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Interactive workshop

Section 3.1 | Practice development and review

CAPE: Professionalism

In an interactive workshop, participants learn a skill, practise it, and give or receive feedback before applying it to their clinical practice. 

There must be an opportunity:

  • for all participants to practice the skill in an environment that allows for feedback on the performance of the skill
  • to apply the skills to real life examples
  • to reflect on how the skill will be applied to improve practice.

Types of interactive workshops

The workshop needs to fall into one of two categories to meet requirements for Section 3.1.

Problem or issue-based workshop

This style of workshop is designed to use the skills and knowledge of a group of participants to solve a problem, identify solutions, determine priorities, gather feedback on resources or to generate ideas and options to address an issue.

This kind of workshop requires participants work collaboratively towards an agreed outcome.

Skills improvement workshop

Skill improvement workshops commonly have a clinical focus, for example using an assessment tool or applying a therapeutic approach.

This type of workshop is designed to improve the expertise of individual practitioners through instruction in a particular therapy, technique or skill, with the opportunity for practise this skill and receive feedback.

There must also be the opportunity to reflect and plan on how you will implement skills learnt into your practice and how will this influence your clinical practice.

Example

An interactive workshop aimed at practice improvement could bring together key stakeholders to help solve a problem, identify solutions for work or practice issues, or to determine strategies, priorities and visions, improve working relationships or to gather feedback to improve a resource, tool or service.

An outcome from this type of interactive workshop would be “I’m helping to improve the system by overcoming this problem that has been identified in my workplace”.

In a psychiatry CPD context, workshops could be focused on communication and language skills, interviewing or psychotherapeutic skills.

Still not sure if your workshop qualifies as interactive?

Common features of interactive workshops:

  • small groups 
  • real or simulated patients 
  • focus groups
  • a deep reflective element 
  • role play 
  • feedback 
  • experiential 
  • brainstorming.

Non-interactive (didactic) workshops

In contrast, non-interactive or didactic workshops cannot be claimed under Section 3.1.

They commonly include:

  • expert-guided learning
  • knowledge building
  • learning about a skill
  • a lecture or presentation by subject expert or facilitator.

Non-interactive workshops can be claimed in Section 4.

Evidence required for MyCPD

  • Attendance certificate.
  • Reflection on how you will apply the learning to your practice. This could include evidence of the new skill being applied or plans to implement a change process.
  • CAPE domain: Professionalism

Resources

Last updated 15 December 2025