What is Continuous Professional Development (CPD)?
Is a range of purposeful learning activities, both formal and informal, that health care providers undertake throughout their career to improve performance, develop, maintain and update knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to provide safe, ethical, legal, and effective care to patients, clients and the community.
What is the legal requirement for CPD?
Participation in the CPD program for health laboratory practitioner in Tanzania is mandatory, as stipulated in the HLPC regulations of 2010 and National continuing professional development framework for health care workers in Tanzania (2016). Acquisition of CPD points shall be considered criteria for renewal of registration.
What is the annual CPD retention requirement?
The health laboratory practitioner will be required to obtain not less than 20CPD points annually each financial year. For annual CPD point verification, each member shall acquire 10% of their CPD points from professional association recognized by the council and a maximum of 40% from Category 1 activities.
Online CPD Credits
: Members may take online CPD programs from reputable international and locally recognized CPD Providers. However, recognition status of the program should be clarified by the Council program
Tanzania Ministry of Health (MoH) support development of a national consolidated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for all health care providers in Tanzania, both those licensed and those currently not licensed. The National eLearning for Health Care platform in Tanzania gives useful platform for health care providers access CPD to improve healthcare system by enhancing the provision of quality care to the population of Tanzania. The national eLearning for Health Care platform is accessed with the following link;
https://elearning.moh.go.tz/How can I access HLPC CPD Guideline? The HLPC CPD guideline is accessible in documentation menu of every Health Laboratory Practitioner and CPD provider HPRS account.