Continuing Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the practice of updating and improving existing knowledge and skills throughout one’s working life. It is essential for health professionals practicing health promotion and education to ensure their ongoing effectiveness and accountability for any activities they undertake. They need to check these are consistent with legal, ethical and professional standards related to the promotion of health and prevention and/or management of disease.

IHPE is committed to supporting and raising the standards of health professionals practising within the field of health promotion and education. While it does not have a CPD-based register, it does support other professional bodies’ CPD-based schemes where members are required to reach a number of CPD points per year to remain on their specialist field register. IHPE approval is particularly relevant where a professional body requires verifiable CPD.

IHPE supports CPD by providing opportunities through conferences, publications, recognising relevant postgraduate courses and training along with approving external seminars, workshops and other relevant health-based events.