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Kuwait
Institute for Medical Specialization CME Center Center for Continuing Medical Education |
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Participation
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The
MPC Program has medical and dental practitioners and pharmacists as
the target audience in the current phase. It would include other categories
of health professionals in due course.
The MPC Program is run on a five-year cycle basis. Medical and dental
practitioners who acquire a total of 250 credit points within the five
year cycle would receive a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of
CME/CPD (CME/CPD certificate). For pharmacists, this target has been
set at 125 points.
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Certificates for Attending CME/CPD Activities The certificates that practitioners submit to the CME Center should clearly state the CME Category and the credits that may be claimed. All accredited CME/CPD activities conducted in Kuwait are registered in the MPC Program, under Category 1 or Category 2. Activities held abroad will be considered under Category 2 unless an approved CME authority has assigned them to a category that is accepted within the scheme in Kuwait. |
CME/CPD
Categories
Credit Allocation
Reciprocal
Recognition of CME Credits
Practitioners who wish to attend sessions should submit applications for enrollment direct to the organizer. Each participant who satisfactorily completes the activity will receive a letter of attendance as evidence of participation, and the organizer maintains a record of the names of the participants who attended the sessions.
Exemption from CME/CPD Requirement
Trainees enrolled in approved postgraduate training programs and practitioners registered in advanced degree programs in the fields of medicine, dentistry or pharmacy may cite such activities as evidence of involvement in CME when fulfilling the CME credit requirement.
CME/CPD Certificates
The
CME Center issues two types of CME/CPD certificates:
1.
MPC Certificate
To certify satisfactory completion of CME/CPD
at the end of the five-year cycle;
2. CME/CPD
Status Certificate
Certifies the current CME/CPD status of the
practitioner and issued when required by the administrative authorities
for decisions on appointments/promotions or when practitioners terminate
their services in Kuwait.