CPE Point Allocation Guide
| Formal studies Formal studies (health related post-graduate) at tertiary institution including classes, external work, assignments, examinations |
Evidence from institution | 1 per hour | 30 |
| Formal study at a tertiary institution (research related) |
Evidence from institution | 1 per hour | 20 |
| Undergraduate or post-graduate teaching/lecturing |
Evidence from institution | 1 per 6 hours | 10 |
| Naturopathic related studies at a National Qualification Framework accredited tertiary institution (non-research related e.g. Dip Massage, Dip Aromatherapy), maybe by attendance or online |
Evidence of certification | 1 per 3 hours face-to-face teaching | 15 |
| Naturopathic related studies at a non-framework accredited program (non-research related e.g.Hypnotherapy, NLP), maybe by attendance or online |
Evidence of certification | 1 per 6 hours | 30 |
| NMHNZ conference attendance |
Attendance certificate | 12 points per day | 24 points |
| NMHNZ AGM attendance |
AGM minutes | 6 | 6 |
| NMHNZ regional meetings |
Digital confirmation from Regional Coordinator | 2 per meeting | 10 |
| NMHNZ committee meeting |
Meeting minutes | 2 per meeting | 12 |
| Seminar, conference or webinar attendance (Natural Medicine Related) |
Attendance certificate | 1 per hour | 30 |
| Other Natural Medicine conference that are research based (NHAA, +) |
Attendance certificate | 12 points per day | 30 |
| Other Natural Medicine conference that are research based (eg midwifery conference, gastro, anti-aging, etc) |
Attendance certificate | 5 points per day | 15 |
| NMHNZ Accredited Ethics Course |
6 | 6 |
| Presenting (to public) |
Proof of presenting | 4 per hour | 12 |
| Presenting research paper at conference |
Proof of presenting | 10 per presentation | 20 |
| Summary of peer-reviewed health paper (from approved journal) for publication in NMHNZ media |
Supplied article | 5 per article | 15 |
| Publish referenced articles in newsletter, professional and industry journals. Including general media newspaper, magazines and others’ websites |
Article presented | 5 per 500 words | 15 |
| Author pub. not original (e.g. a review) research article (peer review) |
Article presented | 20 per article | 20 |
| Author pub. original research article |
(peer review) | 30 per article | 30 |
| Books |
Book Published | 10 per 100 Pages | 20 |
| Mentoring a graduate student |
Formal discussion topics logged and signed statement from mentee | 1 per month or mentee up to 10 points | 10 |
| Receiving professional supervision from approved professional supervisor |
Signed report from supervisor or certificate | 1 per hour | 10 |
| IT skills, marketing, web development, social media, video etc. |
Proof of completion | 1 per 2 hours | 10 |
| Volunteer work in complementary medicine for a community based agency/project |
Written evidence from organization | 1 per hour | 10 |
| Writing submission to government (and other NGOs e.g. WHO) related to the field of natural therapies (does not include signing petitions or templated versions) |
Copy of submission | 5 per submission | 10 |
| Maintaining a personal webpage with research articles/ researched blog postsEvidence of articles or blogs |
Evidence of articles or blogs | 1 per article | 6 |
| Purchase or loan of book |
Book review | 2 per book | 6 |
| Purchase of health related video |
Receipt and summary | 1 per item | 5 |
| Database Access (Natural Medicines, EBSCO) – full papers (secondary source and review articles) |
Evidence of subscription | 10 per subscription | 10 |
| Reading peer reviewed ORIGINAL RESEARCH journal article related to naturopathic practice |
Article as Evidence | 0.5pt per article | 15 |