Continuing Professional Development CPD for Family Medicine Graduates

Location: Laos

Project description:

There are now over 200 graduates from the Family Medicine Specialist Program in Lao PDR and over 70% continue to work outside of the capital city. These graduates are scattered across the country in almost all of the provinces in Lao. This has resulted in the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for these graduates, many of who work in remote communities.

Faculty from the University of Calgary have worked with family medicine graduates and UHS to develop CPD events for the Family Medicine graduates that include clinical care topics, but also other topics such as professionalism, teaching, management, etc. These CPD events have been made possible through a grant from Rotary International. 

CPD content has been based upon feedback from family medicine graduates regarding their educational needs. Regular CPD events include:

• Annual 3-day CPD in Vientiane
• Site visits to district hospitals where family graduates are working

Project partners: University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR