Regulations of Award of Quality Assurance
Regulations Section (1)
Regulations Section (2)
Regulations Section (3)
Regulations Section (4)
Regulations Section (5)
The Regulation of Award CME |
Quality
Assurance in General Practitioners
(BE
QUICK - Benchmarking Quality Assurance In Clinical
Practice for Hong Kong) |
The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
The Regulation of Award of Quality Assurance
(Three year cycle: Jan 05' to Dec 07')
- The Quality
Assurance [QA] Programme of the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
[HKCFP] is open to all registered doctors in Hong Kong
- All Fellows
and Members of the HKCFP (except student & affiliate members) are
automatically registered with the QA Programme at the beginning of each
yearNon-HKCFP
members may apply to join the QA Programme as Non-member QA participants (Application form is available here or the College Secretariat.)Accreditation
will be recorded throughout the years in the form of "credit points"
- At the
end of the three-year cycle, a Certificate of Quality Assurance [QA
certificate] will be awarded to those who have satisfied the requirements
listed in Section (1) below.
Please safe
keep your QA certificate, as it is an important document. Application
for certification of CME / CPD accreditation will cost an administrative
charge as determined from time to time by the Council of the College,
the charge in year 2005 being HK$500 per year. Such application would
not be entertained after four years. |
Regulations Section (1) (hyperlink) |
Regulations Section (2) |
Regulations Section (3)
- Continuous Professional
Development (CPD) with automatic computer recording except for items
3.7, 3.8, 3.13 and 3.14.
- Activities related to
Teaching, Educational Development and Research
- Activities related
to Professional Development
- Activities related
to Quality Development
Practice Audit, Review and Appraisal
Structured Learning Activities
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Regulations Section (4)
- Continuing Medical Education
(CME) with automatic computer recording
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Regulations Section (5)
- Other
Educational Activities
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The Regulation of Award of CME |
(For Educational Activities under items 3.7, 3.8, 3.13, 3.14 and
items 5.3 to 5.6, participants have to apply in writing with the appropriate
fees to the QA & A Committee at the end of the year and before January
15th of the following year if they want to obtain accreditation for their
additional educational activities. It is the responsibility of the applicants
to file the application forms for special consideration with details (photocopies
of events, transcripts or published articles, etc.) and written proof
of attendance issued by the organizing institutions in support of the
application. The QA & A Committee has the final right in deciding
the number of credits awarded for each activity.) |
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