Policy: STRiVE – the Quality Assurance Program Policy for Assessment Advisors: Requirements and Conflicts of Interest

1. Requirements for RBA Assessment Advisors

RMTs/MTs who are independent contractors participating in the Quality Assurance (QA) program referred to as Assessment Advisors, are exposed to content that may give them an advantage to successfully completing the assessment and/or prevent them from receiving meaningful feedback that would help to mitigate risks to competence.

The assessment requirements and consequences should be equitably applied and provide meaningful feedback to optimize RMTs’/MTs’ learning and promote continuing competence.

All RMTs/MTs participate in STRiVE QA Program regardless of their role within the CMTO.

Procedures

Appointment as an Assessment Advisor requires:
Confirmation of the RMT’s/MT’s qualifications (e.g., practised for a minimum of 3 years).
Verification that the RMT/MT does not fall into any of the categories for exclusions (e.g., no Terms, Conditions and Limitations due to decisions made by the Registration Committee, Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, Discipline Committee, Fitness to Practice Committee, or Quality Assurance Committee).
Reviewed the potential RMT’s/MT’s risks to competence, and supports mitigating these risks, to verify that these risks are managed effectively.
Providing a copy of this policy to the Assessment Advisor.
Documented the above in the registrant profile.
All Assessment Advisors are required to complete Quality Assurance requirements.
Appointments are cancelled immediately if the results of Practice Assessment indicate an Assessment Advisor must proceed to the Quality Assurance Committee.
Re-appointments are not considered for an Assessment Advisor who proceeded to the Quality Assurance Committee’s review.

2. Conflict of Interest for RBA Assessment Advisors

CMTO proactively manages and attempts to prevent any potential, real or perceived conflict(s) where an Assessment Advisor’s professional judgement may be compromised. By doing so, the assessment can be completed in the best interest of the RMT/MT and their clients.

Both the Assessment Advisor, and the RMT/MT must declare a conflict of interest:

Before initiating the Practice Assessment process.
During or after the Practice Assessment in cases where the conflict of interest becomes apparent.

Procedures

If a conflict of interest is declared, the RMT/MT is provided with a different Assessment Advisor.
If a conflict of interest is declared during the Practice Assessment, the process stops and the Assessment Advisor records the potential, perceived or real conflict and notifies staff immediately for guidance on next steps.

Example conflicts of interest that must be declared: