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September 02, 2018
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Now it is mandatory to Register all the MOH workers in the Sultanate of Oman in CPD Oman Website for add their details and Credit points from CPD programmes.
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CREDIT POINT SYSTEM
OMSB CPD Program
Participation in CPD program will be linked to a credit point system. Credit points will be accumulated from each activity the participant attended or was involved in as speaker, moderator, facilitator or organizer. Depending on the specialty, all health care providers have a minimum set of credit point requirement based on a 3-year cycle to maintain their CPD as outlined in Table below from category I & II.
Participation in CPD program will be linked to a credit point system. Credit points will be accumulated from each activity the participant attended or was involved in as speaker, moderator, facilitator or organizer. Depending on the specialty, all health care providers have a minimum set of credit point requirement based on a 3-year cycle to maintain their CPD as outlined in Table below from category I & II.
Health Care Professionals | Number of CPD credits/category/ year | Length of each cycle | Number of CPD credits/category/cycle | Minimum number of total CPD credits/cycle |
Physicians | 25 Category I 15 Category II | 3 years | 75 Category I 45 Category II | 120 |
Dentists | 25 Category I 15 Category II | 3 years | 75 Category I 45 Category II | 120 |
Pharmacists | 20 Category I 10 Category II | 3 years | 60 Category I 30 Category II | 90 |
Nurses and Midwives | 15 Category I 5 Category II | 3 years | 45 Category I 15 Category II | 60 |
Allied Health Professionals | 12 Category I 8 Category II | 3 years | 36 Category I 24 Category II | 60 |
Technicians | 6 Category I 4 Category II | 3 years | 18 Category I 24 Category II | 30 |
Allied health care professionals include assistant pharmacist, radiographers/ medical imaging, physiotherapist , occupational therapist, medical laboratory, dental hygienists/assistants, dietitians/nutritionists.
Technicians include optometrists, refractionists, audiometry, dietetics, orthotic/prosthetics and podiatrists.
Medical records personnel, IT technicians, engineers, medical orderlies, health administrators and finance personnel are not included within in the scope of OMSB CPD program. However, the OMSB values the importance of maintaining their continuing professional development.