In the pursuit of the Department of Healthcare Professions to provide the utmost support for CPD provider, ensure the safety of CPD activity participants and to mitigate the potential effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare practitioners' compliance with the National CPD program requirements in the state of Qatar, DHP-AS is encouraging all CPD providers to plan and provide more accredited group learning (Category 1) activities in online format.

In this regard, DHP-AS would like to emphasize on the following:

1. The National CME/CPD accreditation system has encompassed wide variety of activity types and formats from its launch. Online synchronous and blended group learning activity type and the online format of other activity types were always encouraged and promoted.

2. Accreditation of online group learning activities can be granted for activities provided by accredited CPD providers, as well as non-accredited CPD providers.