Recertification/CPD
The Council is responsible for ensuring that practitioners are competent and fit to practise Chinese medicine. One of the ways that it does this is by requiring practitioners to meet the requirements of recertification/continuing professional development (CPD) programmes set by the Council.
A recertification programme is the name given to the set of activities and processes that the Council requires you to undertake or satisfy, on an ongoing basis, to demonstrate that you are continuing to maintain your competence to practice. This includes participating in CPD.
The Council recently consulted on its proposed compulsory recertification/CPD programme for Chinese medicine practitioners. A summary of this consultation can be found here.
The following policy and guidance has been approved:
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy for Chinese Medicine Practitioners
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Guidance for Chinese Medicine Practitioners
Template - For logging CPD
Example CPD recording log
Cultural Safety and Cultural Competency
The Council requires evidence of successfully passing three of five courses listed below within six months of registering though some leniency on this may be afforded in the first few years of regulation of the profession.
- LearnOnline – Understanding bias in healthcare
This free online course is an introduction to bias in health care. It includes three video learning modules on bias that have been developed for people working in the health care sector who engage directly with consumers or who influence the way health organisations are managed.
These modules encourage health professionals to examine their biases and how they affect the health care they provide, their interactions with consumers, and therefore their health outcomes.
- LearnOnline - Foundations in Cultural Competency
This free online course is for health practitioners on cultural competency.
This course will take you on a journey with someone who has never been to New Zealand before. Along with your travel buddy, you will explore culture, the cultural history of New Zealand and see how culture can affect health and health care.
The course has four interactive modules followed by an assessment.
- LearnOnline - Module 1 | Ngā Paerewa Te Tiriti eLearning
This free eLearning module supports practitioners to understand the steps they can take to be compliant with Te Tiriti requirements within Ngā Paerewa. It will also provide practical ways for providers to fulfil their requirements.
- Mauriora –Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety
This online foundational cultural competency course was developed specifically for the registered New Zealand health workforce and provides a basic understanding of cultural competency in a health context.
There are five modules withing the course and the course takes about 10 hours to complete, depending on your current knowledge.
- Mauriora - Te Tiriti o Waitangi and The Treaty of Waitangi and Healthcare
This online foundational Te Tiriti o Waitangi course provides an understanding of the Tiriti relationship and partnership between the Crown to improve Māori health equity.
There are five modules withing the course and the course takes about 10 hours to complete, depending on your current knowledge.
There is a cost involved for courses delivered by Mauri Ora, details of their pricing structure can be found here.
Recent Online CPD Seminar
The Council facilitated an online seminar about the CPD/recertification programme recently. If you would like to receive a recording of this session, please email [email protected] and a link to the recording will be emailed to you.
First Aid
Clinical competence also requires that CM practitioners maintain currency in first aid certification relevant to safety in clinical practice. First Aid Certification, and recertification can count towards your CPD point total.
Practitioners should complete courses which have both New Zealand Qualifications Authority unit standards:
• 6401/26552 Provide First Aid, and
• 6402/26551 Provide resuscitation.
First Aid certificates are valid for two years after which practitioners are required to do a refresher course to maintain current.
There are many providers delivering the First Aid courses to obtain the required certificates.
These include but are not limited to:
• St John: First Aid Level 1
• New Zealand Red Cross: Comprehensive First Aid
• Meditrain Ltd: Workplace First Aid.