Your certificate of completion, and how anyone can check it is genuine

The certificate is A4 landscape, headed Certificate of Completion, and is presented to the learner "for successfully completing the online course". It carries:

It is signed by an authorised signatory of Healthcare Practise and carries the Healthcare Practise seal. It does not carry the logo, name or seal of any UAE health authority.

The hours on the certificate are the designed length of the course, about 2, 3 or 4 hours, covering the lessons, knowledge checks, reflection and final assessment. They are written as "approximately N learning hours" because people read at different speeds. The time you actually spent is recorded separately in the learning record in your course pack.

The authorities measure CPD in their own units: the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) counts CPD points, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH) counts one CPD credit per hour of engagement, and DHCR counts one point per hour. Those units come from accredited or recognised activities. Our certificate does not convert hours into points or credits, and it does not describe the course as Category 1 or Category 2 learning.

1. Scan the QR code on the certificate, or open the verification page and type the certificate number. Numbers use letters and digits only, with no letter O or I.
2. A valid number shows the learner's name, the course title, the learning hours, the completion date and the final score, followed by the independence statement.
3. If no match is found, check the number for typing errors. If it still fails, email us and we will check it by hand.

The verification page confirms completed certificates only. It is not listed in search engines, and it does not show courses that someone has bought but not finished.

This wording is printed on every certificate and repeated on every verification result:

Healthcare Practise is an independent education provider. This course is not accredited by, and is not affiliated with, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), Sharjah Health Authority (SHA), Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA/DHCR) or Emirates Health Services (EHS), and no CME/CPD points or credits have been awarded by any of them. Whether this learning can be counted towards your licence renewal is decided solely by your licensing authority.

We use it because it is accurate. Each authority links renewal credit to accreditation or recognition; the DOH Standard for Continuing Professional Development, for example, accepts activities with accreditation from the DOH itself, a national accreditation body or an international accreditor on the DOH's recognised list. Our courses have none of those accreditations, so the certificate says so.

• File it with your reflection. A certificate shows completion; your reflective account shows what changed in your practice. Keep them together.
• Record it as what it is. Describe it as independent, self-directed learning. The DHA Manual for Licensing Healthcare Professionals warns that claiming fraudulent CPD leads to disciplinary action by the Medical Practice Committee.
• Keep it available. The DOH CPD Standard asks professionals to keep a portfolio available for audit on request, which is good practice whichever authority licenses you.
• Download it once, carefully. Each course certificate can be downloaded once, so save the PDF somewhere safe. If you lose it or your name was wrong, contact support.