President’s Report Several years of effort towards changing how ACOT carries out its core mandate have borne fruit in this past year. While maintaining a relentless focus on supporting registrants in adhering to the College’s Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics and Continuing Competence Program (CCP), we have continued on a path towards an organizational culture that favours engagement and collaboration with both registrants and the public. Updated Continuing Competence Program The Competence Committee was active this year in updating ACOT’s CCP. In collaboration, the Council, regulated members and ACOT staff were able to significantly overhaul the program, to the extent possible under current regulations. The CCP is now streamlined, more accessible to registrants and better captures the activities each registrant does to continually maintain and improve their practice of Occupational Therapy. Updates to ACOT’s web-based interface, training modules, and guidelines for completing the CCP have increased the relevance and ease of completing the CCP for all registrants. An Inclusive and Collaborative Approach ACOT engaged the public and registrants in a welcoming and collaborative manner that has been a central objective for the past few years. Registrants responded positively to this invitation. Almost 1000 registrants attended education sessions provided by the College. Twice yearly, Open
Forums during Council meetings, which were initiated in the previous year, were continued in 2019–2020 and resulted in quality discussions. The swiftness of the shift towards an inclusive and collaborative approach at all levels of the College is a tribute to both registrants and ACOT staff. Mature Governance ACOT Council continues to increase its competence in overseeing the work of the College. This year, Council completed its first full cycle of planned policy and procedure review. The entirety of the recently adopted governance policies and procedures were reviewed by the Governance Committee on a predetermined schedule. The Governance Committee reported to Council on areas that needed modifications or new policies to be drafted. The cycle of policy review has now become familiar to all of Council. Furthermore, ACOT invested in a number of training opportunities for Councillors to be able to enact best practices in governance such as attending the annual conference of the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR)
and one-day training sessions on the Fair Registration Practices Act. Nearing the end of 2019, it was clear the College was on target to achieve all the goals of the
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ALBERTA COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020
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