Continuing Professional Development
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has
committed to reconfiguring its Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
programme to ensure it addresses the ultimate objective of the philosophy of
continuing professional development – ‘the acquisition of new, current
knowledge and measurable professional skills, with an end benefit to the
patient or client’.
In this spirit of dedication to best practice and a
desire to act and serve wisely and well, Council’s over-arching CPD Committee
re-worked the initial draft for a new programme to incorporate the valuable
inputs received from stakeholders.
Please note that the Council has resolved that all practitioners have to ensure
that ethics and human rights CPD activities form an integral part of their CPD
portfolio as from 1 January 2007.
CPD remains an ethical as well as statutory
obligation – practitioners should keep proof of all activities attended (do not
submit to the HPCSA). Continuing Education Units will have a shelve life of two
years. The number of points to be collected per annum is 30 across all
professions.
For CPD documents, please go to our archives
section, and chose “Latest articles/documents” for the following:
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Final guidelines pertaining to Continuing Professional Development
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Criteria and guidelines for Accreditors and Service Providers
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CPD 1-Individual Activity Record
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CPD 2-Application for Accreditation as a Service Provider
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CPD 2A-Application for Approval of CPD Activities
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CPD 3-Attendance Certificate
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Accreditation fees
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