The Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners (QCHP) has become an internationally recognised accreditation body for its continuing medical education (CME)/Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation system.

QCHP obtained substantial equivalency to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), one of the most recognised CME accreditation systems in the world.

The equivalency agreement with the ACCME was determined after a meticulous review and evaluation of QCHP’s standards, policies and processes by ACCME. This included a detailed report, documentation of educational activities, a site visit and a survey interview conducted by the ACCME’s president and chief executive officer on October 2016.
The information taken from the review process and the survey interview provided the ACCME with verification of the successful implementation of the QCHP’s continuing medical education accreditation programme and decision-making process.
“We are pleased to award substantial equivalency to our colleague accreditor, the Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners,"said, Graham McMahon, president and CEO, ACCME.
He commended QCHP for its dedication to building international collaboration and advancing the quality of CME/CPD. "QCHP’s accreditation system assures that CME/CPD is based on the needs of healthcare professionals, measured for its effectiveness, meets standards of scientific integrity, and is independent of commercial influence,” the official added.
It is part of QCHP vision to build strategic relations with international bodies in medical education. It adds to QCHP’s achievements which started with an equivalency agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians followed by a credit conversion agreement with the American Medical Association enabling physicians registered in the US to use credit gained from participating in QCHP-AD-accredited activities to maintain their license of practice in the US.
The recognition also emphasises the quality of the standards and policies of the continuing medical education accreditation programme and their conformity with the international standards. This ensures providing quality CME/CPD activities for healthcare practitioners and is positively reflected on healthcare practitioners’ professional practice in a way that will improve the quality of health services and patient outcomes in Qatar.