Free Online CPD courses for Ethiopian health professionals – WCEA, July 1 2023
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What is CPD?
• 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 denotes to the period of education and training of health professionals commencing after completion of basic or postgraduate health professional training.
What are the requirements for Health Professionals’ License Renewal?
– CPD will give you a CEU (Continuing Educational Unit) which is required for your license renewal. Any health professional is required to have:-
– 30 CEU per year
– 90 CEU at the end of third year
– CEU is collected from accredited CPD provider
– The maximum point to get from one CPD training is 15 CEU
– CEU should be earned from a particular course only once within a licensure period except for ethics which should be collected every year with 5 CEU.
– CEU collected during one Budget year cannot be transferred to next year
N.B This CPD training was planned by MoH on Hidar 2011 E.C and it Started Implementation starting from the Ethiopian Year 2013.
Which health Professionals need CPD for license Renewal?
– Medical Doctors
– Medical Laboratory Technology
– Pharmacy
– Midwifery
– Anesthesia
– Nursing
– Health Officer
Earn CEU Points Online
1. Ethiopian Medical Association
EMA has got expensive CPD and COVID-19 courses of NHS, health Education England and Wealth and from other internationally respected educators for FREE to its members for two years from WCEA through World Medical Association.
The Ethiopian Medical Association via a collaboration with WCEA (Partner of the World Medical Association), has launched a free branded online platform and mobile app with FREE COVID-19 resources with an array of Free CPD resources for all medical practitioners from globally respected providers.
The App allows you to study online & offline.
You can go to this link to get a free access to the courses :-
https://engagement.wcea.education/EMA
2. Ethiopia Nurses Association
The Ethiopia Nurses Association in collaboration with the WCEA (partner of the International Council of Nurses) is providing all members with access to a Mobile App & Online CPD & training platform.
The App contains FREE access to current and relevant topics such as Vaccine Handling and Administration, Mental Health & Psychosocial Support, and much more.
The App allows you to study online & offline. We are also providing free access to journals and articles and we are hosting webinars in which you will be able to register within the App.
Please complete your registration now so the association can send you the instructions to download the App and your username and password.
After Registration You will receive instructions on how to access both the online Learning Management System and the Mobile application. You will then take a short course which explains how to use the system, take courses and submit your certificates.
You can go to this link to get a free access to the courses :- (leave the membership code empty)
https://engagement.wcea.education/ENA
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3. Ethiopian Midwives Association
The Ethiopian Midwives Association through a collaboration with the WCEA is providing all members with access to a Mobile App & Online training platform.
The App allows you to study online & offline. EMwA is also providing free access to journals and articles and we are hosting webinars in which you will be able to register within the App.
You can go to this link to get a free access to the courses :-
https://engagement.wcea.education/EMIA
4. Ethiopian Association of Anesthetists
The Ethiopian Association of Anesthetists via a collaboration with WCEA (Partner of the World Medical Association), has launched a free online platform and mobile app with an array of Free CPD resources for all Anesthetists from globally respected providers.
The App allows you to study online & offline. We are also providing free access to journals and articles and we are hosting webinars in which you will be able to register within the App.
You can go to this link to get a free access to the courses :-
https://engagement.wcea.education/EAA
5. Public Health Officers Association of Ethiopia
The Public Health Officers Association of Ethiopia via a collaboration with WCEA (Partner of the World Medical Association), has launched a free branded online platform and mobile app with Free CPD resources from globally respected providers.
You can go to this link to get a free access to the courses :-
https://engagement.wcea.education/phoa
6. Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Association
Please make sure that the CPD courses you are going to select and take are pharmacy courses that can fill perceived/objective gaps in knowledge, skill and/or attitude in your respective area of practice.
https://engagement.wcea.education/epa
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7. FMOH
You can Open an Account on FMOH website and access COVID-19 , Family Planning, Public Health Concern and Maternal and child Health training.
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