CPD Oman Tutorial

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. 

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.