Criteria

Accredited Independent Healthcare Professional membership and status will be awarded to Healthcare Professionals who:
• Are Associate members of AGIP (BSG)
• Are state registered where appropriate
• Have obtained appropriate academic qualifications and professional competencies through one of our two approved training routes
1) Scientist Training Programme (STP) in Gastrointestinal Physiology (Modernising Scientific Careers) or
2) Accredited Scientific Practice (ASP) route. Please specify the ASP Programme(s) you have completed and been assessed as competent in
- Upper
- Lower
- Both

The AGIP symposium and the AGIP AGM fulfil 2½ hours of external CPD. Attendance at 1 full day of the BSG annual conference fulfils all 5hours of external CPD required per annum.
In order to retain Accredited Independent Healthcare Professional membership and status, CPD must be undertaken annually and submitted every other year by the March 31st to the Accreditation Office via the AGIP online platform:

CPD Requirements
• 10 hours CPD which can include a mixture of both in-house or mandatory training and external training/courses – per year.
• 3 Reflective Practice accounts which must be based on the CPD submissions – per year (therefore 6 submissions in total to cover AGIPs CPD requirement).
 
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