MLA/Ts: Continuing Education
Updated: Dec 13, 2021
Are you an MLA/T who has passed the MLPAO Certification Exam? As an MLA/T Member, you qualify to use our cMLA/T^MLPAO credential that acknowledges you are a health care professional who has met the provincial standards, and you are maintaining continued competence and professionalism.
Credentialed MLA/Ts are included on our MLA/T Certification Registry, which is searchable by potential and current employers. This new credential also requires MLA/Ts to submit 7 hours of Continuing Education throughout the 2021 year to ensure you are maintaining standards and keeping your professional knowledge up to date.
Guidelines: Workshops, conferences, participation on committees, laboratory inspections, online learning, and many other activities can be counted towards these requirements. Click here for a full list of Continuing Education activities.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a student who wrote and passed the exam in 2021, you do not need to upload hours in this year. Your CE requirement will begin in 2022, with 7 hours due by December 31, 2022.
FREE Online CE:
MediaLab: Your MLPAO Membership includes a subscription to MediaLab, with over 200 hours of free education to help meet these requirements. Contact mlpao@mlpao.org to activate your account.
Pop-Up Webinars: We’ve also started a series of free pop-up webinars for members. Find out more and register on our website here: https://www.mlpao.org/pop-up.
ADVOCATE: Reading articles also counts (such as our publication, the ADVOCATE). Contact mlpao@mlpao.org to receive instructions to access your My Documents section on your MLPAO Member Portal or ensure you're getting your printed copy.
Upload Hours to the MLPAO Member Portal:
Log into your profile on the MLPAO Member Portal: https://w12.eudonet.com/ccm/xtranet/mlpao/home
Click on the green "Log in" button in the top right-hand corner of the page.
If you haven’t logged in before or forgot your password, find out more here: https://www.mlpao.org/post/faq-how-do-i-log-in-to-my-mlpao-member-portal
Once you log in, click on ‘Access’ under the ‘My Page’ section. Scroll down to the ‘Your education’ section.
In the top right corner there is a plus sign in a circle – click that and then fill in the fields (see picture below).
Proof of Completion: Wherever possible, learning must be supported by original documentation. This can be a certificate, email confirmation for a lunch-and-learn, screenshot of an article, workshop invitation poster, conference agenda, course transcript, etc.
CE Attestation Form: Our CE Attestation Form may be used to confirm an activity (such as clinical teaching and training, a presentation, or volunteering) where no other options are available.
Document Reading: the proof of completion can be the cover or PDF of the article read, or a Word document with the titles and journals you accessed. Just make sure to include details on what you were reading and the time that was spent.
Document Training: We need a PDF or Word document that includes specific details - your workplace, name, date trained, location, hours, and a detailed description of the training. Please use our CE Attestation Form to document training.
If you have any questions about uploading your Continuing Education, contact us at mlpao@mlpao.org!