How it works
SIGN UP FOR FREE
Register for the mailing list to start receiving monthly emails with the journal articles. You will receive no more than one email per month and can unsubscribe at any time.
READ THE MONTHLY ARTICLE
Physicians Association for Nutrition South Africa will deliver an email right into your inbox with the journal article of the month.
TAKE THE QUESTIONNAIRE
After reading the journal article, complete a questionnaire with 15 MCQs. Get 70% correct or more and you will be awarded 3 CPD points.
Learn about a new topic each month
All articles are open access and have been published within the last 5 years. The topics covered include nutrition, plant-based healthcare, planetary diets, zoonotic pandemic emergence, and more…
Get 3 CPD points per month
The CPD credits are a bonus for registered South African practitioners and may be converted by your respective regulatory body anywhere in the world.
Frequently asked questions
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What is the PBNJS?
The PBNJS (Plant-Based Nutrition Journal Series) is a monthly opportunity for you to learn more about evidence-based plant-based nutrition. There are 3 CPD points (Continuing Professional Development points) available each month for health professionals registered with HPCSA (The Health Professions Council of South Africa).
What kind of journal articles are used?
Activities are based on evidence-based peer-reviewed journal articles that are published within the last 5 years. Topics include nutrition, planetary health, and plant-based healthcare. All of our activities are chosen and reviewed by professional health science researchers.
I signed up, but I haven’t received anything yet
When you sign up, you should receive a welcome email. If you do not, please check your spam, junk, or promotion folder. Save our email address into your contacts to make sure it lands in your inbox.
When do you send out the activities?
Activities are not sent out automatically as soon as you sign up. We send out activities during the third or fourth week of each month (excluding January).
Do I have to be a health professional to sign up?
Our activities are open to everyone! If you are not a health professional registered with a regulatory body, you can simply read the article and skip the MCQ (multiple-choice questions).
What if I am registered with a regulatory body other than the HPCSA?
We only manage CPD points (Continuing Professional Development points) for HPCSA (The Health Professions Council of South Africa). If you are registered with another local or international body (ie. AHPCSA), please request a certificate from us and you can send it to your relevant body for approval.
What do I have to do to get the CPD points?
Simply read the open-access journal article and answer the attached online MCQ (multiple-choice questions) with 15 questions. You must get 70% or above to be eligible for points. You will see your results immediately and can take the test multiple times.
Can I expect to receive a certificate?
As a request from the HPCSA (The Health Professions Council of South Africa), we will no longer be issuing certificates to avoid duplication. We may create a certificate on request, especially in the cases of being registered with other local or international regulatory bodies.
Will you send my points directly to the HPCSA?
As a service provider, we take responsibility for sending your CPD points (Continuing Professional Development points) to the HPCSA (The Health Professions Council of South Africa). We submit updated information from all activities weekly.
When will my points reflect on the HPCSA portal?
After we have sent a log of activity to the HPCSA (The Health Professions Council of South Africa), they will upload your points within 24 hours. You should receive a confirmation email. If not, please confirm that your email is correct on the HPCSA website or send us an email.
Can I complete activities from previous months for CPD points?
CPD points (Continuing Professional Development points) are available until the end of the current calendar year. You can receive points for any activity you complete in the same year it was sent. However, if you complete an activity sent the previous year, you will not receive points.
For example, throughout 2022 you can complete any activity sent in 2022. However, if you complete an old activity from 2021, you will not receive points for that in 2022.
Who accredits your activities for CPD points?
Our activities are accredited through Stellenbosch University.