Understanding the DPC obligation in 2026: who, what, how many hours, what checks
What is the DPC?
The DPC (Développement Professionnel Continu, France's continuing professional development scheme) is a mandatory, three-yearly framework that combines continuing training, professional-practice assessment (EPP) and risk management (GDR) for healthcare professionals in France. It is run by the National DPC Agency (ANDPC) through the mondpc.fr platform.
The DPC is not merely an administrative formality. It requires every healthcare professional to follow, over three years, a pathway combining knowledge acquisition, reflective practice and continuous improvement of care. DPC traceability sits at the heart of the scheme: every hour completed must be documented, and every certificate produced and kept.
Who is concerned?
The DPC obligation applies to all healthcare professionals registered under the French Public Health Code: doctors, nurses (salaried IDE and self-employed IDEL), midwives, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dental surgeons, chiropodists-podiatrists, and more broadly all recognised allied-health professions. It covers self-employed practitioners, private-sector employees and hospital staff, with no exception based on status.
How many hours per profession?
Funded hour volumes vary by profession and mode of practice. Here are the key benchmarks for 2026.
| Profession | Funded volume | Of which minimum EPP/GDR |
|---|---|---|
| GP under agreement (médecin généraliste conventionné) | 21 hrs/year (63 hrs over 3 years) | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Specialist under agreement | Varies by specialty | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Nurse (IDE, self-employed IDEL) | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Midwife | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Physiotherapist | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Pharmacist | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Dental surgeon | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
| Chiropodist-podiatrist | Annual ANDPC budget | 14 hrs/cycle |
2026-2027 timeline
The 2023-2025 DPC cycle has been extended to 31 December 2026, pushing back the deadline by a year for professionals who have not yet completed their three-yearly obligation. The first effective checks began in January 2026. Another notable change: in 2026, funding for fully remote training was withdrawn, making blended pathways (in-person and remote) unavoidable. In 2027, the DPC gives way to periodic certification (certification périodique) for the 7 regulated professions, run by the Ma Certif'Pro Santé platform of the French Digital Health Agency (Agence Numérique Santé).
The Mon DPC traceability record
The Mon DPC record is each professional's personal logbook. It summarises the DPC programmes completed, the validated hours, the certificates obtained and the assessments carried out. A well-configured DPC LMS feeds it directly: export of compliant certificates, a summary of hours by programme, and evidence of attendance that stands up in the event of a check. The point is not only to train, but to be able to prove that the training took place, in the right form and within the deadlines.
The 5 criteria of an LMS suited to the DPC obligation
An LMS suited to the DPC is more than a tool that delivers e-learning modules. The five criteria of an effective DPC LMS are as follows.
1. Management of compliant ANDPC certificates
The DPC certificate is the central document of the scheme. The LMS must automatically generate certificates that include the training provider's ANDPC number, an electronic signature and a template compliant with mondpc.fr requirements. Without this, the completed hours cannot be recognised.
2. Audit-ready reporting
The checks carried out since 2021 have tightened documentary requirements. By 2026, audits have become routine. The LMS must produce detailed logs of sign-in, sign-out, time spent and progress, exportable in an ANDPC-compatible format. An audit-ready dashboard is no longer a luxury; it is a prerequisite.
3. Hosting of ANDPC-validated programmes
Facilities or training providers (OF) that design their own DPC programmes need an LMS able to host ANDPC-registered learning pathways, integrate SCORM content and manage blended pathways (in-person, remote, virtual classroom). The end of fully remote funding in 2026 makes this point critical.
4. Mobile and offline access
For carers in care homes (EHPAD), home-care staff (home-nursing SSIAD, home-hospitalisation HAD), self-employed nurses (IDEL) on their rounds, or staff in multi-site clinics, training in front of a fixed computer is not an option. A frontline LMS must be accessible on a smartphone, usable offline and able to sync as soon as the network returns. The IFOP x Beedeez 2026 study on frontline teams in health and pharma confirms it: 67% of frontline carers feel a gap between what is asked of them and what they can actually do, with lack of time the number-one reason.
5. Cross-cutting French compliance
Qualiopi (France's training-quality certification, if the user is a training provider), GDPR with France hosting (RGPD), RGAA for digital accessibility, and evidence-grade traceability are the expected standards. With 2027 in view, the vendor's roadmap on periodic certification is a fifth point to watch.
Checklist: 5 questions to ask your LMS vendor before signing in 2026
- Is my training provider's ANDPC number automatically embedded in every certificate generated?
- In which format do you export activity logs for an ANDPC audit?
- Is your data hosted in France (or the EU)? On what infrastructure?
- Does your platform work offline on a smartphone?
- What is your roadmap for supporting the shift to Ma Certif'Pro Santé periodic certification in 2027?
5 LMS platforms suited to the DPC obligation in 2026
| LMS | Main positioning | Automatic ANDPC certificate | Audit-ready ANDPC reporting | Mobile / offline access | Primary target | France hosting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beedeez | LMS dedicated to frontline healthcare teams | To configure with a partner DPC training provider (OF DPC) | Yes (logs, time spent, completion) | Yes (native offline) | Multi-site facilities, care homes (EHPAD), home-care (HAD), home-nursing (SSIAD), pharmacy networks, self-employed nurses (IDEL) | Yes (Scaleway) |
| Apolearn | Medical and healthcare LMS (teaching hospitals, OF DPC) | Yes | Yes | Yes (mobile app, partial offline) | Teaching hospitals, sedentary clinics, DPC training providers | To confirm |
| Dokeos | LMS for DPC training providers | Yes (ANDPC number + Clinical Audit) | Yes (dedicated ANDPC audit export) | Limited | DPC training providers | To confirm |
| E-TIPI | Healthcare LXP and medical training | Yes | Yes (authorisations + DPC + accreditations) | Yes | Hospitals, clinics, laboratories | To confirm |
| Santé Académie | DPC e-learning provider (not an LMS vendor) | N/A, training supplier | N/A | Limited | Self-employed professionals | N/A |
Beedeez, the LMS dedicated to frontline healthcare teams
Beedeez is an LMS dedicated to frontline teams, built for the constraints of staff without a fixed workstation. In healthcare, this translates into a native offline mode: carers download their modules before a round and complete them between two interventions, even without a connection. Sync is automatic when the network returns. Hosting on Scaleway France (CyberVadis certified) ensures GDPR compliance. The measured results: 92% employee engagement, 95% lesson completion, 2.3 million users across 55 countries. INFIPP, a training provider specialising in the health, social and educational sectors, uses Beedeez to digitalise its mental-health training pathways. For strict ANDPC coverage (certificates, EPP), Beedeez works as an ecosystem alongside a registered partner DPC training provider (OF DPC). See also the frontline teams in health and pharma 2026 study for sector data.
Apolearn, a reference for teaching hospitals and DPC training providers
Apolearn is a medical LMS designed for sedentary care facilities and DPC training providers. It natively integrates ANDPC management, Qualiopi, RGAA and RGPD (GDPR). With more than 1,000 customers and a 95% satisfaction rate, it is particularly well adopted in teaching hospitals (CHU) and large clinics. Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital is among its references. Its strength: full coverage of the DPC cycle with no additional configuration, with a built-in instructional AI for content creation. Its point to watch: less suited to genuinely itinerant teams.
Dokeos, a reference for DPC training providers
Dokeos accounts for 30% of DPC organisations (ODPC) as customers in the French market. Its main strength is the digital Clinical Audit, the only fully e-learning EPP validated by the ANDPC. Certificates are generated automatically with the ANDPC number, and the audit reporting is exportable in a dedicated format. The partnership with Graad Santé rounds out the offer for training providers. Dokeos is the natural choice for a DPC training provider that wants a turnkey solution on the compliance side. Its mobile accessibility remains limited.
E-TIPI, a compliant healthcare LXP
E-TIPI positions itself as an LXP (learning experience platform) for healthcare facilities. It centralises the tracking of authorisations, DPC and accreditations in a single dashboard, which addresses the complexity of regulatory obligations in hospital settings. Mobile-compatible and usable offline, it mainly targets hospitals, clinics and laboratories that need a 360-degree view of their professionals' compliance.
Santé Académie, a DPC training provider (to be distinguished from an LMS vendor)
Santé Académie is not an LMS vendor. It is a DPC training provider offering a catalogue of e-learning, in-person and virtual-classroom courses directly available to healthcare professionals. It is relevant for the self-employed professional who wants to use up funded DPC hours without worrying about the technical side. It does not, however, meet the need of a facility that wants to digitalise its own in-house training and keep editorial control and traceability.
How to digitalise and trace DPC for frontline healthcare teams
The specific challenge of frontline healthcare teams
Frontline healthcare teams are nothing like the learners that conventional LMS platforms were designed to serve. A care assistant in a care home (EHPAD) moves from one resident to the next with no pause in front of a screen. A self-employed nurse (IDEL) works one round after another. A home-nursing (SSIAD) or home-hospitalisation (HAD) worker operates at people's homes, with no guaranteed connection. A pharmacy network trains its teams across several sites at once. In each of these cases, access to a fixed computer is the exception, not the rule.
Why DPC is harder to trace for these groups
No fixed workstation, fragmented time slots, an intermittent internet connection: the working conditions of frontline healthcare teams make conventional DPC training almost impractical. The IFOP x Beedeez 2026 study on the health and pharma sector reveals that 67% of frontline carers feel a gap between what is asked of them and what they can actually do, with lack of time as the main reason (59%). Tracing DPC hours in these conditions, without a suitable tool, amounts to asking these teams to add an administrative burden to an already stretched day.
How a frontline LMS solves the equation
An LMS suited to frontline teams turns every free moment into a learning opportunity. Modules are broken into short sequences on a smartphone, viewable between two patients or two interventions. Offline mode lets staff download content before a round and complete it without a connection. Sync is automatic when the network returns. The DPC certificates are then exported to mondpc.fr and the Mon DPC traceability record is updated in real time. To go further on this topic, see our page on raising awareness and training in medical regulations with an LMS and the health and medical sector.
Field illustrations
INFIPP, a training provider specialising in the health, social and educational sectors, has begun a transformation of its mental-health training pathways with Beedeez. The aim: to make the training more accessible, shorter and rooted in the field. The feedback from Yoan Casotte (INFIPP) is available in a webinar. The Sintyl laboratory (Méthode Physiodermie), active in training networks of healthcare professionals internationally, has for its part created more than 80 lessons and 750 hours of training on Beedeez. These two cases show that the frontline constraint is not an obstacle to traceability, provided you choose the right tools. See also the digitalise regulatory training page for detailed use cases.
Prepare from 2026 for the shift to periodic certification in 2027
What changes in 2027
In 2027, the 7 regulated professions (doctors, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dental surgeons, chiropodists-podiatrists) move from the DPC to periodic certification. This new framework, run by the Ma Certif'Pro Santé platform of the French Digital Health Agency, adopts a longer cycle (6 to 9 years depending on the profession) and rests on a competency framework specific to each professional body. The requirements for content, evidence and traceability will differ from today's DPC.
What this means for choosing an LMS today
Choosing an LMS in 2026 with no eye on 2027 risks having to reconfigure everything within twelve months. The criteria to assess now: the ability to export to the new platforms (Ma Certif'Pro Santé imposes its own formats), the modularity of the tool to adapt to new competency frameworks, the evidence-grade archiving of training records over several years, and the vendor's roadmap. The LMS platforms suited to health and pharma regulatory standards that anticipate this shift are the ones already building in certification-management features with expiry dates and automated renewal workflows.
3 questions to ask your LMS vendor before signing in 2026
- Can your LMS export training evidence in the formats expected by Ma Certif'Pro Santé from 2027?
- How does your tool handle the renewal of certifications with multi-year cycles (6 to 9 years)?
- Do you have a documented roadmap on periodic certification and the French Digital Health Agency?
Do you manage the training of healthcare professionals across multi-site facilities, in care homes (EHPAD) or at home? Request a demo to see how Beedeez supports your frontline healthcare teams with DPC traceability from a smartphone, including offline.
