CPD Flashcards
Act shall be known as the “Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016”
RA 10912
Formal or official approval granted to a person, a program or an organization, upon meeting essential requirements of achievement standards, including qualifications or unit(s) of a qualification, usually for a particular period of time, as defined by an accrediting agency;
Accreditation
Device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States;
ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework or AQRF
Regional arrangement entered into by the ASEAN Member States, predicated on the mutual recognition of qualifications, requirements met, licenses and certificates granted, experience gained by professionals, in order to enhance mobility of professional services within the region;
ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement or ASEAN MRA
Ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal and ethical competence;
Competence
Inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;
Continuing Professional Development or CPD
Body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional and international standards of practice;
CPD Council
Value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal or nonformal learning setting, wherein credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification;
CPD credit unit
Set of learning activities accredited by the CPD Council such as seminars, workshops, technical lectures or subject matter meetings, nondegree training lectures and scientific meetings, modules, tours and visits, which equip the professionals with advanced knowledge, skills and values in specialized or in an interor multidisciplinary field of study, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;
CPD Program
Natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs;
CPD Provider
Educational arrangements such as curricular qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in education and training institutions recognized by relevant national authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications;
Formal learning
Learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification;
Informal learning
What a learner can be expected to know, understand and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience;
Learning outcomes
Learning activities undertaken throughout life for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional;
Lifelong learning
Learning that has been acquired in addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements;
Nonformal learning
Structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions;
Online learning activities
Mechanisms that provide access to qualifications and assist professionals to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors, and between these sectors, and the labor market, through the Philippine Credit Transfer System;
Pathways and Equivalencies
Quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications at defined levels, based on standards of knowledge, skills and values, acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers;
Philippine Qualifications Framework or PQF
Person’s skills, knowledge and competencies that have been acquired through work experience, training, independent study, volunteer activities and hobbies, that may be applied for academic credit, as a requirement of a training program or for occupational certification;
Prior learning
Person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC);
Professional
Status gained after a person has been assessed to have achieved learning outcomes or competencies in accordance with the standard specified for a qualification title, and is proven by a document issued by a recognized agency or body;
Qualification
Planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in the design, delivery and award of qualifications within an education and training system, and is a component of quality management that is focused on ensuring that quality requirements will be fulfilled;
Quality assurance
Learning activities such as online training, local/international seminars/nondegree courses, institution/company-sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD accreditation but may be applied for and awarded CPD units by the respective CPD Council.
Self-directed learning
Every CPD Council shall be composed of
A chairperson and two (2) members.
