Introduction: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) has been defined as a continuing process, outside formal undergraduate and postgraduate training, that allows individual doctors to maintain and improve standards of medical practice through the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviour. However, CPD is not popular for Sri Lankan health professionals. The aim of this article is to conduct a SWOT analysis aiming at the formulation of implementation strategies for CPD for medical doctors in Sri Lanka. Methods:The root causes analysis on CPD was done using Ishikawa diagram aided by the literature. SWOT and TOWS matrix analysis was performed to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats using literature and formulated CPD implementation strategies.Results: Lack of financial incentives, CPD infrastructure and training programmes by professional colleges, remoteness of doctors from main education centres, lack of time for doctors, CPD being noncompulsory by law have been identified as leading causes against CPD implementation. Availability of considerable fund allocation at Ministry of Health (MOH), good perception towards lifelong learning among doctors as strengths; availability of international jobs for doctors, SLMA initiative to establish island wide CPD, availability of funding agencies and political influence as opportunities were identified to overcome threats and weaknesses. Conclusion:The MOH should start a National CPD steering committee with a representation of the SLMC, SLMA, all professional colleges, Medical Faculties, Provincial Directors, Institutional Heads and representation of the Government Medical Officers Association to ensure implementation of compulsory CPD in Sri Lanka.