Below please find a step-to-step process on how to fill in and submit the CPE Return.
Deadline of submission: 31st January 2010

1. Section 1: MIA Accredited Events
Click on the ‘Add New’ Button and you will be automatically directed to a page where all the 2009 accredited events are listed. Identify the course which you have attended and click on the word ‘Add’ to add the course to your CPE list. When all the attended accredited courses have been added, press on the ‘CPE Activity’ to go back to your CPE return. Insert the certificate number by pressing on the notepad button. Press the white-crossed red button to delete any erroneous entries.

2. Section 2: MIA organized Events
Attended MIA organized events automatically show in your CPE return. 

Members need to quote the unique certificate number, displayed on the top right-hand corner of the relevant certificate, for every MIA organised (e.g. MIA/215/123) and MIA accredited (e.g. IFSP/MIA207/123) CPE event attended in 2009. Members should retain the certificates for future reference.

3.  Section 3: Other Events
Press the ‘Add New’ button, enter the required details and save. Press the notepad button if you want to make any changes to what you have just inputted. Press the white-crossed red button to delete any erroneous entries.

As laid down in paragraphs 4.5, 4.2 and 4.3 of the MIA CPE Regulations, a Member can claim his/her attendance to an event as structured CPE, even if this was neither organised nor accredited by the MIA, provided that the following 3 criteria are met:
(a) Relevance – given the different members’ needs, it is the individual member’s responsibility to assess what activities (i) are relevant to his or her circumstances and to the exercise of the profession, and (ii) increase his/her professional competence. A Member shall also, to his or her best knowledge and judgement, assign the hours to the attainment of competencies specified in paragraph 4.14 (Core Competencies), paragraph 4.15 (Professional Competencies) or paragraph 5.4 (c) (Other Relevant Areas);
(b) Measurable – the event has an assigned number of hours; and
(c) Verifiable – the learning can be objectively verified by a competent source (a certificate of attendance would serve this purpose)

4. Section 4: Qualifying Activities
Press the ‘Add New’ button, enter the required details and save. Press the notepad button if you want to make any changes to what you have just inputted. Press the white-crossed red button to delete any erroneous entries.

Activities that fall under this category include:

Service on technical committees and panels
These activities must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 4.6 of the MIA CPE Regulations.

Web-based learning activities
These activities must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 4.7 of the MIA CPE Regulations.

Lecture preparation and lecturing
These activities must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 4.8 of the MIA CPE Regulations.

Post-tertiary courses
These activities must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 4.9 of the MIA CPE Regulations.

Other activities
Other activities other than the above that meet the 3 criteria listed in point 3 

5. Section 5: Unstructured Activities
Press the ‘Add New’ button, enter the required details and save. Press the notepad button if you want to make any changes to what you have just inputted. Press the white-crossed red button to delete any erroneous entries.

Unstructured activities include individual home study and private reading. Other activities that are relevant and measurable but not verifiable also fall under this category.

6. Once data inputting is completed, re-check all the entries as the system does not allow changes once the return is submitted. 

7. Press ‘Submit’ to submit the CPE return online.

8. Upon submission, a notification of submission automatically appears on your screen. You will also have the option to view, save or print your submitted CPE return.