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Continuing Medical Education (CME) refers to a specific form of continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. It is basically designed to enhance health professionals’ knowledge and skills which eventually will reflect on better health services provided. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an ongoing systematic maintenance and growth of the knowledge and skills required for health professionals to remain competent in their occupation for the benefit of a particular profession. As an example, please find below a list of competencies: ✓ Communication: Recognized as a necessary element in all efforts to improve health. Health communication can contribute to all aspects of disease prevention, health promotion, and medical care. It is also relevant in a number of contexts of our lives as individuals, patients, members of families and communities ✓ Collaboration/Team Building: This is the skill to consult effectively with the healthcare team. It requires interdisciplinary team building skills. ✓ Management/Leadership/Quality Issues: This requires skills in leadership, management of time, limited resources, quality issues and risk management. ✓ Strategic Plans: Healthcare professionals should acquire the skills to develop, implement and monitor strategies that will improve the health of the community by comprehensive prevention, therapeutic research and planning the delivery of care.

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After getting a professional degree or qualification, CPD/CME points will help healthcare professionals to upgrade their knowledge in their profession. CPD/CME is basically designed to enhance health professionals' performance, which will eventually reflect on better patient care, public services or health system. It also helps health professionals to maintain a high level of professional competence All over the world, health authorities are making CME points as mandatory requirement to maintain the professional license. Almost all specialties are required to go through this process such as Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses, Midwives, General Practitioners, Radiologists, Dentists, and Allied Health Staff.

Department of Health Abu Dhabi - The DoH Continuing Education minimum requirements are mandatory for physicians, dentists, pharmacists and nurses in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi since January 2007. As of October 2014, all healthcare professionals are required to obtain continuing education hours. Dubai Health Authority - The CPD target is based on the Full-time license category: Physicians & Dentists 40, Nurses 20, Allied Healthcare & TCAM 10). If the professional over achieves the set target, a maximum of 10 CPD points may be carried forward to the next year. However, if they underachieve, then the CPD points must be made-up for in the following year. Ministry of Health – Through the Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Guidelines, the minimum CME/CPD requirements will be the same as DoH and DHA.

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Category 1 CME focuses on education for a designated speciality content area. Requirements are set forth by your speciality board and by each individual state. These requirements can be completed in the form of lectures, conferences, and online programs. Category 2 CME activities are essentially of a self-learning nature, and should be beneficial to the practice. all educational activities not designated for Category 1 and can earn a certificate that highlights a healthcare professional’s commitment to ongoing education.

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