The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) is a non-for-profit, voluntary, multidisciplinary association of professionals with varying categories and levels of background and positions at different private, government and non-governmental organizations. EPHA aims for its members to participate on training and workshops through the Professional Development and Training Directorate (PDTD) over the coming ten years. The main focus of PDTD includes:
Mission: to contribute to the national health development for sound policies and practices through mobilization and active engagement of its broad-based membership, networking and partnership, and improved competence of its members to ensure the attainment of high standard of health in Ethiopia. Vision: to become a vibrant, self-reliant and iconic public health professional society with fully empowered and dynamic membership and authority in the field of public health policies and practices by 2030. Core value:
The EPHA-CPD strategic goals: EPHA has set a 10 year strategic plan and here under are the two goals in regard to CPD: - Strategic Goal 1: Increased, diversified, competent and fully engaged members Strategic Goal 3: Established center of excellence for public health globally About EPHA-CPDThe Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) is a not-for-profit, voluntary, multidisciplinary association of professionals with varying categories and levels of background and positions at different private, government and non-governmental organizations. Since its establishment in 1989 EPHA has been implementing national and continental projects/programs for the last 33 years with the aim to promote better health services for the public and uphold professional standards through advocacy, active involvement and networking. EPHA has successfully implemented various national and international projects including long and short-term pieces of trainings, organizing scientific conferences etc. following the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ethiopia’s initiative to ensure the quality and standards of health services in the country. EPHA aims for its members to participate in training and workshops through the Professional Development and Training Directorate (PDTD) over the coming ten years. The main focus of PDTD includes:
Mission: to contribute to the national health development for sound policies and practices through mobilization and active engagement of its broad-based membership, networking and partnership, and improved competence of its members to ensure the attainment of a high standard of health in Ethiopia. Who needs CPD?All healthcare workers are required to have a continuous professional development activity in order to maintain, update and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes in response to the health service needs of the public. You can read the national CPD guideline for further information.
The currently national 2015EFY CPD implementation manual gives more amplification in regard to the integration of CPD to professional as:
Special issues for 2015EFY: from the listed professional categories the 2015EFY CPD implementation manual specifically selected 09 categories. You can find the list of the 09 categories on page 07 & 08 of the 2015 CPD implementation manual. What is CPD?In order for health workers to provide quality care and meet their communities’ changing health care needs, they must become lifelong learners dedicated to updating their professional knowledge, skills, values, and practice. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) refers to all activities health professionals undertake formally to maintain, update and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes in response to the health service needs of the public. CPD is a systematic and ongoing process of education, in-service training, learning, and support activities that build on initial education and training to ensure continuing competence, extend knowledge and skills to new responsibilities or changing roles, and increase personal and professional effectiveness. Continuing Education unit (CEU): means the value attached to a learning activity for CPD.
CEU allocation for CPD accredited activities according to the national CPD guideline are listed in the table:
EPHA-CPD as AccreditorEPHA is one of the 35 CPD accreditors in Ethiopia. EPHA got its accreditor license from MOH in October 2021G.C. Currently a total of 09 (Nine) CPD providers got their provider license from EPHA this included:
EPHA accredited 08 CPD courses sent from CPD providers. This includes:
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