Registrant engagement
Engagement process
Why do we ask for registrant feedback?
Registrant feedback ensures practice standards and professional guidelines are clear, comprehensive, and achievable in practice, improving patient care.
Your input offers the College insight into:
- professional and clinical expertise
- knowledge of emerging trends
- identification of challenges in the profession
What do we typically ask registrants?
- Registrant awareness of the standard or guideline
- Application of a standard or guideline in practice
- Clarity of the standard or guideline
- Comprehensiveness of the standard or guideline
- General improvement opportunities
When does the College engage registrants?
The College engages registrants at various points throughout the standard development process.
Recent engagement opportunities
Communicating past engagement results and the feedback's direct impact enhances transparency in developing practice standards and guidelines. Explore previous opportunities to see received feedback, the review process, and resulting actions.
In June 2023, the College sought input from registrants on the awareness and application of the newly endorsed practice standard: Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-racism.
In April 2023, the College sought feedback on proposed revisions to the Care Coverage Outside Regular Office Hours practice standard. Revisions were made to include nurse practitioners (NPs) as members of a call team.
The College heard from registrants that there are many benefits of including NPs in the call team, however, there were also some questions raised regarding NPs scope of practice and payment model.
Further analysis is now being done by the College.
The second consultation on consent to treatment sought feedback from registrants and key health partners on revisions that were made to the draft practice standard after the first consultation to address aspects of informed consent related to vulnerable patients.
To do so, the College conducted an in-depth engagement process, holding focus groups with registrants and other health-care professionals who work with patients who may experience challenges with the consent process. The College also sought feedback on a draft registrant resource which highlights key considerations brought forward during the engagement process and areas in which there may be challenges. The consultation closed on February 10, 2023. A total of 88 registrants shared their feedback.
The new Consent to Treatment practice standard and accompanying Consent to treatment – Equity considerations registrant resource were approved by the executive committee on April 14, 2023.