What does an international CPD certification mean?
CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and is an internationally used model for documented, continuous professional development. A CPD-certified education is not merely a course certificate – the structure, learning objectives, professional content and learning value of the education must undergo an external assessment process before it can be approved as CPD-certified. For example, The CPD Certification Service assesses educational programmes based on factors including their educational value, coherent structure, clear learning objectives and learning outcomes. The organisation works with providers in more than 100 countries.
Recognised CPD certificate
After completing a CPD-certified course or education, the participant receives documentation of the professional education completed. The certificate can be used with employers, professional organisations, business partners and other stakeholders as documentation of structured professional development worldwide.
CPD is used internationally across a wide range of industries and professions.
Professional credibility and continuity
CPD is not simply about completing one education. The fundamental principle is Continuous Professional Development – that professionals continuously maintain, document and develop their knowledge and competencies.
A CPD certification therefore supports a professional approach to:
- continuous professional development and further education
- up-to-date knowledge and new treatment methods
- structured and documentable learning
- responsible professional practice
- continuous development of competencies for the benefit of both the client and the clinic.
CPD is used by many professional organisations to structure and document the continuing professional development of their members or practitioners.
All our courses are also approved by the industry association KKBU and CPD. Our courses, treatment methods and products comply with applicable rules and guidelines issued by the Danish Safety Technology Authority, the Danish Health Authority and the Danish Medicines Agency.
In addition, we have the necessary authorisation from the Danish Data Protection Agency to maintain and store client records, ensuring that client information is handled in accordance with applicable requirements for data security and data protection.
It takes more than simply issuing a course certificate
An academy cannot simply call an education CPD-certified because it considers the teaching to be of a high professional standard.
With external CPD certification, both the education provider, the academy itself and the company or organisation behind the academy undergo an extensive approval process before certification can be achieved.
The individual courses and educational programmes are then assessed separately. Among other things, teaching materials, course structure, learning objectives, learning outcomes and professional relevance are reviewed, and the certification body may require additional documentation, amendments or adjustments before a course or educational programme can be approved.
The overall certification process can be extensive and – depending on the organisation, documentation requirements and number of educational programmes – can take up to one year before both the academy and the relevant educational programmes receive final approval.
To ensure that the professional standard continues to meet the established requirements, courses and educational programmes are also assessed once a year. CPD certification is therefore not merely a one-time approval, but an ongoing quality process in which the content, relevance and professional standard of the educational programmes are regularly reviewed and assessed.
The process can in principle be compared with elements of a quality certification: processes and educational content must be documented and defined criteria must be met and assessed by an external party.
International quality and standardisation
A significant advantage of CPD is that the education is assessed according to a consistent model for professional continuing education rather than solely according to the academy's own criteria.
This provides:
- Independent quality assessment
The education has undergone an external assessment of factors including structure, learning objectives and professional learning value. cpduk.co.uk - Consistent and documented learning
The participant can document the structured professional development that has been completed. - International applicability
The CPD concept is used across countries and industries. The CPD Certification Service, for example, has members and education providers in more than 100 countries. cpduk.co.uk - Greater professional credibility
An external assessment provides clients, business partners and professional organisations with additional documentation that the education has not solely been developed and assessed internally by the educational institution.
CPD can be important for insurance and professional work
In several international markets – particularly within beauty, aesthetics and professional treatments – documentation of relevant and accredited education may be important in connection with professional liability insurance. However, requirements vary between countries, insurance companies and types of treatment. Some accreditation schemes specifically emphasise that final acceptance always depends on the individual insurance company. Cpd Accreditation Co
Similarly, organisers of professional trade fairs, congresses, workshops and other professional events may impose specific requirements regarding the qualifications and documentation of instructors or education providers.
In several countries – and increasingly at international trade fairs and industry events – CPD certification or an equivalent documented, accredited educational background may be required in order to teach, conduct workshops, demonstrations or professional presentations.
An international CPD certification can therefore provide important documentation of an instructor's professional level and demonstrate that the education has been developed according to recognised principles of professional competence development. However, requirements vary from country to country and between individual organisers.
Why we choose CPD certification
For us, CPD is not simply about a logo or a certificate. It means that our educational programmes must be structured, documented, professionally relevant and assessed by an external organisation.
This provides both the academy and the individual participant with stronger documentation that the education has been developed with professional competence development as its foundation – and that the learning can be documented long after the course has been completed.
Dermatech-Group® – including MESOSKINLINE® and PMU-line® – are the only ones in Scandinavia and Northern Europe whose courses and educational programmes have achieved this international CPD certification.
This places our academy in a very special category and documents a standard of education that meets international requirements for quality, professional expertise and professional competence development.
A doctor-examined education provides additional professional weight and documents that the final examination has been developed with medical expertise.
For the participant, this means an education with a high professional standard, strong professional credibility and additional quality assurance.