Quality Assurance Program

Important Points About The QA Program:
Each member of the CMRTO:

is required to complete a minimum of 25 hours per year of continuous learning activities in order to show commitment to the College’s QA program
will maintain his/her own Continuous Learning Portfolio based on the annual Self-Assessment Profile
will retain a copy of the Self-Assessment Profile, Continuous Learning Portfolio and Certificate of Competence (Quality Assurance Declaration) for five years
must submit the completed Certificate of Competence (Quality Assurance Declaration) each year with his/her annual registration

Introduction
The Health Professions Procedural Code, Schedule 2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA), defines a Quality Assurance program as a program to assure the quality of the practice of the profession and to promote continuing competence among the members. It requires a health profession College to establish a Quality Assurance Committee and to make regulations prescribing a QA program. It authorizes a Quality Assurance Committee to appoint assessors for the purpose of the QA program. All members of the College are required to participate in the QA program and to cooperate with assessors and with the Quality Assurance Committee. Subject to certain limited exceptions, information obtained through the QA program is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to any other committee of the College.

MRTs acquire basic knowledge, skills and judgment during their educational training. These initial competencies are maintained through members engaging in continuous learning activities that relate to their professional practice. The QA program is intended to deal with development, maintenance and measurement of competence.

MRTs function in an environment of constant change. Their professional roles, responsibilities and accountabilities differ today from yesterday, and will evolve even more tomorrow.

Although over the years MRTs have proven their commitment to professionalism and quality patient care through on-going self-development, such efforts have not been formally documented and recognized in many cases. The purpose of this package is to provide you with some tools, guidance and a formal process for identifying, implementing and recording your continuous learning efforts.

Why A Quality Assurance Program?
The Quality Assurance (QA) program is required:

To comply with the legislative requirement of the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) that the College implement a Quality Assurance program by December 31, 1996
To be consistent with our mandate to ensure public protection
To encourage you to take your professional responsibility seriously and to ensure that the program supports that goal in a changing environment
To provide an opportunity for you to control your own professional development

Who Administers The QA Program?
The Quality Assurance Committee (QA Committee) is responsible for administering and monitoring the QA program. The QA Committee is one of the statutory committees of the College. It is currently made up of five members – one elected council member, one public member and three members of the College. The QA Committee is separate from the other statutory committees of the College, including the Executive Committee, the Registration Committee, the Complaints Committee and the Discipline Committee.

Some documents require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader™