Continuing Professional

Development

Khalid Bin Abdulrahman

MD, DPHC, ABFM, IAF, MHSc (MEd)
Professor of Family Medicine & Medical Education

kab@imamu.edu.sa
@profkhalid_ksa
 To get answers of the following questions:
• What does PD mean?
• Why do we care?
• Who are the target audience of PD?
• How do we run it?
• When and where to make it?
• What do we expect out of it?
 What does PD mean?
• Continuing Professional development (CPD) in medical
education is defined as the education of physicians following
completion of formal training.
• CPD consists of any educational activity which helps to –
maintain, – develop or increase knowledge, – problem-
solving, – technical skills or professional performance
standards all with the goal that physicians can provide
better health care.
 Why do we care?
 The aims of CPD Your CPD activities should maintain and improve
the quality of care you give your patients and the public up to the
standards of the teams and the services in which you work.
 Your CPD should keep you up to date and competent in all the
work that you do.
 It should affirm what you do well, address areas requiring
improvement and explore new knowledge, skills and behaviors.
 Who are the target audience of CPD?
• Junior trainers
• New staff
• Senior trainers
• Expert VS non-expert in the field of medical education
How do we run it?
1. Short courses
2. Mini workshops
3. Seminars
4. Case-based discussion
5. Role play
6. Interactive lectures
7. Debate discussion
8. Simulation-based learning
9. One to one learning
10.Readings
11.YouTube learning
12.Attending conferences
When and where to make it?
 Where to find it?
At other
institution

Al national /
regional & At Riyadh
international level
level

CPD
At
At Academy
department
level
level

At MOH
level
 Balance

Personal needs

Professional Family & social

commitments demands
 What do we expect out of it?
• Satisfaction
• Networking
• Improvement
• Achievements
• UpToDate
• Break that may prevent burnout
 Take home message
• CPD is a necessity not luxury
• Need assessment is the key of a well planned activities
• All trainers are the target audience
• Formal and informal activities are recommended