Quality Assurance Program – Continuing Education and Professional Development

Continuing Education and Professional Development

Section 21. (2) outlines the components of the QA Program and notes, “the quality assurance program shall include continuing education and professional development and shall be designed to promote (a) continuing competence; and (b) continuing quality improvement.”

The QA committee of the NLCHP with input from each professional college develops and maintains a Continuing Education and Professional Development program and uses the program to monitor compliance based on standards and competencies required for all the designated professions currently regulated in the Health Professions Act (2010).

The QA committee of the NLCHP keeps a record of all related statistics related to all activities of the committee including audits, assessments and general compliance with standards and competencies across the health disciplines designated under the Health Professions Act (2010).

 You are required to use the new CE Portal to upload your continuing education/professional development information for the January 1 – December 31 calendar year.

When you log into your portal you will see Continuing Education listed in the menu on the left hand side. Key features of the CE Portal:

• Registrants will be required to use the portal to track their continuing education as per their health professional College policy.
• Registrants can add each activity and upload documentation. Registrants will be able to view a summary of their progress as they work towards completion of the required credits/hours.
• The Portal  provides an easy, fast, reliable approach to keep track of your CE and make the audit process a much easier process.
• If you are chosen for a future audit, NLCHP will be able to access your documentation through the portal and you will no longer have to send documentation to the NLCHP.

All materials pertaining to your College requirements are available in the portal and on your college website. Registrants should read the material prior to entering information in the recording tool.