Regarding: Professional Peer Obligations, Professional Development Plan (PDP), Professional Development Activities (PDA) and Annual Reflections.
- Professional Peer Obligations.
Each dentist requires a Professional Peer who submits that the dentist has met the PDP and PDA requirements for their Annual Practicing Certificate. This does require a “reasonable” amount of interaction, and Dental Council New Zealand (DCNZ) recommend you discuss your PDP, PDA and annual reflections.
- Develop a PDP of your learning objectives with planned PDA & Expected Outcomes. The DCNZ Standards Framework and Dental Competencies are the foundation of your PDP. Here are DCNZ template examples:
- Identify what PDAs you need for your PDP. PDA Feedback is required after each activity or can be periodically. Here is a DCNZ template PDA Template
- Annual reflection of your PDP. You must write a written reflection process for your PDP and PDAs each year. Consider the questions and read the example templates on pages 41- 44 of the Handbook.
The NZDA have a members log-in box page for your PDP & Reflections with the relevant questions. Furthermore, you can still register your PDA with CPD numbers. However, at the moment, it does not have a feedback section for each PDA.
Should you have any questions, consider reading the Q&A sections in each chapter of the Handbook, which will answer most of your questions. Otherwise, email the Dental Council at