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Learning Portfolio

The Learning Portfolio is one component of the College’s Quality Assurance Program. All components of the Quality Assurance Program work together to support the delivery of safe, quality care.

All Part A pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are expected to engage in continuing professional development and maintain a record of their learning. Registrants are required to retain their learning portfolio records and supporting documents for a minimum of five years.

About the Learning Portfolio

A learning portfolio is a tool that supports the practitioner in:

  • Identifying their learning needs
  • Planning a course of action
  • Tracking their professional development activities
  • Evaluating and reflecting on their learning activities
  • Assessing the impact of learning activities on their practice, and
  • Documenting their growth and professional development.

The practitioner may use feedback from multiple sources, including other Quality Assurance activities to build their learning portfolio.

Elements of the Learning Portfolio

Registrants may use the OCP Learning Portfolio Tool available through My Learning (CPD Portal) to plan and document their learning activities.

The Learning Portfolio Tool consists of four sections:

  1. Education Action Plan
  2. Continuing Education (CE) Log
  3. FAQ Log
  4. Professional Profile

Registrants may modify the OCP Learning Portfolio Tool to better meet their individual preferences or use any other method of filing or recording their continuous learning activities as long as it is current and includes an education action plan and CE log.

Accessing the Learning Portfolio Tool

1. Login to My Learning

  • Your Username is your OCP number
  • Your Password is your date of birth in the following format MMDDYY (use numbers only). For example, if your birth date is September 14, 1980 your password would be 091480. (Note: your password can be changed once you have logged in).

2. Click on “Learning Portfolio”

FAQs

  • You may document learning activities that involve a structured traditional format, such as attending a workshop or completing a self-study course. You may also include non-traditional self-directed learning resources, such as reading articles on a particular topic or discussing an issue with colleagues. Any learning activity that helps you to achieve your learning goal may be documented

  • Because individual learning needs are unique and may vary each year depending on their practice, the College does not set a required number of learning activities or contact hours to be obtained each year. You are responsible for identifying your learning needs, choosing the activities to achieve your goals and applying your learnings to your practice. Emphasis should be on the quality of your learning and how it relates to your practice rather than the number of hours spent learning.

    If you would like a pre-determined number of learning hours or activities to complete each year, set yourself a realistic target number at the beginning of the year and work towards that goal. For example, some other provincial pharmacy regulatory authorities have set 15 to 20 hours as the annual required minimum. Documenting each of your learning activities in the learning portfolio will help you track your progress and determine when your goals have been achieved.

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