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Tribune News Network
Doha
THE Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) has processed 32 provider accreditation requests and accredited 1,819 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities which counted for 12,133 credit hours and 83,109.7 educational hours since its inception and until March 2018, the council has said.
This provided more than 400,000+ educational opportunities and 2,000,000+ granted credits for the healthcare practitioners in Qatar which helped them to retain a high rate of compliance (averaged 88.65%) with the National CME/CPD Program requirements.
The council, under the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), celebrated the successful run of its national system of the National Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework, programme and accreditation system for the second year.
The QCHP held activities for healthcare practitioners, CPD providers and surveyors that spanned over the course of four days and were organised under the patronage of the Ministry of Public Health.
The celebration featured an accredited seminar for healthcare practitioners during which the practitioners were oriented about different types and formats of CPD activities recognised by the national CME/CPD framework.
The seminar also highlighted the requirements for participation in the national CME/CPD programme and how to record and report such participation using the healthcare practitioners' CPD e-portfolio.
The following two days were dedicated to the 'Leadership skills for CPD Professionals' workshop, which was facilitated by Dr Graham McMahon, president and CEO of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and Dr Chitra Subramaniam, chief learning officer at AO North America, the USA.
The workshop focused on building the capacity and providing hands-on training on the leadership skills needed for the staff and faculty running the CPD units of QCHP-accredited CPD providers and was very well-perceived by more than 60 participants.
The last event 'Annual Accredited CPD Providers' Retreat' gathered the 13 QCHP-AD accredited providers who were given the opportunity to present their achievements, the challenges they faced and their future plans to contribute to the success of the national CME/CPD programme and accreditation system.
The highlight of the summit was the launch of 'Qatar's Healthcare CPD Community', which was introduced by Dr Samar Aboul Soud, A/CEO of QCHP.
The CPD community is one of the latest achievements in QCHP's arsenal. Its concept is to bring together CPD professionals to converse, engage and collaborate for the development of Qatar's healthcare community.
