The need for healthcare professionals to record professional, academic and other related activity has for some time been a requirement of continuing professional and personal development.

The Australian Resuscitation Council has a professional development record (PDR) that will enable you to collect, comment upon and evaluate your ongoing contribution to this specialist area of healthcare education.

This is not a replacement of current systems of documentation but may be used as an adjunct to current logbooks, portfolios and other record keeping. The PDR may prove of value and assist in times of professional college development requirements and national registration requirements. Healthcare professionals all take responsibility for their own self-development and acknowledging how this contributes to life long learning. It is an essential component of continuing professional development. The PDR is a critical account of your Instructor activity, rather than an annotated contents list. This provides you with the opportunity to place into context the work you undertake as an Instructor and outline where learning/development has taken place.
It is advised that Section 2 of the PDR is completed as a minimum.