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Common Questions
• When do I have to submit my Self-Assessment Profile and Continuous Learning Portfolio?
• How can I find 25 hours to go to classes?
• What does informal learning mean?
• Why is our program based on self-assessment?
• What kind of learning activities will the Quality Assurance Committee accept?
• Do I have to use the College forms to document my learning activities?
When do I have to submit my Self-Assessment Profile and Continuous Learning Portfolio?
The Self-Assessment Profile and Continuous Learning Portfolio is your personal record, and is to be used to define your own learning goals and objectives. There is no schedule for submission of the Self-Assessment Profile and the Continuous Learning Portfolio to the Quality Assurance Committee. You must keep a copy of the completed Self-Assessment Profile, Continuous Learning Portfolio and Certificate of Competence (Quality Assurance Declaration) completed each year for five years.
However, a number of the Self-Assessment Profiles and Continuous Learning Portfolios will be randomly selected for review by the College each year. If you are chosen to send your Self-Assessment Profile and Continuous Learning Portfolio to the College, you will be notified in writing.
How can I find 25 hours to go to classes?
The Quality Assurance program does not require MRTs to spend 25 hours in a classroom. The total of 25 hours includes time spent in formal and/or informal learning. For example, if it takes two hours to study a journal article related to one of your learning goals, then that 2 hours counts towards the total 25 hours.
What does informal learning mean?
Informal learning includes a variety of types of study or learning, but usually in a non-classroom setting. Informal learning does include (but is not limited to) such activities as reading professional journal articles or books, reviewing papers on the internet, and participating in employment-based staff development programs.
Why is our program based on self-assessment?
The purpose of self-assessment and the continuous learning tool is to encourage and guide continuous learning as the chief way of ensuring that your professional knowledge, skills and judgment continue to grow as the demands of professional practice change.
The self-assessment profile is not a test; it is a guide to defining individual learning goals and objectives. In fact, the Quality Assurance Committee will expect all MRTs to identify some area for growth. The Quality Assurance Committee feels that no matter how experienced an MRT may be, there is always room for enhancement or improvement.
What kind of learning activities will the Quality Assurance Committee accept?
The Quality Assurance Committee accepts a wide variety of learning activities as it is aware that members work in various work facilities. Some MRTs work in large teaching hospitals, some in independent health facilities, while others work in remote northern facilities.
The Quality Assurance Program, as defined in the RHPA, means “a program to assure the quality of practice of the profession and to promote continuous competence among the members”. CMRTO’s QA program is based on the assumption that members come into the College with appropriate skills and knowledge acquired through approved educational programs. These initial competencies are maintained through continuous learning and the expectation of adherence to the Standards of Practice. Continuous learning occurs through engaging in learning activities that relate to the practice of the profession. This link is established through the record members make of how learning activities helped on the job.
Do I have to use the College forms to document my learning activities?
Yes. Subsection 10(6) of Ontario Regulation 545/94, as amended, made under the Medical Radiation Technology Act, 1991, provides that “The quality assurance records shall be in the form provided by the College”.
It is important that all CMRTO members’ QA records be in a consistent format to facilitate a fair evaluation process.
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