Why a Human Resource Strategy for Pharmacists?

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CONTINUINGPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT Does it
apply to ME?
Lorraine Osman Vice President SA Pharmacy Council
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Task 1 What are your expectations today? What
do you expect to learn? Why do you want to
learn that?
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CPD Definition
What is CPD?
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Task 2 What do you understand by the term
Continuing Professional Development?
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• CPD is the process by which
• natural persons registered with Council
• continually enhance their competence throughout
  their professional careers,
• and encompasses a range of activities including
  continuing education and supplementary training

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CPD overview International and National
trends
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD and CE systems by Country
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CPD overview South African Pharmacy Council
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CPD system SAPC
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Who needs to do CPD?

• All persons registered with the SAPC
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacists assistants
• Pharmacy technicians
• Medical sales representatives?

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CPD Websitewww.sapc-cpd.org
Guidance document Case studies Test site
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CPD submissions

• Web based record
• No assessment for competence pharmacists
  ethical and legal obligation to ensure competence
• Assessment for compliance
• Portfolio of evidence preferably in electronic
  format
• Council reserves the right to call for the
  portfolio

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What if I dont comply?

• Registration status may be changed on decision of
  Council from practising to non practising
• Practising performs functions which fall
  within the scope of practice for which you are
  registered

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Practising vs non-practising

• Do you use your professional
• judgement in any way?
• Are you employed because of your professional
  knowledge and expertise?

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Worst case scenario

• Referred for investigation in terms of chapter 5
  (disciplinary powers of the Council) of Pharmacy
  Act
• Right of appeal

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How do I participate in CPD?
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CPD Definition

• Means the process by which
• natural persons registered with Council
• continually enhance their competence throughout
  their professional careers,

• and encompasses a range of activities
  including continuing education and
  supplementary training

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CPD cycle
What?
How?
RECORD
So what?
Do it!
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Whats the bottom line?

• NB how you reflect on those activities to show
  how they have impacted or will impact on your
  current and future professional practice

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How do I use the CPD web-based system to maintain
my CPD portfolio?
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What do you want to learn to do?
To which areas of competence does it relate?
How did you identify this?
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Urgency?
Importance or impact?
How?
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When did you do it?
What did you learn?
Has your learning objective been met?
How have you applied what you learnt?
What feedback have you had?
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Where do we go from here?
What did you NOT achieve?
Why not?
RECORD
Whats next?
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CPD implementation
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CPD pilot

• 700 tutors, HOS, facilitators, Council members
  and the Office of the Registrar
• Purpose
• Test the web-based system for the 2010
  implementation
• Guide further research on CPD development
• Final pilot report will be published

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How the system will help us

• Easy for user to record and manage CPD details
• Can flag use (or non-use)?
• Can identify if all steps have been followed, but
  cannot monitor the logic (or lack thereof)?
• Can give guidance on gaps in curricula and CPD
  topics

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TIME FRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MANDATORY CPD
FOR PERSONS REGISTERED WITH THE SAPC
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Action?
Just do it!
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CPD Websitewww.sapc-cpd.org
SAPC customer care0861 7272 00
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Temporary Passwords

• SAPC No 0090-0095
• Username test0090- test0095
• Password pwd0090- pwd0095

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