National Continuous Professional Development (CPD) System

National Continuous Professional Development (CPD) System

• A national CPD system provides benefits for health workers, health facilities, regulatory bodies, the government, and patients.
• It reinforces individual practitioner and collective provider accountability and promotes practicing under ethical principles to meet patients’ needs.
• A national CPD system leads to improved clinical services and patient outcomes.

Added Value of CPD

• Increases health professionals’ productivity.
• Improves motivation and retention of health professionals.
• Addresses health professional shortages and implements task-sharing.
• Strengthens the health system as a whole.
• Improves patient care.

CPD Activities

• Participating in trainings, publications, seminars, courses, workshops, and conferences inside or outside Jordan to develop professional performance.

Consequences of Failing to Renew License

• Failing to renew the license within five years is considered a violation of the provisions of the bylaw.
• Health professionals shall be notified to complete the requirements within a maximum period of six months.
• If requirements are not fulfilled, health professionals shall be suspended and reported to the related association.

Legislations and Policies Related to Pharmaceuticals

• The Jordan Food & Drugs Administration (JFDA) was established in 2003 under JFDA Provisional Law No. 31 of the year 2003.
• Currently, JFDA Law No. 41 of the year 2008 ensures efficacy, safety, and quality to approve any new drug.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Part of the U.S. Department of Labor.
• Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses.
• Website: www.osha.gov.

Public Health System (Health Departments)

• Part of the MOH Department of Health and Human Services.
• Provides services to states and local communities, including immunizations, environmental health and sanitation, collection of health statistics and records, health education, and clinics for health care and prevention.

Veterans Administration

• Federally supported hospitals and other services.
• Provides care for veterans who served in the armed forces.

Non-Profits

• Also called voluntary agencies.
• Most deal with specific diseases or groups of diseases.
• Provides funding for research, promotes education, and services for patients.
• Influences laws, creates standards, and educates health professionals.

Hospice

• Provides palliative care (relieves but does not cure) to dying patients and their families.
• Involves healthcare professionals and volunteers.
• Emphasis is on making the patient’s last days as pain-free and meaningful as possible.

Regulations

• Government can attempt to control price, quantity, or quality of healthcare products.
• Examples include consumers being fully insured by the government, and the government fixing the price the physician receives for each visit.

Economic Analysis of Regulation

• Types of market regulation: economic regulation and social regulation.
• Economic regulation limits entry into a market or sets prices, restricts quantities, and allocates market shares among sellers.
• Social regulation prescribes how products must be designed or produced for public interest, including health and safety regulations, environmental regulations, and occupational safety regulations.