INTRODUCTION TO CPD POINTS
Welcome to SAMLA’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
SAMLA
INTRODUCTION TO CPD POINTS
Welcome to SAMLA's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program—a dedicated initiative crafted to empower SAMLA Medico-Legal Practitioners on their journey of knowledge enhancement and ethical growth. Our mission is clear: to assist practitioners in maintaining and acquiring new, updated levels of expertise, skills, and ethical attitudes, all of which contribute measurably to the landscape of professional medico-legal practice
SAMLA envisions a community of competent and ethical professionals, committed to ongoing development, fostering excellence in medico-legal practice for the greater benefit of the South African public. Through the SAMLA CPD program, we aim to not only uphold but elevate professional standards, knowledge, and skills in medico-legal practice.
Join us as we explore the multifaceted objectives of this program, ranging from the promotion of professional standards to providing tailored opportunities for skill development in alignment with the dynamic changes in the South African context. Together, let us emphasize the commitment of medico-legal practitioners to ethical practice and facilitate their competence in key areas of law and medicine relevant to personal injury and medical malpractice claims.
SAMLA CPD POINTS
The Program for
Medico-Legal Practitioners
This policy serves as a guiding framework for all SAMLA Registered Medico-Legal Practitioners, embodying our collective dedication to continuous learning and professional excellence. Welcome to a journey of growth, commitment, and lasting impact on the field of medico-legal practice.
To remain on the SAMLA register, registered SAMLA Medico-Legal Practitioners need to accrue 20 medico-legal CPD points per 24-month cycle, i.e., 10 points per annum with the facility to roll over between one year and the next.
The requirement to accumulate CPD points will become effective on the date a member was registered as a SAMLA Medico-Legal Practitioner.
The 5 ethics CPD points per annum awarded to any practitioner by the HPCSA will be recognized by SAMLA as 5 of the 10 SAMLA CPD points required per annum by SAMLA i.e., 10 of the 20 CPD points required per 24-month cycle may be earned in HPCSA-recognized ethics CPD activities.
Only activities related to ethics and medico-legal practice will be considered for SAMLA CPD points. This will be based on the discretion of the SAMLA Education and Training Committee. For example, if a SAMLA medico-legal practitioner attends a CPD activity for the requirements of the HPCSA, and that specific activity is related to medico-legal practice the SAMLA medical practitioner can also accrue that same CPD points as SAMLA CPDs.
Activity
Definition
Points
Attendance
Medico-Legal Practitioner attending a seminar, workshop, webinar and alike
1 point/hour
Presenters
Medico-Legal Practitioner presenting a seminar, workshop, webinar and alike
2 points/hour
Development
Medico-Legal Practitioner developing a tool, policy or guideline related to medico-legal practice.
Points will be allocated at the discretion of the SAMLA Education and Training Committee and will be dependent on the proof of time and value of the activity.
Research
Medico-Legal Practitioner publishing a research article related to medico-legal practice
Points will be allocated at the discretion of the SAMLA Education and Training Committee and will be dependent on the proof of time and value of the activity.
Mentorship
According to the SAMLA Mentorship Policy
Points will be allocated at the discretion of the SAMLA Education and Training Committee and will be dependent on the proof of time and academic value of the activity. Mentors must be in good standing with SAMLA and must provide their portfolio of evidence.