Nowadays most professional bodies require their members to have been involved in some kind of on-going technical development each year. This is to ensure the continuing high level of competence that practitioners should maintain after qualification. In keeping with NEA's objectives in the education of both young and old, Dunreath has been running Continuing Professional Development, or CPD, courses.

'Forensic Dentistry and How the Law may Impact on your Dental Practice' was a Saturday morning seminar held in November 2004. Approved by the NHS in Scotland, dentists were paid to attend the seminar. Some 400 practitioners were informed by post. The organisation and execution of this seminar was carried out by friends of Dunreath.

In December 2004, the General Council for Teachers in Scotland approved Dunreath as a Continuing Professional Development provider for Teachers. As a consequence, education professionals have been able to receive certificates of attendance at Dunreath activities relevant to the subjects they teach.

For medical practitioners and students as well as others, Dunreath and the University of Glasgow's Catholic Chaplaincy jointly organised a seminar entitled, 'The Stem Cell Debate: Science, Politics and Ethics'. The seminar paper was given by Professor Neil Scolding of the University of Bristol and took place in the Glasgow University Union. It was well attended and generated a lively debate afterwards.

Dunreath has also hosted a series of meetings to help stimulate the reading of good books entitled, 'The Last Fridays Book Club'.  The plan is for all participants to read a mutually agreed book, and then to have a discussion led by an expert in the topic on the Last Friday of each month.