End-of-year CPD check for CORU registrants: don't get left behind

The end of the year comes around fast. Courses, webinars and conferences wind down in December, and January is often busy. If your CPD record is behind, these last few weeks are the best time to catch up, while you still remember what you did and there is still time to fill any gaps.

Here is a simple check to make sure you are not left behind.

Why now matters

• Learning opportunities slow down. Most providers pause their courses and events over the holidays. If you are short on credits, it is easier to book something now than to scramble in the new year.
• Memories fade. A reflection written a few weeks after a course is far better than one pieced together months later from a certificate.
• Audits are coming. CORU audits each profession on its own date, and several are close. If you are selected, you have 30 working days to submit your record.

Profession	Audit period ends	Audit date
Dietitians, Radiographers, Speech and Language Therapists	31 October 2026	1 November 2026
Social Care Workers	30 November 2026	1 December 2026
Occupational Therapists, Optical professions	31 March 2027	1 April 2027
Social Workers	31 May 2027	1 June 2027
Physiotherapists	30 September 2027	1 October 2027

Check CORU's CPD audit page for your profession's exact audit period.

Your end-of-year CPD checklist

1. Add anything you have not logged yet

Go back through your calendar, emails and certificates from this year. Look for courses, webinars, conferences, in-service training, supervision sessions where you learned something new, journal clubs and reading. Log each one with the date, the hours and what you learned.

2. Check your credits

CORU asks for at least 30 CPD credits in every 12-month period. One credit is one hour of new or enhanced learning. Check the 12-month period that applies to your profession and add up what you have so far. Only count the time you actually spent learning something new, not breaks or parts you already knew.

3. Write the missing reflections

Every activity needs a short reflection: what you learned, how it changed your practice, and what you will do next. Two or three honest paragraphs in your own words are enough. Keep out anything that could identify a service user or colleague.

4. Keep your evidence together

Save certificates, notes or slides next to each entry. CORU does not ask you to upload them with your record, but you should have them if asked.

5. Plan your learning for next year

Your CPD record should also include a review of your learning needs for the next 12 months and the activities you plan to meet them. Note two or three areas you want to develop and how you will do it. The quieter weeks at the end of the year are a good time to think this through.

6. Fill any gaps early

If you are short of credits, look at what is still on before the holidays, or book something for January. Free webinars, professional body events, online modules and structured reading can all count, as long as they give you new learning and you reflect on it.

Make it easier next year

The simplest way to stay ready is to log CPD on the day you finish it and write the reflection while it is fresh. Then an audit email is not a worry, because your record is already up to date.

myCPD helps you do that in one place: log activities and hours, write reflections, keep your evidence, track your credits and export your record when you need it.

Sources

• CORU CPD Audit Policy, version 3 (November 2025)
• CORU: CPD audit, dates, template and exemplars