What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours refer to the time spent on structured learning activities aimed at enhancing a professional's skills, knowledge, and competencies throughout their career. These hours are typically required to maintain professional certification or licensure and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional growth.
Looking for CPD accreditation for your educational activity or quality improvement program?
CPD represents a professional's ongoing commitment to enhancing their skills and competencies throughout their career. The term “continuing professional development” encompasses the proactive and conscious learning activities that professionals engage in to advance their expertise. Maintaining up-to-date skills and knowledge is vital for individuals, organizations, and industries, and CPD facilitates this process. By offering CPD opportunities, companies can position themselves as valuable knowledge resources for key stakeholders, while professionals can apply the learning from CPD-accredited workshops and training sessions to their practice.
CPD is the ongoing
process through which professionals maintain and enhance their knowledge,
skills, and competencies throughout their careers. Whilst CPD is mandatory only
in some industries such as finance, healthcare, law and others, continuous
learning on and for work is part of the natural competence development process
for all individuals engaged in any professional activity.