PMTP 1 - CPD

• Accreditation - refers to the formal or official approval granted to a person, a program or an organization, upon meeting essential requirements of achievement standards, including qualifications or unit(s) of a qualification, usually for a particular period of time, as defined by an accrediting agency
• AIPO - Accredited Integrated Professional Organization
• APO - Accredited Professional Accredited Professional Organization
• AQRF - ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework
• ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework - refers to the device that enables comparisons enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States
• ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement - refers to a regional arrangement entered into by the ASEAN Member States, predicated on the mutual recognition of qualifications, requirements met, licenses and certificates granted, experience gained by professionals, in order to enhance mobility of professional services within the region
• Competence - an ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal and ethical competence
• Continuing Professional Development - refers to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter-or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning
• CPD Council - a body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional and international standards of practice
• CPD credit unit - value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal or nonformal learning setting, where in credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification
• CPD Program - refers to a set of learning activities accredited by the CPD Council such as seminars, workshops, technical lectures or subject matter meetings, nondegree training lectures and scientific meetings, modules, tours and visits, which equip the professionals with advanced knowledge, skills and values in specialized or in an inter-or multidisciplinary field of study, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning
• CPD Provider - a natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs
• Formal learning - educational arrangements such as curricular qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in education and training institutions recognized by relevant national authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications
• Informal learning - learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification
• Learning outcomes - refer to what a learner can be expected to know, understand and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience
• Lifelong learning - learning activities undertaken throughout fife for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional
• Nonformal learning - learning that has been acquired in addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements
• Online learning activities - structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions
• Pathways and Equivalencies - refer to mechanisms that provide access to qualifications and assist professionals to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors, and between these sectors, and the labor market, through the Philippine Credit Transfer System
• Philippine Qualifications Framework - refers to the quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications at defined levels, based on standards of knowledge, skills and values, acquired in different ways and methods by learners and worker
• Prior learning - refers to a person’s skills, knowledge and competencies that have been acquired through work experience, training, independent study, volunteer activities and hobbies, that may be applied for academic credit, as a requirement of a training program or for occupational certification
• Professional - refers to a person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
• Qualification - refers to a status gained after a person has been assessed to have achieved learning outcomes or competencies in accordance with the standard specified for a qualification title, and is proven by a document issued by a recognized agency or body
• Quality assurance - refers to planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in the design, delivery and award of qualifications within an education and training system, and is a component of quality management that is focused on ensuring that quality requirements will be fulfilled
• Self-directed learning - refers to learning activities such as online training, local/international seminars/nondegree courses, institution/company-sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD accreditation but maybe applied for and awarded CPD units by the respective CPD Council.
• Section 3 of RA 10912 - Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Law
• Continuing Professional Education (CPE) - focused on learning a particular skill or set of skills to improve professional competence.
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - refers to the development of one’s knowledge, skills, and attitude significantly relevant to capability an competency in their profession.
• Benefits of CPD to the individual:

  • Builds confidence and credibility
  • Showcases achievements
  • Achieves career goals by focusing on training and development
  • Copes positively with charges by constantly updating knowledge and skill
  • Improves productivity and efficiency
• Benefits to the organization:

  • Maximizes staff potential
  • Helps employees to set SMART (specific, measurable, realistic, and time-bound) objectives
  • Promotes staff development
  • Adds value for reflecting
  • Linking to appraisals
• Executive Order No. 266 - to institutionalize the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs for all professionals regulated by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
• President Fidel V. Ramos - issued Executive Order No. 266
• July 25, 1995 - date of issuance of Executive Order No. 266
• PRC Modernization Act - R.A 8981; to modernize the governance of the regulation of professions regulated by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
• R.A 8981 - this act underpins the legal framework for CPD, establishing the authority of the PRC to administer, supervise, and enforce CPD programs for all regulated professions.
• December 5, 2000 - date of approval for the PRC Modernization Act
• President Joseph Ejercito Estrada - was the President during the issuance of RA 8981
• CPD Act of 2016 - R.A 10912; to mandate and strengthen the implementation of CPD programs across all regulated professions.
• July 21, 2016 - date of approval for R.A. 10912
• President Rodrigo Roa Duterte - was the President during the approval of CPD Act of 2016