Continued Competence Program

Continuing Education Forms

This section is dedicated to continuing education (CE) material for the CMRIPS. Questions can be directed to the CMRIPS office by clicking here.

  1. Rounds Template
  2. Rounds Template - word fillable form 
  3. CMRIPS CE Guidelines & Audit Expectations
  4. CMRIPS CE Credit Record
  5. CMRIPS CE Credit Record - word fillable form 
  6. Continuing Education Certificate Template
  7. Continuing Education Certificate Template - word fillable form 
  8. Continuing Education & Audit FAQs 
  9. Professional Liability FAQs
  10. Verification of Hours
  11. Verification of Hours - word fillable form

Mandatory Education

The CMRIPS recognizes that advancing technology and increasing responsibility requires technologists to continually update their knowledge and skills. Continuing education ensures professional competence and prevents professional obsolescence. Ten percent (10%) of the membership is audited on an annual basis to provide verification of their credits as declared on their renewal.

Continuing education is mandatory for maintaining membership/licensure with the CMRIPS. Each MRIP has a duty to attend, track, and report CE activity regardless of employment or registration status. A minimum of 10 Medical Radiation and Imaging Professional credits per year are required. Dues years, rather than calendar years, will be used for credit accumulation December 1 - November 30.

Members are asked on their annual renewal to declare that they have earned the minimum amount of continuing education credits. If a member doesn’t have sufficient CE credits at the time of renewal, Section 14(2) of the Regulatory Bylaws states that Members who have not completed the continuing education credits required by clause (1)(b) may receive a full practice licence on the condition that they practice only under direct supervision until they complete the required CE credits. Contact the office if you do not have sufficient credits.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A minimum of ten (10) Medical Radiation and Imaging Professional credits per year. Dues years rather than calendar years will be used for credit accumulation: December 1 - November 30.

Personal continuing education forms may be obtained from the CMRIPS website. Ensure that all credits documented are in compliance with the CMRIPS Continuing Education Guidelines & Audit Expectations.

Members are asked on their annual renewal to declare that they have earned the minimum amount of continuing education credits. Ten percent (10%) of the membership is audited on an annual basis to provide verification of their credits as declared on the renewal. It is fraudulent to make a false declaration.

Continuing Education Opportunities for CMRIPS Members

Learning Resources

Your choice of continuous learning activities must be related to improving your knowledge, skills and judgment as a member of the profession. A variety of learning activities may be used in order to support learning that is relevant to the member’s practice.  The continuous education activities may be in any format that meets your learning needs and may include professional readings, seminars, webinars, conferences, courses, learning from other professionals (e.g., attendance at rounds, tutorials and staff meetings), training on new equipment, applications, procedures or software, writing and delivering presentations, courses or clinical teaching, research, writing a professional journal article or paper, and others.

Refer to the CMRIPS CE Guidelines and Audit Expectations for more information on learning activities and the CE credits awarded. Click here to view.

The resources listed are not intended to be a comprehensive list of courses available.

Conferences/Lectures:

As a service to the members, the CMRIPS strives to present an annual education conference in association with the Annual General Meeting (AGM). CE Credits are calculated based on the number of presentations and includes attendance at the AGM.

A virtual AGM is to be scheduled annually in the spring.

A CAMRT education conference is held annually in the spring. Please refer to the "event" section of the CAMRT website for further details.

Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists | Conferences and Events (camrt.ca)

SonoCon is held annually by Sonography Canada in the fall. Please see their website for more information.

SONOCON 2024 - Sonography Canada

To join a Telehealth rounds session, you must attend at a Telehealth site. These sessions are not available over the open internet to personal computers. If you wish to attend a session in Regina, please contact: 306-766-3400 or http://www.rqhealth.ca/departments/telehealth

  1. UBC online Reconciliation through Indigenous Education Course - https://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/reconciliation/
  2. University of Alberta's Indigenous Canada online course - Indigenous Canada | Coursera
  3. Core ICS Health | San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training (sanyas.ca)

MHFA is a nationally recognized certification course developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The course aims to develop the skills of participants in providing help to a person experiencing a mental health and/or substance use problem or crisis. Just like physical first aid is provided until medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate support is found or until the crisis is resolved.

Various course dates available for more information and to register, please contact Carissa Clark @ carissaclark17@hotmail.com.