Medical Career Tenure & CPD Calculator

Healthcare professionals face a unique administrative challenge: translating irregular work patterns into standardized metrics for career advancement. Unlike standard corporate roles, medical careers often involve a mosaic of locum tenens work, clinical rotations, research fellowships, and part-time shifts. Regulatory bodies and hospital HR departments require precise calculations of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) years and specific clinical hour totals to determine eligibility for board certification or salary step increases.

This tool adapts the rigorous tenure tracking methodologies (similar to the "medical stazh" concept) for a global audience. It normalizes variable shift patterns into a unified Certification Readiness Report. By inputting specific employment periods, weekly hours, and leave intervals, the calculator derives the exact cumulative service time adjusted for multipliers such as rural service or hazard pay. It also aggregates Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits against regional revalidation standards, ensuring professionals remain compliant with licensing bodies like the GMC, ABIM, or Ahpra.

The core calculation standardizes various employment types into a single Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) value. This is critical for determining salary steps and board eligibility.

Where h_worked is the average weekly hours and h_standard is the regional full-time standard (typically 37.5 or 40 hours). The total adjusted tenure T is the summation across all employment periods:

Here, D_i is the duration of the period in years, and M_i is the hardship or rural multiplier (default is 1.0).