There is no place for Tobacco Industry sponsorship in Continuing Professional Development
Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
| Field | Value | |
| Title | There is no place for Tobacco Industry sponsorship in Continuing Professional Development | |
| Creator | London, Leslie Talatala, Mvuyiso Cassim, Bilkish | |
| Description | Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plays a key role in ensuring that health professionals maintain competence in their professional roles. The delivery of CPD requires provision of education and information that is independent of vested interests. Recent efforts by the Tobacco Industry to move into provision and sponsorship of CPD for doctors represents an ethical challenge and potentially contravenes South Africa’s obligations under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The College of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) has taken the position that there is no place for tobacco company sponsorship of CPD activities in light of its mandate to promote the highest degree of skill and efficiency in medical and dental practice and to advance the highest ethical standards and professional conduct in the profession. This position is in line with the CMSA’s position on sponsorship of its own CPD activities and we urge other health institutions to adopt a similar approach. The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) should issue guidelines to CPD accreditors to exclude tobacco company-sponsored activities from HPCSA-accredited CPD. This is particularly important at this point while South Africa’s parliament is considering further legislation to control tobacco-related harms. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-12-02 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jcmsa.v2i1.101 | |
| Source | Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa; Vol 2, No 1 (2024); 4 pages 2960-110X | |
| Language | eng | |
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