Progress of CPD and Its Survey Results

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Progress of CPD and Its Survey Results

• Presented by
• Gordon MAK
• Member, Education Committee
• Physiotherapists Board
• 13th October 2004

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Members of Education CommitteePT Board

• Ms Polly LAU Mo-yee (Chairperson)
• Mr. Lawrence FUNG Chu-wai
• Mr. Kerry FUNG Wai-yip
• Ms Priscillia LAM-lam
• Mr. Gordon MAK Hing-fai
• Dr. Margaret MAK Kit-yi

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Background

• 1st Consultation
• - Started June 2003, ended 31.10.03
• - Sought registered PT views on the preliminary
  CPD framework
• - Open forum on 8.7.03
• 148 submission of suggestions / opinions
• Preliminary CPD framework revised

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Background

• 2nd Consultation
• - Self-administered questionnaire
• Sent out on 14.5.04
• Returned before 15.6.04
• - Open forum on 13.10.04

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Objectives of Survey

• Re-affirm the majority view on key areas of the
  revised CPD framework and other comments
• Views collected from registered PTs to be
  collated and further discussed for fine-tuning of
  the final CPD scheme

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The Results

• 398 Respondents (25 of all registered PT)
• 340 Valid
• 58 Invalid

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Q1.The CPD cycle is a period of 3 years
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Q1. Comments

• Longer CPD cycle
• 5 years as a cycle
• 5 6 years a cycle

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Q2. Each enrollee is required to accumulate a
minimum of 45 points within a CPD cycle
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Q2. Comments

• Reference / rationale for 45 points
• lt 45 points for 3-year cycle (3)
• 30 40 points for 3-year cycle (4)
• Minimum of 30 points for 3-year cycle (3)
• 50 points within a 5-year cycle
• 40 points within a 4-year cycle due to limited
  available relevant programs

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Q3. Those who failed to accumulate a required CPD
points within a cycle will be granted one-year
grace period upon reasonable grounds to catch up
with the outstanding score
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Q3. Comments

• Grace period for pregnant PT be extended to 2
  years for recovery allowance (2)
• Grace period in general can be extended to 2
  years
• Consideration of employers proof of good working
  performance in granting the practicing
  certificate when the concerned PT has not
  fulfilled the CPD requirements

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Q4. A self-declaration with random check practice
is adopted as the mechanism of monitoring the
fulfillment of CPD score within a CPD cycle
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Q5. Upon the fulfillment of CPD requirements
within a CPD cycle, you would like to have some
forms of incentive / encouragement, for example,
a certificate or publishing a name list of
successful participants
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Q6. The Preferred Organisation(s) for the CPD
Programme Accreditor is (are)
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Q6. Comments

• Other preferred organization an independent
  committee, special school, overseas universities
  and other local ones and PTCOC
• Joint committee / panel consisting of the 3
  organisations (2)
• HKPT Union not an organization to deal with
  issues on knowledge and skills development, but
  for policy and professional issues only
• Course organizer should lower the course fees so
  as to avoid the image of profit-making (2)
• Free courses can be provided by the
  organization as the fees will be expensive in
  earning 45 points
• Course should be organized in more convenient
  time such as Saturday PM or Sundays to allow more
  members to participate

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Q7. The classification of continuing education
activities into CPD main categories and sub-
categories is appropriate.
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Q8. The description of each CPD main category is
clear and comprehensive.
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Q9. Classification of CPD sub-category into core
and non-core activities is appropriate
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Q9. Comments

• Consider a wider scope of main categories, i.e.
  to include health care management, IT, TCM,
  consider core-competence for physio manager,
  educators, work in social and welfare sector,
  work in private sector
• Core can be defined as those that are related
  to professional development and service
  improvement lectures on other clinical
  specialties, infection control and so on should
  be counted as core
• No need to classify core and non-core activities
• How about professional volunteer work e.g. going
  to China?

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Q9. Comments (2)

• Delete categories on in-service training
  self study literature review issue of QA
• Its difficult to decide core and non-core PT
  whose job practice mainly concerns orthopaedic,
  attends training on womens health core or
  non-core?
• Allocation of points for local / overseas
  attachment
• Disagree on-field sports physio practice to be
  included
• Include research activities

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Q10. General guiding principle for allocating 1
unit of CPD point based on 1 hour of audience
participation is appropriate
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Q10. Comments

• One hour of audience participation should be
  allocated 1 unit of CPD point for those special
  school PT in attending education courses or
  overseas visits within their context
• 2 units for one hour of audience participation
  (2)
• PT in special school will encounter difficulties
  on the legitimacy of in-service training because
  their manpower usually stands at 2 3 colleagues
• QA on literature review reporting, journal review
• 10 CPD points for the author in publishing a
  professional textbook while he / she can earn
  money unfair

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Q10. Comments (2)

• Ensure quality of in-service training
• Publication needs more than 15-30 hours of work
  and equivalent to at least 15 points
• Is there a capping for post-graduate studies
  (cat. 2) in earning the CPD units? (2)
• Should not have a maximum point per activity (2)
• More points allocated to promotional activities
  (3)
• How about overseas training?
• How about poster making?

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Q11. CPD activities shall have a higher rating of
CPD points when compared with non-core CPD
activities.
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Q11. Comments

• Core and non-core weighted equally (4)
• Non-core CPD activities should not be halved
• 0.5 factor is not suitable managerial skill,
  finance / marketing skills, risk management are
  essential for professional development

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Q12. Other Comments

• PT students should be consulted for a complete
  view of CPD
• On-line courses as provided by HKPA, PolyU so
  that nine-to-nine private PT practitioners can
  reach the training programs
• Some courses from PolyU and hospitals do not fit
  in the working schedule of private practitioners
  (2)
• CPD remain voluntary (20)

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Q12. Other Comments (2)

• Long hours of business hours in private practice
  and employers decision are barriers to take
  courses
• Should emphasis on specialty development
• As CDP is meant for the licensing of clinical
  practice, hence those non-core CPD activities
  should not be considered
• Expensive courses could cast economic burden for
  fresh graduates

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Latest Views Expressed by the PT Board(As of
10th September 2004)

• The Board endorsed the committee to randomly
  select 5 of CPD participants for in-depth
  checking of their CPD records
• The Board endorsed that relevant and properly
  accredited e-learning activities could be counted
  as CPD activities
• The Board suggested the Education Committee
  should be tasked with the handling of CPD-related
  issues and monitoring of situations
• The Board recommended that only one Program
  Accreditor should be appointed with some
  selection criteria such as free of charge,
  experience, reputation, responsiveness

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Latest Views Expressed by the PT Board (2) (As of
10th September 2004)

• The Board expected that the first mandatory cycle
  should start in 2008 enough time to run through
  the 3-year voluntary cycle first
• The Board suggested the appointment of Accredited
  Program Providers, which would accredit their own
  activities and programs based on the set criteria

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Further Discussions / Actions

• CPD framework and implementation details to be
  fine-tuned after this forum
• The voluntary CPD scheme to be launched in July
  2005

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Thank you