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this page Oh No! I'm being Audited! : Explanation of the Audit Process on Continuing Professional Development Submissions By Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., Executive Director & RegistrarThe first mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) submission date has passed and the Association would like to thank you for submitting your CPD Declaration form for 2006. If you have not submitted your CPD hours yet, please do so as soon as possible because late notices are now being prepared. The APGO is carefully developing the CPD program through the CPD Subcommittee. Participation by members in this program is important because it assists APGO members in developing a career plan and helps fulfil the APGO mandate of public protection by ensuring that we all remain current by keeping up with new technologies, theories and business practices. The CPD program requires that a formal audit be conducted on a segment of the Association membership. The audit is conducted by a computer-generated random selection of 5% of the APGO submissions each year. The Association recognizes that your time is valuable and will endeavour to keep the audit process as simple and as efficient as possible. The audits are intended to provide a measure of compliance with the spirit of the program and to provide input in refining the CPD process to make it as useful and simple as possible. Adjustments to the program will be made to ensure the program is effective based on the lessons learned from the audit process. If your license number is randomly selected, the CPD Subcommittee will conduct an audit of your file. As part of this inaugural audit process, you will be asked to submit a complete copy of your 2006 CPD forms (all the tabs in the CPD Excel file) either by email or regular post. Your submission would then be reviewed by a group of your peers to determine compliance with the spirit of the program. If clarification is required, you would then be contacted by the APGO to provide further information. You would only be required to provide back-up documentation to support the declaration if there are discrepancies or questions that remain unanswered by the CPD audit process. All documentation will be kept confidential. Upon completion of the audit you will be provided with feedback from the CPD Subcommittee. The Association appreciates your assistance and co-operation as the CPD Subcommittee strives to make the CPD program of the highest standard by continuing to adjust and improve the process. Please contact the APGO office with any questions or comments. |
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