Medical Continuing Professional Development for medical examination and treatment (CPD) hour requirements in Vietnam in 2024

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16:43, 02/01/2024

Medical Continuing Professional Development for medical examination and treatment (CPD) hour requirements in Vietnam in 2024

Medical Continuing Professional Development for medical examination and treatment (CPD) hour requirements in Vietnam in 2024

Specifically, the time for continuously updating medical knowledge for medical examination and treatment practitioners from January 1, 2024 is prescribed as follows:

- Medical practitioners are obliged to undertake at least 120 credit hours of medical CPD for 5 consecutive years (1 credit hour for a short-term training and refresher course is equivalent to 1 class period).

- Medical practitioners who undertake any of the medical CPD activities outlined in Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT can earn credit hours. These credit hours will be totaled to calculate the practitioner's overall medical CPD hours.

Conversion to credit hours and certificate of participation in medical CPD in Vietnam

Conversion to credit hours and certificate of participation in medical CPD is carried out according to Appendix I of Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT.

For medical CPD provided by foreign CPD providers: The head of the practitioner’s superior body shall convert the CPD participation hours to credit hours and issue a relevant certificate to the practitioner according to Appendix II of Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT.

Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT takes effect on January 1, 2024.

In case a practitioner has been granted a medical certificate (hereinafter referred to as a medical license) according to the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment 2003 their scope of practice is applied according to regulations of Circular 32/2023/TT-BYT.

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