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ArticleJournal of CME2024

Transforming Continuing Professional Development for Healthcare Professionals to Meet National Goals in Saudi Arabia.

Graham T McMahon, Manal Alnasser, Haya Alzouman, Lama Aldakhil, Asma Ababtain

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Article in Journal of CME, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Graham T McMahonAccreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-6535
Manal AlnasserSaudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Haya AlzoumanSaudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Lama AldakhilSaudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Asma AbabtainSaudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), the regulatory agency for health professions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), sought to evolve the continuing professional development (CPD) ecosystem for the country and to promote the concept of life-long learning for healthcare professionals. SCFHS audited its own CPD accreditation system, reviewed internationally recognised CPD accreditation criteria, adopted a new set of standards, and trained its staff and provider community in their adoption. SCFHS also deployed a range of programmes and grants to support healthcare educators and researchers engaged in CPD. SCFHS recruited and trained new staff and deployed an updated IT system to support system change. The adopted criteria and standards now align with best practices, as outlined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the International Academy for CPD Accreditation. More than 170 educators have participated in programmes to learn effective CPD pedagogy. The adoption of new standards resulted in 396 providers seeking provider accreditation. The number of CPD accredited activities produced in the KSA and approved by the SCFHS has grown from 1,000 activities in 2002 to 10,500 in 2022. With leadership support, regulatory evolution to align with best practices supports healthcare educators and effectively expands of the diversity and quality of CPD.

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accreditationcontinuing professional development (CPD)internationalSaudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS)standardssubstantive equivalency

Identifiers

PMID39011066
PMCPMC11249139

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