Council is the College’s board of directors. Council sets the College’s strategic and policy direction, and makes decisions that protect and promote the public interest.

This July, kinesiologists in the following districts will participate in elections to Council:

In spring 2021, the College will resume peer and practice assessments (PPAs).

PPA is a legislated quality assurance program requirement and a key function of the College’s regulatory mandate. It’s an educational, structured interview conducted by a trained peer assessor that assesses kinesiologists’ knowledge, skill and judgement. It also helps kinesiologists identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement within their practice.

The College is looking for volunteers to pilot the virtual PPA format this spring. This pilot involves a video conference with a trained peer assessor that will be no more than three hours. There will be a patient/client record review component, but the format will be compressed. You will self-assess your record keeping with one patient/client record against a checklist before the pilot, then discuss your record keeping with the assessor during the interview.

The pilot is an opportunity to provide the College with feedback on whether the instructions and support for navigating the file sharing platform and Zoom were adequate, identify pain points and suggest revisions to enhance the process for the next cycle.

If you're interested in this opportunity, email Lara Thacker, Director of Quality Assurance, at lara.thacker@coko.ca.

On Friday, April 9, the Ontario Government introduced new emergency orders that permit the re-deployment of health professionals working for Ontario Health and Home and Community Care Support Services to hospitals. Learn more.

Earlier in the pandemic, the College developed a series of FAQs to guide kinesiologists who may have been re-deployed to other settings. You can view the guidance by clicking below.

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Lawrence, Practice Advisor, at danielle.lawrence@coko.ca.

During Ontario's stay-at-home order and state of emergency, regulated health professionals are permitted to practise. The College's would like to remind kinesiologists of the College's COVID-19 guidance and the following tips:

As the provincial government begins to roll-out vaccinations across Ontario, health professionals are being prioritized based on the important work they are doing.

Each public health unit is developing its own vaccine distribution plan. The College is currently working with public health units to distribute vaccine booking information to kinesiologists. Public health units are contacting the College individually to distribute information on their behalf, and we expect this process to continue for several weeks. 

Has your email address or telephone number changed? Did you recently change jobs or home addresses? If so, you must update you information with the College within 30 days of the change.

Your information is available on the Public Register of Kinesiologists. Having up-to-date employment information is important information for members of the public who may be looking for an R.Kin. The College primarily communicates via email, so it's important that you have an active email on file that you check regularly. Occasionally, we may need to telephone or mail information to you, so it is important that your contact information is current. You can see the information we have on file by logging in to your account.

As a regulated health professional, it is important to understand your obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). Updates were made to PHIPA, along with amendments coming into effect in the future, that kinesiologists need to know.

In the event of any significant privacy breaches, you must notify the IPC immediately and you are required to file an annual statistical report with the IPC outlining all privacy breaches.

The College is receiving more questions from R.Kins who are looking to start their own practice. While we cannot provide specific advice on the pros and cons of starting a business or specific financial and/or legal advice, we've developed a helpful checklist of considerations as they relate to your registration with the College. If you have any questions, contact Danielle Lawrence, Practice Advisor, at danielle.lawrence@coko.ca.

This is the question the Ontario Ministry of Health asked health profession regulators, like the College of Kinesiologists, to answer when it developed the College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF).

Health regulatory colleges exist to protect the public interest. To help the public understand how well colleges are doing their job and to help continually improve accountability, transparency and oversight, all colleges are reporting on their work in the CPMF Reporting Tool. The new tool was developed by the Ministry, together with Ontario’s health regulatory colleges, subject matter experts and the public.

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