Quality Assurance Program

Purpose: Component A helps oral health professionals reflect on their practice context, identify areas of development and plan learning that supports ongoing competence. This component also includes two guided self-reflection processes that are linked to practice context and BCCOHP’s Standards for the Oral Health Team. 

Frequency: Annual 

Format: Online 

As part of Component A, oral health professionals will: 

• Complete a contextual guided self-inventory about their practice setting, role, and environment.
  • The Self-inventory-Supports document is designed to help you reflect on areas where you may want to strengthen your knowledge, skills, and abilities or seek additional support.   
• Complete a guided self-reflection on how they understand, apply and maintain alignment with BCCOHP Standards.
  
  
• Set a minimum of 2 professional goals based on individual practice context and identified learning needs. 
  • Setting Professional Goals document provides guidance and examples for setting professional goals. 
• Plan continuing professional development (CPD) activities that support professional goals. 
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) document provides information about CPD activities and annual self-reporting. 
• Review patient/peer experience survey report (optional).

Purpose: Component B supports oral health professionals to strengthen their understanding of BCCOHP’s standards and how those expectations apply in practice by:  

• Promoting a consistent understanding of BCCOHP’s standards across all oral health professions.
• Reinforcing the link between BCCOHP’s standards and everyday practice.
• Providing a structured opportunity for oral health professionals to confirm their understanding of BCCOHP’s standards.

Frequency: Annual 

Format: Online 

As part of Component B, oral health professionals will: 

• Complete module-based learning activities, each focused on specific standards.
• Complete knowledge check activities (within the modules) to assess learning and reinforce understanding.

*BCCOHP anticipates that no more than three modules will be required each year. 

Purpose: Component C provides individualized, supportive follow-up for oral health professionals who may benefit from additional guidance to demonstrate competence in alignment with BCCOHP standards. The goal of this component is to support oral health professionals to confidently apply the standards and maintain safe, ethical, patient-centred care. 

Frequency: Selected oral health professionals will be required to complete Component C each year 

Format: Online, telephone, or in-person (as indicated) 

Selection process: Oral health professionals may be selected to participate in Component C through an audit process designed to determine who may benefit from further support, or through other regulatory processes. Selection to participate may be based on: 

• completion of required QAP components
• alignment between professional goals and continuing professional development (CPD) activities  
• extent of engagement with established QAP requirement
• periodic or risk-informed assessment processes
• referral from the License Committee, an investigation or resolution process, or elsewhere.