PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE-1
LESSON 10- CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIFELONG LEARNING FOR PROFESSIONALS
Leads to better health care delivery and improve patient’s
outcome
To be updated with the information ( Information Age)
Demand in an environmental filled with global markets
ASEAN Economic Community (2015) – stride towards the regional
economic integration of ASEAN Member States
Establishment of ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF):
CPD AND ITS LEGAL BASIS
To ensure the competency of professional
Longest phase of professional education and is essential to the
provision of evidence-bases health care
Ensure improvement, progression and career growth
BENEFITS TO THE INDIVIDUAL
Builds confidence and credibility
Showcase achievements; useful for appraisals
Achieves career goals by focusing on training and development
Copes positively with changes by constantly updating
knowledge and skills
Improves productivity and efficiency by reflecting learning and
highlighting the gaps in knowledge and experience
BENEFITS TO THE ORGANIZATION
Maximizes staff potential
Helps employees to set SMART objectives
Promotes staff development
Adds value for reflecting; helps staff to consciously apply
learning to their role and for the organization’s development
Linking to appraisals; helps employees focus their achievements
throughout the years
CPD AND CPE
CPE- refers to training which is linear and formal
-Focus on skills to improve professional competence
CPD- development of one’s knowledge, skills and attitude
significantly relevant to capability and competency in his
or her profession
- Mandatory and Pre-requisite for salary adjustment and career
development
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226
“ Institutionalization of the Continuing Professional Education
Programs of the Various Professional regulatory Boards under
the Supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission”
Issued by President Fidel V. Ramos on July 25, 1995
Anticipating the stiff competition on the global professional
labor market as a result of the General Agreement on Trade and
Services treaty of the World Trade Organization
Implemented thru PRC Resolution No. 381, Series of 1995 titled
”Standardized Guidelines and Procedures for the
Implementation of the Continuing Professional Education
Programs for all Professions which took effect on November 13,
1995
AO NO. 260 SERIES OF 1996
further strengthen the operation of CPE
E.O. 226 required the completion of 60 units for license renewal
Repealed by the passage of PRC Modernization Act of 2000 ( R.A
8981) on December 05, 2000
In 2004, PRC issued Resolution No. 179 mandating the
implementation of voluntary CPE program for professionals
Repealed by PRC Resolution 2008-466 which emphasized the
moral obligation of professionals to obtain CPE but in turn was
repealed by PRC Resolution 2013-774 which revised the
CPE/CPD guidelines to CPD Guidelines
What was missing in earlier orders, resolutions and issuances,
however, was a law that will empower the implementation of
CPD
REPUBLIC ACT 10912
was passed into law on July 21, 2016 and took effect on August
16, 2016.
Mandated the strengthening of CPD programs and the creation
of CPD councils for each profession
It aims to continuously improve the competence of professionals
in accordance with international standards of practice towards
the uplifting of the general welfare, economic growth and
development of the nation
The implementation of R.A. 10912 started on March 15, 2017
upon the effectivity of the PRC Resolution No. 1031, also known
as Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A 10912
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PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE-1
LESSON 10- CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
defines lifelong learning as “ learning activities undertaken
throughout life for the development of competencies and
qualifications of the professional”
CPD was defined as “the inculculation of advanced knowledge,
skills and ethical values in a post licensure specialization or in an
inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into
professional practice, self-directed research and/ or lifelong
learning”
The law seeks to formulate and implement CPD programs for
each profession in order to:
1. Enhance and upgrade the competencies and qualifications of
professionals for the practice of their professions pursuant to the
Philippine Qualifications Framework, AQRF, and the ASEAN
Mutual Recognition Agreements
2. Ensure international alignment of competencies and
qualifications
3. Ensure the development of quality assured mechanisms for the
validation, accreditation, and recognition of formal, non-formal
and informal learning outcomes including professional work
experiences and prior learning
4. Ensure maintenance of core competencies and development of
advanced and new competencies in order to respond to national,
regional and international labor markets
5. Recognize and ensure the contributions of professionals in
uplifting the general welfare, economic growth and
development of the nation
Further CPD aims to:
1. continuously improve the quality of the country’s reservoir of
registered professionals by updating them on the latest
scientific/ technological, ethical and other applicable trends in
the local and global practice of the professions
2. provide support to lifelong learning in the enhancement of
competencies of Filipino professionals towards delivery of
quality and ethical services both locally and globally
3. deliver quality CPD activities with the Philippine Qualifications
Framework for national and global comparability and
competitiveness
PRC RESOLUTION NO. 2019-1146
revises relevant provisions of the IRR of RA 10912 or the CPD Law
of 2016
published on Feb. 13, 2019 and took effect on March 1, 2019
(15 days after publication)
Revisions during the “transition period”:
1. OFWs are excluded
2. Newly licensed professional – exempted for the 1st renewal cycle
3. Required CPD units not more than 15 CU
THE CPD PROCESS
CPD Council is composed of :
Member from the PRB as chair
The president or officer of APO as first member
The president or officer of the national organization of deans of
DC of schools, colleges or universities offering the course.
Tasked to oversee the implementation of CPD
BASED ON PRC RESOLUTION NO. 7 S. 2018
Apply the respective programs to the Council at least 45 days
prior to the conduct of the activity (15 days in the new IRR during
the transition period)
CPD providers for MLS: PAMET, PASMETH, RITM, PBCC, PCQACL,
NRL-SLH/SACCL, UST, FEU-NRMF, CEU, Newborn Screening
Society of the Phil, Asian Hospital, Philippine Society of
Echocardiography, Angeles University Foundation, University of
the Immaculate Conception, UP, Bicol Sanitarium, FEU Manila,
Department of Health Regional Office III, DOH –Health facility
Bureau, Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center- Dept of
Laboratories and St. Lukes’s Medical Center- QC
CPD FOR MEDTECH
Working abroad and senior citizen
45 CPD units
Cannot be carried over to the next 3 years except for the credit
units from doctorate and masters degrees or specialty trainings
which are credited once during the compliance period
If a professional attended a training or seminar that was not
organized by a CPD provider and has no assigned CPD units, he
or she can apply the said training or seminar to the CPD council
as self-directed activity.
With cost and evaluation period of 60 days
The professional who cannot complete the required number of
units can file an affidavit of undertaking to allow him to renew
his PRC, however the shortfall in the required number of CPD
units will be added to his next renewal.
DRAWBACKS OF CPD
Difficulty of access to CPD programs for professionals assigned to
remote areas
Added financial burden & Lack of time to attend programs
To address these concerns, government agencies such as DOH
have been encouraged to apply as CPD providers and to provide
free CPD programs to their employees
Accredited professional organizations and private sectors
employers have also been encouraged to offer free CPD trainings
as part of their corporate social responsibility