The SCARD Surgical Audit CPD Program

2023 – 2025 Triennium

Undertaking self-auditing is crucial for doctors and health care professionals in their practices. Self-auditing allows doctors to evaluate their own work, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that their practice meets the required standards. It is an important part of ongoing professional development and helps to ensure patient safety.

The SCARD surgical audit is a tool designed specifically for skin cancer practitioners working in primary care. It is a self-auditing tool that can be used to track the diagnostic and therapeutic process in real-time. By using SCARD, practitioners can optimize patient safety and receive feedback on their own performance.

In addition to improving patient care, self-auditing and analysis with tools like SCARD also help practitioners to demonstrate their commitment to continuing professional development and ongoing education. This can be important for maintaining professional accreditation and demonstrating competence to regulatory bodies.

By self-auditing and performing analysis with the SCARD Data Pool, practitioners demonstrate their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and ongoing education.

College Partners

Participation in the SCARD Surgical Audit CPD Program is recognized by the following colleges and completion of the CPD Program earns credits/points for the respective college.

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)

SCARD Systems is a Registered Education Provider with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and SCARD is a registered Clinical Audit for the 2023-2025 triennium.

SCARD has been approved by the ACRRM as activity 29065.

Participants who enrol and complete the SCARD Surgical Audit CPD Program can be allocated 15 hours of Reviewing Performance and 15 hours of Measuring Outcomes for each year (from the enrolment date) across the 2023-25 triennium that the requirements of the program are met.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

SCARD is an approved activity service provider for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program.

This activity has been approved by the RACGP CPD Activity 418458.

Participants who enrol and complete the SCARD Surgical Audit CPD Program can be allocated 15 hours of Reviewing Performance and 15 hours of Measuring Outcomes for each year (from the enrollment date) across the 2023-25 triennium that the requirements of the program are met.

RNZCGP

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP)

SCARD has been continually used for self-auditing for members of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for their Maintenance of Professional Standards (MOPS) & Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program.

Participants of the SCARD Surgical Audit who complete the CPD program may be eligible for CPD/MOPS credits.

UQ

MMed(Skin Cancer) - University of Queensland School of Medicine

Students undergoing the MMED(Skin Cancer) with the University of Queensland School of Medicine are able to use SCARD as part of their auditing requirements.