The Continuing Education Centre in Nursing was set up on 1 March 2014 to help nurses and midwives keep their knowledge and skills up to date. It approves organisations and activities, gives continuing education credits and records these credits for licence renewal.  

Continuing education here means short courses, training and other learning activities that help nursing and midwifery professionals develop their knowledge, practical skills and professional standards. It treats expertise as something that must be refreshed and shown in clear, visible ways.  

At first, the new regulation on continuing education caused worry and confusion among many nurses, leading to a flood of phone calls and questions. The Centre’s director therefore visited different institutions to explain how the system works and how professionals can collect credits for future licence renewals.  

In one session, a clinical expert questioned why further education was needed. The speaker explained that real expertise should be backed up by evidence, such as practice manuals, nursing books, research reports or nursing innovations. These pieces of work can be recognised as continuing education, turning existing experience into officially acknowledged, evidence-based professional growth.