ACCESSING THE CPD APP BY ANDROID OR IOS Android users who wish to download the App need to go to the “Google Play Store” and in the search box type IIMS CPD. The App has the IIMS logo, so will not be hard to identify. Click on INSTALL. Once installed, open the App. Login using your IIMS credentials. Once logged in, click on the ellipses icon on top right, and select “Help”. This will redirect you to a HELP page. Read the document once and using the App should be self-explanatory.
IOS users who wish to download the App, need to go to “App Store”, click on the “Search” icon and in the search box type IIMS CPD. The app has the IIMS logo, so will not be hard to identify. Click on GET and then INSTALL. Once installed, open the App. Login using your IIMS credentials. Once logged in, click on the ellipses icon on top right, and select “Help”. This will redirect you to a HELP page. Read the document once and using the app should be straightforward.
The three year CPD cycle ended on 1 January 2017 with immediate effect. From 1 January 2017 the IIMS CPD scheme is based on one single calendar year, in other words from January to December 2017 and so on thereafter. All CPD accounts for members have been set to zero and any existing points prior to 1 January 2017 are lost. A member’s aim now is to acquire 10 CPD points in this and subsequent calendar years to keep them up to date. The activities for how a member can claim points are slightly changed, but it is the administration of how points are requested and managed that alters significantly by the introduction of the App.
USING THE APP As stated above, each IIMS member will have a unique log in consisting of email address and password that is used to access the membership page on the IIMS web site. Members will be encouraged to claim points in real time rather than saving up a claim for months. So for example, let’s say a member attended an IIMS training day yesterday. At the end of the event, or once home, the member can open the App to make a claim for 5 points for the training event from the drop down menu on “Claim CPD points”.
The claim is submitted. An automatic email comes back to the member to advise them that their points claim has been submitted and will be verified soon. At the same time an email comes into IIMS advising the team that a member has claimed 5 points for attending the IIMS training day. The IIMS Membership Secretary will click to accept or decline each claim. Assuming the claim is verified and accepted, an email is automatically sent back to the member to inform them that 5 CPD points have been added to their CPD account and that they now only require 5 more points by 31 December 2017 to make their annual quota. Members can check their CPD account themselves to see that the points have been allocated and added successfully. This process repeats each time a member makes a successful CPD points claim, with the number required counting down automatically. There is no limit to the number of points a member can claim in a year, but only 3 CPD points can be carried forward to the following year, which the App will automatically do. A member can send attachments to substantiate and prove their claims too if necessary. For example, let’s say a member attended a boat show (worth one point). The member took a photo of themselves at the event and attached it to the App as proof! A successful CPD claim.
Commenting on this initiative, IIMS Chief Executive Officer, Mike Schwarz, said, “I am delighted at what has been achieved to streamline an activity that was cumbersome and took up a lot of time to process for both members and the head office team. The result is stunning. My thanks to IIMS member, Capt Ruchin Dayal and his team in Goa, for developing a solution that more than meets my expectations and initial specification.”
In the event a member does not make any CPD points claims during the year, he/she will be reminded periodically and automatically by email that they have a duty and responsibility to acquire the necessary points by the 31 December.
The IIMS Management Board will monitor the progress over the first year of the CPD App before discussing and deciding what action should be taken against those who fail to register any CPD points.
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