ethiopian food, medicine and healthcare administration and control authority efmhaca

Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Healthcare

Administration and Control Authority

EFMHACA

Quality health services and products to all Citizen EFMHACA

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

For Health Professionals in Ethiopia

Mesafint AbejeDirector

HIPRLD,FMHACAAugust 2014 Addis Ababa


1. Introduction

2. Development of CPD Guideline and Directive

3. Highlights of CPD Guideline and Directive

4. Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders

5. The advantage of CPD for health professionals

6. Activities done

7. The way forward

Outline


Proclamation No. 661/2009 Article 33/1

• No person shall practice as a health professional without having obtained a professional practice license issued by the appropriate organ.

Proclamation No. 661/2009 Article 33/2

• Professional practice license given to any health professional shall be renewed every five years upon ethical and competence evaluation.

1. Introduction


Regulation No. 299/2013 Article 66/1

• In applying renewal of professional license, any health professional shall present certificate of completion of the required CPD in his/her profession.


Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

CPD is defined as a range of learning activities through which health professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they retain their capacity to practice safely, effectively and legally within their evolving scope of practice.


Types of CPD learning activities 1. Formal 2. Informal NOTE Even If CPD may include formal or informal

learning activities; as a new system implementation in the country the Guideline and the directive focus only on formal learning activities to measure and manage easily.


FMOH and FMHACA have been working hard to establish CPD system especially in the last three years.

TWG composed of FMOH, FMHACA, professional associations, training institutions, and development partners has been established.

The draft CPD Guideline has been developed.National workshop has been conducted.CPD Guideline and Directive have been

finalized and approved by FMHACA.

2. Development of CPD Guideline

and Directive


Purpose of the Guideline and the Directive

With the ultimate aim of improving the health status of Ethiopians through the delivery of quality health services by competent health professionals, the guideline and the directive helps to establish a CPD system in the country through outlining the process of accreditation of CPD courses and CPD providers and linking CPD with re-licensure.

3. Highlights of CPD Guideline and

Directive


The objective of the Guideline and Directive To provide guidance:1. The standards of CPD;2. The overall CPD accreditation of courses and providers;3. Course credit designation;4. Responsibilities of major stakeholders on the implementation;5. Documentation, monitoring and evaluation of CPD process;


• The guideline and the directive will govern all health professionals who are licensed by FMHACA and regional health regulatory bodies and practicing in Ethiopia.

Scope of the Guideline and Directive


CPD need assessmentCPD should be need based

Two approaches of CPD need assessment:-Top down approach Bottom up approach

• In top down approach, FMOH, FMHACA and Professional Associations will recommend relevant CPD activities for health professionals based on new scientific development, revised national guidelines and changes in health service delivery.


• In bottom up approach, health professionals will identify their own individual learning needs based on their performance appraisal and ability to accomplish annual plans.

All health professionals are expected to participate in CPD activities in order to acquire re-licensure (to renew professional license).


Accreditors are institutions including professional associations to pre-accredit CPD providers and courses for later approval by FMHACA that they meet the criteria set out.

The role of Accreditors is to review and pre accredit applications for the provision of CPD activities and send the pre-accredited documents to FMHACA for approval.

Potential Accreditors should apply to FMHACA to function as an Accreditor.

Accreditors


CPD Providers are public or private institutions including: Professional Associations, Universities, Health science colleges, and other training institutions which meet the

criteria and have been accredited by FMHACA or its designated accreditor to present learning activities for CPD.

CPD providers and courses have to be accredited by FMHACA or Accreditors.

CPD Providers


• Credit points for a CPD course shall be obtained only if the course received is accredited by a Course Accreditor and approved by FMHACA.

• Credit points should only be claimed if the activity or the course is relevant to the applicants practice.

• Professionals in all health science fields are required to earn at least 30 CEU per year and 150 CEU per five years to get a re-licensure

Credit point requirements and

allocation


• The maximum credit point that can be earned from a single CPD course shall not exceed 15 CEUs.

• Credit points should be earned from a particular course only once within a licensure period.

• CPD credit points collected during one budget year cannot be transferred to another year.

• Professionals attending courses leading to a degree may not be obliged to fulfill the credit points requirement for that year.


S.No Activity Credit (CEU)1 In-service training (group based) 1 CEU per 1 contact

hour

2 Workshop 0.5 CEU per 1 hour of

attendance

3 e-learning (enduring materials, on-line

etc)

1 CEU per 1 hour of

engagement

4 Scientific Conference 0.25 CEU per 1 hour of

attendance

5 Review a research article for journal 3 CEU per article

reviewed

Allocated CEUs for selected activities


S.No Activity Credit (CEU)6 Publish a research article in a peer

reviewed journal:

Principal author

Co-author

20 CEU per article

10 CEU per article

7 Chapters in a book/training module in area of specialization:1st (or single) author2nd author (and beyond)

10 CEU per chapter or module 5 CEU per chapter or module

8 Writing a book in area of specialization All the required CEUs

per annum

9 Presentations in conference:

Oral presentation

Poster presentation

10 CEU per presentation

5 CEU per presentation


S.No Activity Credit (CEU)10 Delivering training/workshop 2 CEU per 1 hour

session

11 Guest lecture (applies to non-routine

tasks)

2 CEU per 1 hour

session

12 Panelist 1 CEU per 1hr of

engagement

13 Assessing masters or doctoral thesis 5 CEU Per Thesis


1. FMHACA: It will establish a CPD unit which is responsible

for routine CPD implementation activities. It will also establish a CPD Accreditation

Committee composed of at least seven members from FMOH, professional associations, teaching/training Institutions and other relevant stakeholders.

4. Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders


The roles and responsibilities of the committee

• It develops implementation guidelines and manuals;

• Appoints new accreditors or reappoints the existing accreditors every five years;

• Give CPD providers accreditation status;• Approve CPD courses and CPD providers pre-

accredited by Accreditors;• Investigates complaints against accreditors and

takes action accordingly;


• Ensures that high standards are set and maintained for Accreditors and Accredited CPD Providers

• Oversees the conduct of need assessment of CPD activities for health professionals in collaboration with FMOH, RHBs and professional associations every year and prescribes important CPD activities based on the assessment

• Reviews the CPD Accreditation Guideline when necessary;


2. FMOH Facilitate continuing development of all health

professionals in the country Encourage professional associations and CPD

providers in identifying CPD activities and courses

Ensure in-service trainings considered as CPD courses with credit points

Organize CPD activities and identify means to fund and sustain CPD in collaboration with FMHACA and stakeholders


3. Regional Health Bureaus Coordinate the undertaking of CPD need

assessment Participate in the identification of CPD courses Facilitate continuing development of all health

professionals in the respective region Mobilize resources for in-service training and CPD

activities of health professionals working in the region


4. Professional Associations Function as major initiators and promoters of

CPDPropose CPD activities and recommend credit

point requirements for the respective professionServe as CPD provider in their respective

professionServe as Accreditor if delegated by FMHACA and

fulfilling the requirementsActively participate in CPD activities need

assessment


5. Employers of Health Professionals (Public/Private)Undertake CPD need assessment for their

health professionals and report the result to the relevant bodies

Avail adequate time for their employees CPD activities

May solicit fund for their employee’s CPD activities


6. Health Professionals All health professionals are required to

complete the specified CEUs of accredited continuing education activities each year .

Health professionals who are registered in more than one profession are required to obtain CEUs for each profession.

Each health professional shall avail certificate of attendance during relicensing.


1. To maintain competency2. To increase knowledge and skill 3. To stay up to date4. To improve profession image and work

situation5. To increase job satisfaction6. To increase financial gain

5. The advantage of CPD for

health professionals


• Advocacy of CPD Guideline and Directive

Upload on FMHACA Website

Printing and distribution

Presentations and discussions

• Establishing CPD Accreditation Committee

• CPD Implementation action plan

6. Activities Done


7. The way forward

Appointing Accreditors

Accrediting CPD Providers and courses

Undertake CPD need assessment regularly

CPD credit points shall be a criteria for

relicensing of health professionals


“The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day After.“

Newton Diehl Baker


Website of FMHACA to access CPD Guideline and Directive

www.fmhaca.gov.et

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