SAMPLE REPORTING FORM

This form is provided as an example of how to record your CE activities throughout the year and simplify reporting each year.

Sample pdf file

Maintaining records of continuing education (CE) activities is the responsibility of individual members. It is only necessary to report the number of credits earned under the Association-Defined Component to the OPFA. However, a member may want to record all CE activities in the case of disciplinary action or peer review of continuing education participation.

How to remember what I took?
You may develop your own system of record-keeping, which is fine. Whatever way works for you works for us, as long as there is some form of paper trail.

The minimum suggested is a summary of the CE activities you participated in for a given year.  Keeping a copy of the agenda from workshops, conferences, courses, etc., is a useful way to remember what you have attended and for determining the number of applicable CE credits.

For reading articles and books, it is suggested you maintain a list using standard referencing form (see examples below) so any reviewer will be able to search out the particular item.

Standard Reference form:
Author(s) (surname, first initials, separated by semi-colons), Year of Publication, Full Title, Publishing Authority, Community, Province/State, Country (if out of Canada), Report Number (for numbered reports) or ISBN Number or Volume/Issue and Pages.

Hilborn, R.; Mangel, M. 1977.
The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. 315 p.

Groot, A.; Horton, B.J. 1994.
Age and size structure of a natural and second growth peatland Picea mariana stands.
Can. J. For. Res. 24: 225-233.

Perala, D.A. 1981.
Clonal expansion and competition between quaking and bigtooth aspen suckers after clearcutting.
USDA Forest Service, North Central For. Expt. Stn., St. Paul, MN, USA. Res. Pap. NC-201. 4 p.

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