FREE CPD RESOURCES BY ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND WCEA

The Ethiopian Medical Association via a collaboration with WCEA (Partner of the World Medical Association), has launched a free branded online platform and mobile app with medical resources and an array of Free CPD resources for all medical practitioners from globally respected providers.

Read our article on CPD in Ethiopia

What’s CPD?

CPD (continuing professional Development) is a range of learning activities through which health professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they retain their capacity to practice safely, effectively and legally within their scope of practice. To ensure the quality and standards of health services in our Country the Federal ministry of Health (FMoH) has made CPD courses a necessity. The competency of health professionals is continually developed through this standardized in-service training.

So far Ethiopian health professionals have been using international platforms and websites to get free CPD courses. For this increasing demand, many associations and health organizations have been working on platforms that aid health professionals in getting easy access to these courses. a new platform has been launched by the Ethiopian Medical association with the collaboration of WCEA (partner of the world medical association) to meet this demand.

The platform provides with a wealth of education for Nurses, Midwives, Doctors and other health professions. It comprises of an online platform and a mobile app consisting of more than 300 courses. The App allows you to study online & offline. Within the app, education that has been specially designed for mobile phone delivery, including the country’s mandated courses, is made available. It enables you to download hundreds of courses, study them offline and take the exam which will later update your CPD records automatically (when connected with a council). In addition, there will be webinar hosting which will enable you to register within the App.

The 300 + courses loaded across the subjects are listed below.

ANESTHESIA
SURGERY
PLASTIC SURGERY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORTHOPEDICS
OBGYN
DERMATOLOGY
PEDIATRICS
IMAGING
CARDIOLOGY
DIABETES
EMERGENCY CARE
RENAL

This platform will be providing free access to journals and articles soon. Stay tuned to its latest updates.

How to Use the Free CPD Resource

In this article we will show you the step-by-step procedures to use this app. Use the following steps to register and use the app effectively:

1. Register on the Ethiopian Medical Association page using the link below to access the free CPD resources https://engagement.wcea.education/ema

Provide the information required to register here. And click on the continue button.

N.B: You are required to write your middle name and you last name together in the box below.

2. Complete your registration by agreeing to the terms and conditions.

Click the circle figure that is followed by ‘Accept Terms and Conditions’ and select Submit to complete your registration

You can select based on your preference for the contact permission

3. A link to download the App or to get access to the online platform will be provided alongside with your username and password.

You can choose based on the type of technology you are using. To access it on your PC you have to use the “Access Online/PC’ in a red button.

4. Download the WCEA app from google play or App store.

After installing you can proceed to opening the app.

5. Login to your account by using the username and password provided for you previously.

N.B: you can change your password after logging in to you account anytime you want.

6. You can now use its available features.

On the picture above, at the left upper corner, you can see that you can keep a record of your CPD points.

When you click on the ‘Education’ box you can get list of courses, articles and pathways. See the picture below.

In addition to this it also has a feature which enables you to communicate with other members by posting your opinions. To do this use the ‘Community’ feature found in the right upper box of the Home page.

Your certificates can be found in the Education tracker the hat symbol on the bottom right of the app.

N.B: It might take 24 to 48 hours to get the certificates after completion. You have to make sure to adjust the dates in the dates search to make sure you find all your past certificates.

For any technical support you can contact them through the email support@wcea.education