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About Continuing Professional Development (CPD) awards
What are GLOWM’s CPDs?
GLOWM’s CPD programme was established to encourage continuing medical education and to help provide objective evidence of an individual’s ongoing educational accomplishments in the field of women’s medicine. The programme provides a record which may be of additional value if shared with supervisors, colleagues or other relevant organisations.
Who can apply for GLOWM’s CPDs?
CPDs are open to all health professionals working within obstetrics and gynaecology as well as all other members of the medical and allied professions focused on the improvement of women’s health and rights.
For what are CPDs awarded?
CPDs are awarded for evidence of worthwhile continuing study whether that be by attending a congress, symposium or webinar, or for the successful study of approved learning materials, and each CPD credit is typically awarded for an hour’s worth of study – although this may vary depending on the circumstances.
How are CPDs awarded?
Medical professionals who fulfil the criteria above, either though attendance at an approved educational event or after successfully completing a study assignment (usually an online multiple choice questionnaire) are automatically emailed a certificate documenting the number of CPDs that they have been awarded in regard to that activity.
What is a private CPD e‑portfolio?
Recipients of CPD points receive online access to their own personal and private CPD e‑portfolio, which keeps an ongoing record of their accumulated CPDs – and which they can access at any time to verify the total of their awards as well as confirming the individual study accomplishments for which they were awarded.
What is The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine series?
The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine is an initiative by GLOWM to provide – entirely FREE – continuously updated and expert online guidance on most aspects of women’s healthcare. Its objective is to cover the whole field in some 50 separate online Volumes.
How does studying The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine lead to the award of CPDs?
Each online volume consists of about 10 separate chapters each of which is written by a different team of specialist authors. At the end of every chapter is an option for online study assessment that readers may choose to select if they wish. This consists of a number of multiple choice questions (usually four) about the content of the chapter that they are asked to answer. The questions are randomly selected and rotated every time they are attempted – and readers are given three attempts at any one time to answer them correctly.
How do you receive CPD award certificates?
Successful completion of the study assessment leads automatically to the award of a CPD certificate that is delivered immediately by email. It also results, after the reader’s first award, in the creation of a private e‑portfolio for the reader which is designed to provide a permanent and continuing record of all the reader’s CPDs.
How do you access your own award e‑portfolio
A reader’s personal e‑portfolio is automatically updated every time he/she is awarded further CPDs. Access to the e‑portfolio is provided by a secure internet link that can be accessed only by the relevant reader and which he/she can continue to then access at any future time in order to provide evidence of all learning achievements and CPD awards.
Is the study and subsequent award of CPDs FREE?
Yes, readers are charged no costs of any kind. The CPD programme has been made available entirely free as a contribution to the enhancement of women’s medical care.
How can I view the Volumes in The Continuous Textbook of Women’s Medicine series and study for CPD awards?
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