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Ziyanda Mfuku
Senior Manager: CPD and
Registrations
South African Pharmacy Council
Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)
Accessible quality pharmaceutical services for all
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OVERVIEW
►Legislation
►CPD requirements
►Designation
►Annual declaration
►The CPD cycle
►Learning activities
►Assessment
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LEGISLATION► 17 May 2019 Regulations relating to continuing professional development,
2019 published for implementation
► Board Notice 174 published on 27 September 2019 indicates thecategories of persons that must comply with CPD requirements as follows:
(a) Tutors - 4 CPD entries by December 2019
(b) Categories of persons to submit 2 CPD entries by 31 December 2019
❖ Tutors and pharmacists involved in training;
❖ Responsible pharmacists;
❖ Monitoring, training and compliance officers of Council (Inspectors);
❖ Assessors, examiners, moderators;
❖ Panel members conducting accreditation and monitoring visits for HEI andSDP;
❖ Verifiers of courses.
► Guidance document published by board notice for comment on 27 September2019 (CLOSING DATE: 27 NOVEMBER 2019)
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CPD REQUIREMENTS
► Completion of the online annual declaration;
► Recording of at least six (6) CPD activities annually online; and
► Maintaining an electronic portfolio of evidence – not to be
uploaded.
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DESIGNATION
“practising" the registered person is currently providing one ormore of the services, or performing one or more of the acts,pertaining to their scope of practice.
• Everyone will be declared practising until declaredotherwise
• Must comply with CPD requirements
• Annual proof of practising status will be issued to allpractising persons
• Ability to change to non-practising
• ALL PERSONS IN BN 174 OF 2019
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DESIGNATION (cont.)
“non-practising" the registered person is currently not
providing one or more of the services, or performing one or
more of the acts, pertaining to their scope of practice.
• Persons who do not meet the CPD requirements;
• Persons who declare themselves as non-practising;
• Annual proof of the non- practising status will beissued;
• Change from non -practising to practising will bedone via an application
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THE CPD CYCLE
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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ANNUAL DECLARATION
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THE CPD CYCLE
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THE CPD CYCLE
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THE CPD CYCLE
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LEARNING ACTIVITIESNon-measurable learning activities: These are learning activitiesundertaken or presented on a once-off, non-continuous basisand do not necessarily have a clearly measurable outcome.
❖ Self-study;
❖ Written assignments submitted to a non-accredited organisation;
❖ Events presented by a non-accredited organisation or individual;
❖ Breakfast meetings, presentations or journal clubs;
❖ Case study discussions;
❖ Formally or informally organised special purpose teaching/learning wardrounds; and
❖ Conferences, symposia, refresher courses, short courses without ameasurable outcome.
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES (cont.)
Measurable / structured learning programmes: These are learningactivities presented by an accredited service provider or traininginstitution, carried out over a period covering not more than six months.
❖ Certificate received for participation in a short course, multiple-choicequestions in a journal, including an electronic journal, with a pass rate of 60%from an accredited institution or provider;
❖ Principal author or co-author of a peer-reviewed publication or chapter in abook;
❖ Review of an article/chapter in a book;
❖ Keynote speaker at an accredited conference;
❖ Invited guest/occasional lecturer to present an accredited activity; and
❖ External examiner of an undergraduate examination paper, or a master’s orDoctoral theses on completion.
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES (cont.)
Structured learning / formal programmes: This includes learning
activities that are planned, recorded and/or presented by an
accredited training institution, or evaluated by an accredited
assessor, with a measurable outcome. These are learning
activities performed over a period exceeding seven months.
❖ Supplementary courses;
❖ Diploma; and
❖ Postgraduate studies studied over a period of not less than
seven months.
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ASSESSMENTS
► Assessment for compliance
❖ Self-assessment; and
❖ Peer assessment.
► Assessment for competence
❖ Interns; and
❖ A sample of registered persons (long-term).
► Assessment of a practising person's CPD entries for the
preceding year will commence on 1 May of the following year
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What's expected of PSPs?
►Council is in the process of drafting the competency
standards for Pharmacy support personnel (PSPs);
►Pharmacy Support Personnel will only be required to
comply with CPD requirements upon implementation of
the competency standards;
► In the mean time PSP can use the CPD system to submit
their CPD entries to familiarise themselves with the
system and to learn to keep records of their CPD entries.
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QUESTIONS
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THANK YOU!
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CONTACT US
086 172 7200
@OfficialSAPC
www.sapc.za.org
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Arcadia, Pretoria