Requirements for RBA Assessment Advisors: STRiVE – the Quality Assurance Program (Practice Assessment)
Background
The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA) requires all health profession regulators in Ontario to have a Quality Assurance (QA) program. Section 80 and 80.1 of the RHPA states that at a minimum the QA program include continuing education or professional development, self, peer and practice assessments, and a mechanism to monitor registrants’ participation in, and compliance with the program.
Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) who are independent contractors participating in the Quality Assurance program as an assessor, 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’ learning and promote continuing competence.
Policy
All RMTs participate in STRiVE – the Quality Assurance Program regardless of their role within the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO).
Procedures
- Appointment as an assessor, referred to as an Assessment Advisor, is done only after staff have:
- Confirmed the RMT’s qualifications (e.g., practised for a minimum of 3 years).
- Verified that the RMT does not fall into any of the categories for exclusions (e.g., no Terms, Conditions & Limitations on registration 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 risks to competence, and supports mitigating these risks, to verify that the risk of dyscompetence is low or managed effectively.
- Provided 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.
Adopted: June 18, 2024
