PracticaCPD isn't an accredited CPD provider, which means every module completion issues a Statement of Completion that you self-record with your CPD home (usually the RACGP). The Statement is designed so this is a copy-paste, not a re-entry — but the first time you do it, the RACGP portal has a few fields that aren't obvious. Here's the workflow.

What you'll need

Your PracticaCPD Statement of Completion PDF — downloaded from the module's /complete page after finishing.
Your RACGP member number and AHPRA registration number — already on the Statement if you filled in your account details. If not, add them at account settings before downloading.
A few minutes.

Step 1: download the Statement

After completing a module (read → quiz → audit → reflect → complete), the completion page has a Download PDF certificate button. Click it; you'll get a single PDF with:

Your name + post-nominals
AHPRA registration + RACGP / ACRRM numbers
Module title, version, activity ID
Hours split across Educational Activities, Reviewing Performance, Measuring Outcomes
Date of completion
Your full reflection answers as an appendix

Save it somewhere you'll find later. We'd suggest a CPD/2026/ folder on your computer, or your password-manager attachments.

Step 2: log into RACGP CPD

Open https://racgp.org.au and sign in. The CPD portal is under My Profile → Education → My CPD activities (the menu wording changes periodically).

If you've never used it, you'll see your year-to-date totals at the top and a button labelled something like + Record activity or Add CPD activity.

Step 3: enter the first activity (Educational Activities)

The RACGP portal asks you to record each activity, not each module. Most PracticaCPD modules log as three activities — one per category — so you'll go through this loop three times for each module.

For the EA entry:

Activity title: copy the module title from your Statement, append "— Learning" (e.g. T2DM SGLT2i intensification — Learning).
Category: Educational Activities.
Hours: from your Statement's hours table (the EA row).
Provider: PracticaCPD.
Activity ID: copy from the Statement (looks like practica/<slug>/v1.0). The RACGP portal sometimes calls this "external reference" or just "ID".
Date completed: today, or the date of completion on the Statement.
Description: copy from your Statement's module description, or write your own one-line.

Save.

Step 4: enter the RP and MO activities

Same loop, two more times — one for Reviewing Performance (with the reflection appendix as the supporting evidence), one for Measuring Outcomes (with your audit as the supporting evidence).

A neat trick: the RACGP portal lets you attach a single supporting document to each activity. Attach the same Statement PDF to all three. It includes the full module audit + reflection, so the same document is valid evidence for EA, RP, and MO.

Step 5: check your totals

Back on the CPD portal home, your annual totals should reflect the new entries. Compare against the PracticaCPD dashboard — they should agree. If a row doesn't match, you've either:

Mis-typed an hour value
Logged it under the wrong category
Or forgotten to save one of the three entries

PracticaCPD's dashboard is the source of truth for what you've completed in our system; the RACGP portal is the source of truth for what's been officially recorded. The job at this step is making sure the two agree.

Common mistakes

Forgetting the combined-minimum rule. Even after recording all three categories, RP + MO must total at least 25 hrs in a year. The RACGP portal flags this with an amber banner — don't ignore it.
Recording the module as one activity instead of three. You can technically log a module under a single category, but you lose the hour split and risk hitting your EA limit without crediting the RP and MO you actually did.
Skipping the activity ID. The ID isn't strictly required, but it's the only durable reference back to your evidence if the RACGP audits you in three years.

How often to do this

We'd suggest after every module completion, before you close the tab. Five minutes now beats a Saturday in December reconstructing a year's worth of CPD from memory.

How to self-record CPD with the RACGP portal