Welcome
0
R0.00
0 items
The Professional Practice Portfolio aims to serve Industrial and Organisational Psychology practitioners (including Psychologists, Psychometrists and Counsellors) with professional development needs by enhancing professional competence, advising in applied ethics, and supporting professional sustainability. Below are the critical roles of Professional Practice.
On 9 December 2016 the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) awarded the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA) CPD accreditor status in the field of Industrial and Organisational (IO) Psychology and Psychometry.
Prior to SIOPSA being awarded this accreditation status, there were only 4 CPD accreditors with none of them specializing in the field of IO Psychology. With SIOPSA now able to accredit CPD-related events for continuing education units, we can further lighten the HPCSA’s burden by performing the relevant accreditation, administration and compliance monitoring tasks.
We encourage you, therefore, to consider registering your CPD events targeted at IO Psychology professionals, with SIOPSA.
Below is the process to apply to become a service provider or accredited service provider
It is our continuous pledge to provide our members with cost effective and value-added service such as e-CPD.
All SIOPSA Members (with the exclusion of non-paying guests and students), will now be able to complete eCPD/eCEU activities which totals 30 CEU/CPD points.
This has been made possible with our extended relationship with our service provider AOSIS. All registered SIOPSA members can now log on to the AOSIS website to access the eCPD/eCEU content.
As a member of SIOPSA all your CPD requirements with the HPCSA are covered by just paying your normal annual SIOPSA membership fee. By implication, all paid up and new members of the society will now be able to obtain both clinical and ethical CEU’s required by the Board at no additional cost. Thus, No ‘extra’ payments, no ‘hidden’ costs, no ‘time off work’. You can complete these activities at the leisure of your own time.
AOSIS will therefore provide the following eCPD activities, via their website, to all *SIOPSA Members at no additional cost:
How to register for e-CPD via AOSIS:
Additional resources will include accreditation fees, FAQ and CPD Announcements
The two subcommittees in Professional Practice are Workplace Counselling and Forensic Psychology
Workplace Counselling Subcommittee
Forensic Psychology Subcommittee
Psychometrics Is a field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement. One part of the field is concerned with the objective measurement and the other part is concerned with statistical research bearing on measurement theory.
Accreditor A group or institution appointed by a Professional Board to review and approve applications for the provision of CPD activities (within its profession’s ambit) by organizations and individuals without accredited service provider status; to monitor these activities; and to revise continuing education units (CEUs) allocated where the provider failed to comply with the rules and regulations of the CPD guidelines. Professional Boards may delegate their responsibility for accrediting service providers to Accreditors with the mutual agreement of the Accreditor. The criteria and processes to be followed as well as the procedures for record keeping are contained in the Criteria and Guidelines for Accreditors document.
Accredited Service Providers are the profession specific higher education institutions and departments, professional associations or formally constituted professional interest groups who meet the specified criteria and have been accredited by the Board/ or its designated Accreditor to present learning activities for Continuing Professional Development.
Attendance register is the record of attendees at the learning activity reflecting the names, the HPCSA registration numbers of those present and their signatures on completion of the activity. This register must be held by the presenting organisation or institution for three years following the activity; the original register may be audited in a compliance check.
Continuing Education Units(CEUs) indicate the value attached to a learning activity for Continuing Professional Development.
Continuing Professional Development In terms of Section 26 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974) the HPCSA may from time to time make rules which prescribe – (a) conditions relating to continuing education and training to be undergone by persons registered in terms of this Act in order to retain such registration; (b) the nature and extent of continuing education and training to be undergone by persons registered in terms of this Act; and (c) the criteria for recognition by the HPCSA of continuing education and training courses and education institutions offering such courses.
CPD Section of the CPD, Registrations and Records Department at the HPCSA administers and monitors the CPD process.
Criteria and Guidelines for Service Providers details the criteria for and requirements of Service Providers; the nature of the learning activities and the CEUs at each level of the hierarchy; the process to be followed to publicise, present and record the activities.
Ethics, Human Rights and Medical Law is an understanding of the bioethical principles that determine how health professionals perform research and interact with patients/clients and society and is also described in Chapter I and II of the Constitution. Health care is a constantly advancing field and with these advances conflicts often arise within the arenas of politics, law, religion, philosophy and economics. An understanding of bioethics helps us to recognise, admit and sometimes resolve these conflicts.
It is our continuous pledge to provide our members with cost effective and value-added service such as e-CPD.
All SIOPSA Members (with the exclusion of non-paying guests and students), will now be able to complete eCPD/eCEU activities which totals 30 CEU/CPD points.
This has been made possible with our extended relationship with our service provider AOSIS. All registered SIOPSA members can now log on to the AOSIS website to access the eCPD/eCEU content.
As a member of SIOPSA all your CPD requirements with the HPCSA are covered by just paying your normal annual SIOPSA membership fee. By implication, all paid up and new members of the society will now be able to obtain both clinical and ethical CEU’s required by the Board at no additional cost. Thus, No ‘extra’ payments, no ‘hidden’ costs, no ‘time off work’. You can complete these activities at the leisure of your own time.
AOSIS will therefore provide the following eCPD activities, via their website, to all *SIOPSA Members at no additional cost:
How to register for e-CPD via AOSIS:
1.Ensure SIOPSA Membership is paid in full
2.Send an email to info@siopsa.org.za or lungelo@siopsa.org.za that you would like to register for e-CPD access. They will inform eCPD/AOSIS that you are a SIOPSA member to activate your access.
3.Go to the AOSIS eCPD website and register https://healthcare-ecpd.co.za/.
4.Once you have registered on the AOSIS website, you should be able to see the SIOPSA logo when you click on Sponsorships. This indicates that your access has been finalised and you have free access to the eCPD courses.
5.Should you experience any technical difficulties during the management of your e-CPD Activities, kindly email health.admin@ecpd.co.za.
Psychometrics Is a field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement. One part of the field is concerned with the objective measurement and the other part is concerned with statistical research bearing on measurement theory.
Accreditor A group or institution appointed by a Professional Board to review and approve applications for the provision of CPD activities (within its profession’s ambit) by organizations and individuals without accredited service provider status; to monitor these activities; and to revise continuing education units (CEUs) allocated where the provider failed to comply with the rules and regulations of the CPD guidelines. Professional Boards may delegate their responsibility for accrediting service providers to Accreditors with the mutual agreement of the Accreditor. The criteria and processes to be followed as well as the procedures for record keeping are contained in the Criteria and Guidelines for Accreditors document.
Accredited Service Providers are the profession specific higher education institutions and departments, professional associations or formally constituted professional interest groups who meet the specified criteria and have been accredited by the Board/ or its designated Accreditor to present learning activities for Continuing Professional Development.
Attendance register is the record of attendees at the learning activity reflecting the names, the HPCSA registration numbers of those present and their signatures on completion of the activity. This register must be held by the presenting organisation or institution for three years following the activity; the original register may be audited in a compliance check.
Continuing Education Units(CEUs) indicate the value attached to a learning activity for Continuing Professional Development.
Continuing Professional Development In terms of Section 26 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974) the HPCSA may from time to time make rules which prescribe – (a) conditions relating to continuing education and training to be undergone by persons registered in terms of this Act in order to retain such registration; (b) the nature and extent of continuing education and training to be undergone by persons registered in terms of this Act; and (c) the criteria for recognition by the HPCSA of continuing education and training courses and education institutions offering such courses.
CPD Section of the CPD, Registrations and Records Department at the HPCSA administers and monitors the CPD process.
Criteria and Guidelines for Service Providers details the criteria for and requirements of Service Providers; the nature of the learning activities and the CEUs at each level of the hierarchy; the process to be followed to publicise, present and record the activities.
Ethics, Human Rights and Medical Law is an understanding of the bioethical principles that determine how health professionals perform research and interact with patients/clients and society and is also described in Chapter I and II of the Constitution. Health care is a constantly advancing field and with these advances conflicts often arise within the arenas of politics, law, religion, philosophy and economics. An understanding of bioethics helps us to recognise, admit and sometimes resolve these conflicts.
Need to speak to someone instead? Call us.