The CBA is designed to be an educational tool to help you identify potential gaps in your knowledge, skill and judgment and make effective use of your professional development activity hours. You will receive a feedback report on your performance. Depending on the CBA result, you will receive guidance for professional development that is either self-directed or peer-assisted.
Successful
If you are successful on the CBA, you are expected to continue your professional development by engaging in any relevant activities that meet your learning needs and goals. You can expect to complete the CBA again in approximately 5 years.
Your CBA feedback report will outline your performance in each area of the Standards, along with the performance of others who were successful on the assessment. With this information, you will be able to note where your performance could benefit from further development and consider continuing professional development activities to strengthen these areas.
Self-directed professional development
If you are in the self-directed review category, you will be required to complete professional development activities. You can expect to complete the CBA again in approximately 5 years.
Your CBA feedback report will outline your performance in each area of the Standards, and you will receive resources and recommendations on where to direct your professional development efforts during your next PD reporting cycle.
At the end of your PD reporting cycle, you will need to demonstrate how you used some of your 40 hours of learning activities to address the Standards where your performance was lower than that of the successful mean. (For information about these requirements, see Professional development requirements and FAQs.)
Peer-assisted review activities with a peer coach
If you are in the peer-assisted review category, you might be at risk of not understanding or applying the Standards in your practice. Your CBA feedback report will outline your performance in each area of the Standards. QA staff will offer you an appointment to discuss your performance and assessment strategies. You will be given an opportunity to write the CBA again at the next administration (referred to as “reassessment”).
If you remain in the peer-assisted review category after your reassessment, you will proceed to a peer-assisted practice review with a peer coach.
The peer coach will further assess your practice, collaborate with you to come up with a meaningful learning plan, and support you with meeting your professional obligations.
After you have completed a learning plan created with your peer coach, you will be required to complete the CBA again at the next available administration.
If you are in the peer-assisted review category after reassessment, you will be referred to a panel of the Quality Assurance Committee for review and further direction.