FAQs

This website is provided for healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland who provide services to the Health and Social Care Sector in NI. The healthcare professionals who can access this site are nurses, midwives, doctors , dentists and allied health professionals (dietitian, occupational therapist, podiatrist, physiotherapist, radiographer, speech and language therapist, paramedic).

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must use the NICPLD website.

Go to the register page and enter your information into the boxes provided. You must indicate your profession (nurse, doctor, dentist or AHP) and enter your professional registration number of your relevant regulatory body i.e. NMC, GMC, GDC, HCPC.

Your user name will be your email address and you will be asked to select a password that you will use to sign into the site in future. Only email addresses from those who work in the Health and Social Care Sector NI or University of Ulster or Queen's University Belfast will be accepted.

You must not generate more than one account. Multiple registrations create additional administrative work, increase system load, and may impact the availability and quality of this service. Duplicate registrations can lead to inaccurate statistics, redundant records, and increased complexity in data management, analysis, and reporting.

Click on the forgot password link. Enter your details as requested and your username and password will be emailed to you.

Click on a course type (elearning, workshops, webinars or recordings) from the menu to display a list of available courses for each course type.

Go to the summary details of the course you have just studied and click on the 'Enter answers' link. You can enter your answers over multiple sessions by clicking on the 'Save my answers' button. When you have answered all the questions click on the 'Submit my answers' button. You answers will be automatically marked and you will receive your score and feedback relating to the answers you got wrong.

You must be signed in to complete course MCQs.

You can quickly see which courses you have completed by clicking on a course type. In the course list, those courses that you have completed will been marked completed under MCQs text.

You must be signed in to complete course MCQs.

In order to be credited with hours of learning, you must score at least 70% of answers correct. There is no negative marking and most participants achieve this score. If you get less than 70% you will be given one final opportunity to complete the MCQs.

Please note that the maximum number of attempts for any MCQ assessment is TWO. If the pass mark is not achieved at the second attempt, no further attempts are allowed, so it is recommended that any user revisits the relevant course before attempting an MCQ assessment for the second time. MCQs results cannot be reset.

You must pass the MCQs with a minimum score of 70%. If you fail to achieve this, you can retake the MCQs for a final attempt. You can view any course as often as you wish.

If you previously passed a course but wish to retake the same course at a later stage to refresh your knowledge, you can do so, however you cannot retake the MCQs. If a brand new version of the same course title is published at a later date, you can complete the new course and the new MCQs.

You can print a certificate for courses you have successfully completed. Click on 'my account' and select the link 'my courses'. You will need to select a year (the current year is the automatic default) and click on 'Generate certificate'.

Currently, the website is only available to postgraduate healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland.

Any queries should be directed to NICPLD by email medicinesni@qub.ac.uk.