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BENGKEL EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE (EBP) 2017
Use of best evidence during decision-making and applying nursing care practice. The Evidence
Based Practice Workshop was held at the Meeting Room Level 2, Health Education Division. The first
workshop was held on 18 to 19 September 2017 and will be held again in the coming year. A total of
33 participants consisted of Matron, Head of Nurses, Nurses from MoH, Hospitals and Health Clinics.
The affected hospitals are Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Klang Hospital, Ipoh Hospital, Seremban Hospital,
Malacca Hospital, Putrajaya Hospital and Wilayah Persekutuan Health State Office, National Cancer
Institute, Serdang Hospital, Petaling and Klang Health District Office.

Figure 41
No of Participants in Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Workshops

Source: Nursing Division, MoH

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT

Continuous Professional Development Unit was developed to plan, coordinate and prepare the schedule
of courses to all nurses in Ministry of Health (MoH).

In-service course

This program aimed to increase the knowledge and latest information to ensure the nurses able to
give a quality and effective nursing care. It is also to ensure the nurses attended 7 days course per
year as written in Pekeliling Perkhidmatan Awam Bil.6 Tahun 2015. In 2017, Continuous Professional
Development Unit had facilitated 21 course/workshop in which involved 1420 nurses all over Malaysia
from various category and 8 courses/workshops (27 nurses) organized by other departments include
non-government agencies. Nursing Division consists of 104 staffs (Professional and Support Group), in
which 93 staffs (89 per cent) able to attend 7 days course in year where as another 11 of them attended
less than 7 days due to long leave such as confinement leave and other reasons (Figure 42).

CREDENTIALING & PRIVILEGING

AHP Credentialing is also a responsibility of this Division. A series of Credentialing Committee
Meetings and Sub-expertise Meetings were held to ensure smooth coordination of the Credentialing
process. Among the discipline involved were Emergency & Trauma, Pre- Operative, Intensive Care,
Ophthalmology and Dialysis (Table 69).

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