Welcome to Philippine CPD Online

Hello fellow professionals! Welcome to Philippine CPD Online. Philippine CPD Online started as a what-if idea way back in August 2017. As in what if someone would provide CPD courses online? Would it work? Would people enroll? Will PRC allow it?

I have been teaching medicine online since 2008 to physicians preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Although most of my students are based in the United States, about a quarter of them were scattered across the rest of the world including Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Southern Asia and as far as Australia and New Zealand. The only way to do this was to provide courses that will cover the world and across time zones. And the only way to accomplish that is to do everything online.

So the question is not whether it is technically feasible to provide CPD Online but whether it will be acceptable. Whether Filipinos would attend online courses or prefer traditional live courses?

By 2018, a lot of complaints about live CPD courses started coming out in social media. Problems include lack of available courses, high cost, inconvenient schedule, need to travel and its attendant costs. All these problems could easily be solved by providing CPD courses online.

Thus Philippine CPD Online was born. To provide CPD courses that you can take anywhere, anytime and at your own convenience. All at an extremely affordable cost. No wading through traffic. No inconvenient schedule. No need to travel which saves time and expense. No need to pay for unneeded units or attend unneeded courses since each course is organized per unit and bundled into 5 and 15 units depending on how many units you need for license renewal.

Due to the healthcare background of its founders, we will naturally start with healthcare specifically medicine and nursing. However, true to our mission and name, we will provide online CPD courses for all 44 professions under the PRC by the first quarter of 2021.

Philippine CPD Online was supposed to have officially started in March 2020 and offered CPD courses by April 2020 in Medicine and Nursing. But due to the COViD19 lockdown and the fact that some of the lecturers are healthcare frontliners, it was postponed to this June.

At the moment, the schedule of release of courses in Medicine and Nursing is by end-June. Civil and Mechanical Engineering by July. And Licensed Professional Teachers by August. Once courses are approved by PRC and units assigned to them, they will be available on each professions website for enrollment and attendance 24/7, anywhere there is WiFi, via desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. All you need to do is enroll, play the videos, download the notes, pass the quiz, download and print your completion certificate and bring that when you renew your license. Nothing is simpler, more convenient and hassle-free.

If you require more information, please refer to our FAQ page. If you have any questions, please feel free to use the contact page and email us.

Again, welcome to Philippine CPD Online.

Mike

Mike Nicol Uy, MD graduated from UP College of Medicine in 1989. He belongs to the first batch of INTARMED class '89. After graduation he co-founded and ran a chain of clinical laboratories which employed over 100 health care professionals. In 2006 and 2007, he sat for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and aced Step 1 with a score of 256 and Step 2 CK with a score of 258. He also passed Step 3 with a score of 219. He then founded an online review center that helped International Medical Graduates pass and even ace the USMLE Steps. At present, he still runs Askdoc-UMLE.com and is founder of Philippine CPD Online.