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evidence of participation. Preferred types of CPD activities included attending conferences (71%) and on line courses (57%). Conclusions Whilst the proportion of participants achieving CPD requirements has increased, we must further promote the need to resource and facilitate engagement with CPD, provide relevant learning activities along with continuing development of electronic platforms to facilitate recording of data.