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Information for Health Professionals

Beginning in April 2025, all medical and dentists professional in Liberia will be required to complete CPD in order to renew their license. Individual dentists are expected to identify their individual learning needs, complete approved CPD content, and keep a record of CPD activities and present documentation to the Board when required.

CPD is measured using Continuing Education Units (CEUs), with 1 CEU corresponding to 10 hours of active learning. All health professionals in Liberia, including dentists are required to complete 4 CEUs (equivalent to roughly 40 hours) every 2 years.

CEUs may be earned through a variety of CPD activities:

• Approved CPD courses offered by registered CPD providers (certificate required if over 5 hours)

• Pre-approved activities (certificate required if over 5 hours)

* Online training at the following organizations
- World Continuing Education Alliance (coming soon)
- World Health Organization
- Medscape
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control
- Global Health E-Learning Center
o Attending a national or regional scientific conference

• Pre-approved activities for pre-determined CEUs
o This includes attending clinical meetings such as grand rounds, conducting research, participating in policy development, serving as a preceptor, and participating other in-service training. For guidance on how to count and track CEUs for these activities, see the National Guidelines for CPD.

Download a printable logbook page here to track your CEUs
Are you a preceptor? Download a preceptor form to count preceptorship as CEUs

Information for CPD Providers

Provider Registration
Organizations providing CPD are required to register with each relevant health professions boards each year. Registration entails:

1. Submitting the CPD Provider Registration Form to all boards under which the provider intends to provide learning activities.

2. Paying an annual registration fee to all boards at which the CPD provider aims to register, according to the below fee schedule. To pay the required fee to the Medical & Dental Health Board.

Register as a CPD Provider
Course Approval
Once CPD providers have registered, they are eligible to submit learning activities for course approval. Each learning activity requires its own approval. There is no fee for course approval.


Application process:

1. Complete and submit the application form for CPD courses to the relevant health professions board(s) at least one month before the start of the CPD learning activity.

2. The application will be evaluated by the CPD committee. The CPD committee       will recommend one of three outcomes:
a. “Accepted as Approved CPD”: The course is approved, CEUs are assigned,           and the CPD provider may proceed to deliver the course.
b. “Revise and Resubmit”: Changes are required before the course is approved. The CPD provider should revise their plan and resubmit the application.
c. “Rejected”: The course was not approved. The CPD provider may overhaul the course and re-apply.


3. For approved courses, CPD providers must share evaluation materials with the health professions board following the activity. This may include any program evaluation that may inform future delivery of the activity or other CPD activities.

Submit a CPD Course Application

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is the maintenance and enhancement of knowledge, expertise and competence of professionals throughout their careers to a plan formulated with regards to the needs of the professional, the employers, Profession and society (Madden and Mitchell 1993) In the context, Continuous Professional Development is the education of medical and Dental Practitioners following completion of formal training. CPD consist of any educational activities which helps to maintain, develop or increase knowledge, problem- solving, technical skills or professional performance standards all with the goal that practitioners can provide better health care.

CPD, includes activities, like courses, conferences, workshops, peer and non-peer reviewed and articles.

Translation
You are to take note that any related document which are not in English language must be accompanied by a translation, certified in English as authentic copy by an official or recognized professional.

Application form
Application forms can be downloaded from the Council’s website or hard copies may be obtained from the Medical, Training and Research Department.

Application Form Submission
A completed examination application forms (with the relevant supporting document) may be submitted online, or in person, or registered courier delivery to;
Registrar General
Liberia Medical and Dental Council
19th street, Sinkor
Monrovia- Liberia

Fees Payable
Information on the current fees for the registration can be obtained from the Council secretariat. A fee paid is neither refundable nor transferrable.
Fees paid in the form of a cheque or bank draft, must be in the name of the Liberia medical and dental Council and paid into the appropriate Account of the Council. All fees paid to the Council are to be receipted and copies or evidence of such payment presented to the Account; Office of Council for the issue of official receipt.