambitions and aspirations.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

7.Progress to date

List your progress to date.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

8. Certification by applicant

I certify that the information given on this CPD summary is correct to the best of knowledge and belief.

Signature______Date:

Please return the completed Summary Record Sheet to:

Registration Officer
Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House
Science Park

Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WF

Telephone: 01223 432690
Email:

CPD Records page1

Appendix: Study Guide elements

Foundation knowledge elements

Pharmaceutical law and administration