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CPD - What CPD Is Available @WAVE 2024

CPD FAQ's - 20.5 HOURS CPD FOR 2024

WAVE offers both onsite and virtual delegates the opportunity to achieve 20.5 CPD Hours, including at least 10 Therapeutic Hours & 5.5 Therapeutic Interactive Hours. 

How can I achieve the maximum CPD Hours available at WAVE?
If you attend in full, all the grouped sessions over the weekend and choose to complete all the optional MCQs set on both Saturday & Sunday, passing 50%r more on each set of questions, you will score the maximum available.  PLUS watch the 4 Supplier CPD Sessions anytime between 9am Friday 15th March to 11.59pm AWST Monday 18th March 2024.

Do Virtual Delegates have the ability to score the same hours as an Onsite Delegate, in particular the Interactive Hours?
Yes, they do. Your time spent online watching WAVE 2024 is calculated and you must watch all of the presentations within a 1hr or 2hr grouped session to score for that particular component.  Same goes for the Supplier CPD Sessions. 
How will it work for a Virtual Delegate taking part in an Interactive session?
Virtual Delegates will use the Interactive Polls as willl the In Person Delegates.

Interactive for Onsite Delegates?
Access the Interactive Polls with your device, scan the QR codes on your table or enter the website code to start.

How long after WAVE do I get to complete the MCQS?
The MCQs will be available to delegates on the WAVE 2024 website until 11.59pm Monday 18th March 2024 AWST.  You can view the questions, download the questions and attempt the questions online as many times as you like during the time available.

How many MCQS are there and what are they worth in time?
There are 6 sets of MCQS on Saturday and 4 sets of MCQS on Sunday.  Plus the Supplier CPD MCQS makes a total of 14 sets of MCQS.

Each set contains either 5 or 10 or 15 questions and to pass, you need to correctly answer 50%.  Passing a set of 10 questions allows you to score an additional 30 minutes towards the maximum CPD hours advertised.  Passing a set of 5 MCQS gives you an additional 15 minutes CPD and 15 MCQS will give an additional 45 mins CPD.  These totals have been calculated in the max CPD score available.

All MCQS must be submitted online but you can use the Printed or PDF MCQ Handout to help you and then enter your answers online before the closing date. 
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What CPD Can I Achieve?
WAVE Live offers both onsite and virtual delegates the opportunity to achieve 20.5 CPD Hours, including a minimum of 10 Therapeutic Hours & 5.5 Therapeutic Interactive Hours.

The 5.5 hours Interactive will also be Therapeutic, so you will more than meet you Therapeutic Interactive requirements for the year at WAVE 2024.
The 20.5 CPD Hours total Includes watching all Supplier CPD & MCQS as detailed below.

What Other CPD Is On Offer at WAVE 2024?
WAVE 2024 offers In Person & Virtual Delegates the opportunity to watch additional Supplier CPD on offer from Friday 15th March to 11.59pm Monday 18th March 2024 AWST.

What is the Maximum CPD Available@ WAVE 2024?
Attending WAVE weekend in full offers 17 hours in total with the option to increase to a max of 20.5 hours total CPD with the addition of our Supplier CPD sessions.

This is based on completing and passing (at 50%) all MCQ assessments.

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