The College has updated the Continuing Competency Program. A recorded presentation on the major changes to the program, with a list of frequently asked questions, can be found HERE.

Further information will be provided directly to registrants and on the College's website in the coming months.

The Continuing Competency Program (CCP) of the College is a quality-assurance program based on the belief that registered occupational therapists in Nova Scotia are professionals whose goals include maintaining and improving their level of skills and knowledge based on accepted standards of professional practice.  The program aims to support, monitor, and ensure occupational therapists are competent practitioners.

The program includes three components:

  1. Competence Maintenance:

    This is the supportive component of the program. This component describes the basic activities required by all occupational therapists to demonstrate that  they are engaging in reflective practice and complying  with regulatory requirements. 

  2. Competence Review:

    This is the evaluative component of the program. It assess an occupational therapists' skills, knowledge, and judgement required to provide safe, effective, and ethical services and to identify those registrants who may require improvement to practice.  This component will have multiple components and is currently under development.

  3. Competence Improvement

    This is the improvement component of the program for those registrants identified in competence review as requiring support. Recommendations for improvement are made by staff and or committee based on the results of competence review.