Module 1.

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CONTINUING
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

1. explain the importance of lifelong learning among laboratory professionals;
2. discuss the legal basis for the implementation of CPD law in the Philippines;
3. determine the process of application for and acquisition of CPD units for
registered professionals; and
4. identify factors that affect the implementation of the CPD law in the
Philippine context.
 LIFELONG LEARNING FOR PROFESSIONALS

➢ Professionals are expected to have skills that are on par with the requirements of
companies to ensure the quality of service they will render.
➢ Higher level of education among health care providers leads to better health care
delivery and improved patient outcomes.
➢ The age of digital revolution requires professionals to be adept in manipulating these
ICT tools for the efficient delivery of services to the public.
➢ Lifelong learning is a demand in an environment filled with global markets.
➢ The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 was a historical
milestone and a huge stride towards the regional economic integration of ASEAN
Member States (AMS)
➢ ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) – common reference
framework that enables comparison of educational qualifications across AMS.
▪ To encourage the development of qualifications that can facilitate lifelong
learning.
 CPD AND ITS LEGAL BASIS

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

▪ To ensure the competency of professionals
▪ Maintenance, enhancement and extension of knowledge, expertise, and
competence of professionals after attaining a bachelor’s degree.
▪ The longest phase of professional education
▪ Provides a structured framework to ensure improvement, progression, and
career growth that benefits both professionals and their respective
organizations.
 BENEFITS OF CPD

Benefits to the individual Benefits to the organization

Builds confidence and credibility Maximizes staff potential

Showcases achievements; useful for Helps employees to set SMART (specific,

appraisals measurable, realistic and time-bound)
objectives
Achieves career goals by focusing on training Promotes staff development
and development
Copes positively with changes by constantly Adds value for reflecting; helps staff to
updating knowledge and skill consciously apply learning to their role and for
the organization’s development
Improves productivity and efficiency by Linking to appraisals; helps employees focus
reflecting learning and highlighting the gaps their achievements throughout the years
in knowledge and experience
 CPD and CPE

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

➢ Refers to training which is linear and formal
➢ Training objectives:
▪ Focused on learning a particular skill or set of skills to improve
professional competence

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

➢ Refers to the development of one’s knowledge, skills, and attitude significantly
relevant to capability and competency in his or her profession
➢ Pre-requisite for salary adjustment and career advancement in developed
countries
 CPD and CPE

▪ Executive Order No. 266 “Institutionalization of the Continuing Professional

Education (CPE) Programs of the Various Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs)
under the Supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)”
➢ Issued by President Fidel V. Ramos on July 25, 1995
➢ Required for all Filipino professionals to undergo continuing education
programs
➢ November 13, 1995 - Implemented through PRC Resolution No. 381, series of
1995 titled “Standardized Guidelines and Procedures for the
Implementation of the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs
for all Professions”
 CPD and CPE

▪ Administrative Order No. 260 series of 1996 and E.O. No. 266
➢ Required the completion of 60 CPE units as a condition for the renewal of
licenses of professionals in the country
➢ December 5, 2000 - repealed by the passage of the PRC Modernization Act of
2000 (R.A. 8981)

▪ Resolution No. 179

➢ Issued by PRC on 2004
➢ Mandating the implementation of a voluntary CPE program for professionals
➢ Repealed by PRC Resolution 2008-466 which emphasized the moral obligation
of professionals to obtain CPE units
❑ Repealed by PRC resolution 2013-774 which revised the CPE/CPD
Guidelines to CPD Guidelines
 CPD and CPE

▪ Republic Act 10912 (July 21, 2016)

➢ Passed into law and took effect on August 16, 2016
➢ Mandated the strengthening of CPD Programs for all regulated professions and
the creation of CPD Councils for each profession
➢ Aims to continuously improve the competence of professionals in accordance
with international standards of practice towards the uplifting of the general
welfare, economic growth and development of the nation
➢ March 15, 2017 – start of the implementation upon the effectivity of the PRC
Resolution No. 1032 (Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 10912)
 CPD and CPE

▪ Republic Act 10912

➢ Defines lifelong learning as “learning activities undertaken throughout life for
the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional”
➢ CPD defined as “the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical
values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field
of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research,
and/or lifelong learning.”
 Republic Act No. 10912

1. Enhance and upgrade the competencies and qualifications of professionals for the practice
of their professions pursuant to the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF), the AQRF,
and the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs);
2. Ensure international alignment of competencies and qualifications of professionals
through career progression mechanisms leading to specialization/ subspecialization;
3. Ensure the development of quality-assured mechanisms for the validation, accreditation,
and recognition of formal, non-formal, and informal learning outcomes, including
professional work experiences and prior learning;
4. Ensure maintenance of core competencies and development of advanced and new
competencies, in order to respond to national, regional, and international labor market
needs; and
5. Recognize and ensure the contributions of professionals in uplifting the general welfare,
economic growth, and development of the nation.
CPD aims to:
1. Continuously improve the quality of the country’s reservoir of
registered professionals by updating them on the latest
scientific/technological/ethical and other applicable trends in the
local and global practice of the professions;
2. Provide support to lifelong learning in the enhancement of
competencies of Filipino professionals towards delivery of quality and
ethical services both locally and globally; and
3. Deliver quality CPD activities aligned with the Philippines
Qualifications Framework (PQF) for national and global comparability
and competitiveness.
 THE CPD PROCESS
❑ CPD Council is generally tasked to oversee the implementation of the CPD program of
the profession including the evaluation and monitoring of CPD programs
❑ CPD Council of each profession is composed of:
1. Chair - member from the Professional Regulatory Board (PRB)
2. First member – president or officer of an Accredited Professional Organization (APO)
3. Second member – president or officer of the national organization of deans or
department chairpersons of schools, colleges, or universities offering the course
requiring the licensure examination

❑ For Medical Technology Profession:

1. First member – president of the PAMET
2. Second member – president of the PASMETH
 THE CPD PROCESS
❑ CPD Providers need to apply their respective program to the CPD Council at least 45 days
prior to the conduct of the CPD apply.
❑ CPD is mandatory requirement in the renewal of the professional identification card (PIC)
of all registered and licensed professionals under the regulation of PRC.
➢ Professionals working abroad and senior citizen
➢ Professionals are required to renew his/her PIC every three years
➢ Must acquire a stipulated number of CPD units
▪ For RMTs, the required number of CPD units for PIC renewal is 45 units/15
units per year for three years
▪ Excess number of CPD units cannot be carried over to the next three-year
period EXCEPT for the credit units from doctorate and master’s degree or
special trainings
 THE CPD PROCESS
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc. Centro Escolar University – College of Medical Technology
(PAMET)

Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology Newborn Screening Society of the Philippines
and Public Health, Inc. (PASMETH)

Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) Asian Hospital

Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC) Philippine Society of Echocardiography

Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Angeles University Foundation

Laboratories

National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS and other University of the Immaculate Conception
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, San Lazaro Hospital (NRL-
SLH/SACCL)

University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Pharmacy – University of the Philippines Manila – College of Public
Department of Medical Technology Health

Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Bicol Sanitarium

School of Medical Technology

Department of Health Regional Office III Department of Health – Health Facility Development Bureau

Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center – Department St. Luke’s Medical Center
of Laboratories
Required Number of CPD Units during the Transition Period

Minimum CPD Units Required for

PIC Renewal Period
the Profession
January to June 2017 0%

July to December 2017 30%

2018 60%

2019 onwards 100%

CPD Programs
➢ Consist of structured to non-structured activities with definite learning processes and
outcomes.
➢ Examples of CPD activities:
❑ Formal learning, non-formal learning, informal learning, self-directed learning,
online learning activities, and professional work experience.
➢ If a professional attended a training or seminar that was not organized by a CPD
provider or has no assigned CPD units, he or she can apply the said training or
seminar to the CPD Council.
❑ CPD council will convert such activities to CPD credit units and the professional
will be entitled to a Certificate of Credit Units Earned.
❑ Disadvantages of CPD Law
➢ Difficulty of access to CPD programs for professional assigned to remote
areas of the country
➢ Added financial burden
➢ Lack of time to attend CPD programs
❑ Several groups have petitioned to either review or abolish R.A. 10912
❑ Government agencies (DOH) have been encouraged to apply as CPD providers
and to provide free CPD programs to their employees.
❑ Accredited professional organizations and private sector employers have also
been encouraged to offer free CPD trainings as part of their cooperate social
responsibility.
THANK YOU!