DOHA: The Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) organised a special event to honour the accredited continuous professional development (CPD) providers who represent different sectors of the healthcare system and are involved in providing CME/CPD activities in Qatar.
The QCHP has accredited seven CPD providers so far: College of Pharmacy-Qatar University, Department of Health Sciences-Qatar University, College of North Atlantic-Qatar, Weil Cornell Medical College-Qatar, Primary Health Care Corporation, Learning and Development-Supreme Council of Health and Al Emadi Hospital.
To facilitate the accreditation process for other CPD providers, accredited CPD providers shared with a group of non-accredited ones their experiences in the accreditation system and challenges they faced during their accreditation process.
During the event, new accreditation standards for CPD provider organisations were presented.
The Accreditation Department developed the standards in partnership with Royal College Canada International (RCCI) and stakeholders engaged in CME/CPD from public and private healthcare organisations and academic institutions in Qatar.
The Accreditation Department plans to organise the event annually. Its team also held the ‘Accreditation Summit 3’ workshop in association with RCCI as part of a series of workshops to educate stakeholders on new standards for the National accreditation System and CPD Framework.
The workshop was led by Professor Craig Campbell, Director for CPD, RCCI, and Dr Samar Aboulsoud, Manager, Accreditation Department, QCHP.
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