The Health Professions Act (HPA) defines competence as “the combined knowledge, skills, attitudes, and judgement required to provide professional services”. Competence therefore applies to the range of settings where regulated members provide services, including clinical, academic, or administrative settings. By being aware of both the risks to your competence and the factors that can promote or maintain your professional competence, you can be proactive in ensuring your competence throughout your career.

Risks and Supports Form

Scoring Rubric

Refer Meets Requirements
For each risk identified:

Reflection as written does not provide an explanation of how the risk impacts the regulated member’s competence
to practice.

Reflection does not include specific examples of practice areas, tasks, or situations where the risk impacts the regulated member’s competence to practice.

Connection of risk to regulated member’s practice is not evident/clear/obvious to the reviewer (inference
is required).

 For each risk identified:

Reflection as written provides an explanation of how the risk impacts the regulated member’s competence
to practice.

Reflection includes specific examples of practice areas, tasks, or situations where the risk impacts the regulated member’s competence or performance.

Connection of risk to regulated member’s practice is evident/clear/obvious to the reviewer (inference
is not required).
For each support identified:

Reflection as written does not provide an explanation of how the support impacts the regulated member’s competence
to practice.

Reflection does not include specific examples of practice areas, tasks, or situations where the support helps to maintain or enhance their competence to practice.

Connection of support to regulated member’s practice is not evident/clear/obvious to the reviewer (inference
is required).

 For each support identified:

Reflection as written provides an explanation of how the support impacts the regulated member’s competence
to practice.

Reflection includes specific examples of practice areas, tasks, or situations where the support helps to maintain or enhance their competence to practice.

Connection of support to regulated member’s practice is evident/clear/obvious to the reviewer (inference
is not required).
Supports identified and reflections on supports do not appear to mitigate the risks identified. Supports identified and reflections on supports appear to mitigate the risks identified.