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Free Online CPD Course for Healthcare Professionals

By Mike Nicol Uy

July 10, 2024


Hi, Welcome to Philippine CPD Online.

We are happy to announce that we are providing a free online CPD Course for all professionals

First, about us. We are Philippine CPD Online (owned operated by CPD Online Pro, a PRC accredited online CPD provider with PRC provider accreditation number NRS-2023-293

We’ve been offering PRC accredited CPD programs since 2020, mainly in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Education. We intend to provide programs in Engineering, Accounting and other health professions in the near future. Thousands of professionals have completed the various accredited programs and have been awarded the corresponding CPD units.

Our PRC accreditation have been recently renewed and is valid until August 2026. In appreciation of the support we have received from various professionals over the past 4 years, we are offering an accredited online CPD course with awarded CPD units for free.

“Effective Hypertension Management Strategies for Older Adults" is a 2 hour course composed of 14 videos, each about 10-12 minutes long and a quiz. The Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy CPD council has awarded it 1.5, 2.0 and 1.0 CPD credit units respectively. The course has also been submitted to the medical technology and radiation technology CPD council with CPD units pending.

This course is available free on this website. To be eligible to receive CPD credit units, you need to pass the quiz with a score of 70% or 7 correct out of 10. You need to register and complete the quiz here on our website. CPD course accreditation is by each respective CPD council. Therefore, you need to register with the right profession so your CPD units can be reported to the proper CPD council. Passing the quiz for a different council will invalidate your earned CPD units.

Below you will find details of the accreditation by the  respective CPD council.

CPD Council

Program Accreditation No.

Awarded CPD Units

Valid Until

Medicine

NRS-2023-293-5624

1.5 units

September 30, 2024

Nursing

NRS-2023-293-5184

2.0 units

February 20, 2025

Pharmacy

NRS-2023-293-1176

1.0units

September 30, 2024


Thank you and Good Day.

 

Mike Nicol Uy

About the author

Mike Nicol Uy, MD graduated from UP College of Medicine in 1989. He belongs to the first batch of INTARMED class '89. After graduation he co-founded and ran a chain of clinical laboratories which employed over 100 health care professionals. In 2006 and 2007, he sat for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and aced Step 1 with a score of 256 and Step 2 CK with a score of 258. He also passed Step 3 with a score of 219. He then founded an online review center that helped International Medical Graduates pass and even ace the USMLE Steps. At present, he still runs Askdoc-UMLE.com and is founder of Philippine CPD Online.