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PEER ADVISORY PROGRAM
Quality Assurance Program
COLLEGE DEVELOPING PEER ADVISORY PROGRAM TO SUPPORT
CONTINUING COMPETENCE AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Over the past year, the College Council has
been further considering elements of a
Quality Assurance Program that will provide
support to the profession’s continuing
competence and foster public confidence in
the profession.
It is Council’s goal that program elements
be accessible and relevant to all types of
veterinary service for those working in the
province, that the program elements provide a
positive learning experience for the profession
and inspire veterinarians to embrace and
actively participate in the QA Program.
Some of the elements of the Quality
Assurance Program are already in place
and available for use by veterinarians and
their staff. The College currently conducts
Communications Workshops around the
province, develops on-line learning modules
directed at known risk areas, provides online access to a Continuing Professional
Development Portal, provides access to
a Practice Advice Service and develops
Professional Practice Standards and Guides.
Peer Advisory Program
Council has established the Peer Advisory
Program as the core of the Quality Assurance
Program. This program is designed to assist
practitioners as they engage in the delivery
of quality care and service. It will provide
a formalized framework for a discussion
between a trained Peer Advisor and a
practitioner.
This discussion will center on elements
of, and approaches to, Quality Practice:
strategies for managing known risk areas,
incorporation of the College’s Professional
Practice Standards and other elements of the
regulatory framework into clinical practice,
adherence to current standards of practice,
and approaches to engaging in Continuing
Professional Development.
The development workshop for the Peer
Advisory Program will occur this summer.
Volunteer participants in the workshop are
being recruited from the profession with a
view to convening a group of practitioners
that represents the spectrum of clinical
practice within the profession.
This group will then be tasked with
establishing the framework for the Peer
Advisory Program. Once this framework
has been established, Peer Advisors will be
identified and trained. The program will then
be piloted with volunteer veterinarians and
modified as needed.
This is an exciting piece of the College’s
Quality Assurance Program development and
the College looks forward to the engagement
of veterinarians in the development and pilot
phases of the Peer Advisory Program.
PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAM
Confidential Ontario Toll-free Line:
1-800-851-6606
http://php.oma.org
The Professionals Health Program is a free, confidential service. The PHP provides
prompt advice and support to veterinarians and/or their family members.
Stay Well - Your health is important to your competence.
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