Professional Development

If this is the first time you are renewing your licence, submission of CE will not be required to proceed with renewal. Although CE will not need to be submitted at your first licence renewal deadline, you are reminded of your ongoing responsibility under the Code of Ethics Standard 10(a) to “keep up to date with new pharmacy knowledge and practices by participating in continuous lifelong learning.” To support this, the PDAP portal will continue to be available for you to document and track your learning.

You can include any educational activities undertaken to prepare for the Practice Reviews, or as a result of the Practice Review towards your CE requirements and record them accordingly on the PDAP Portal.

For example: if you read the comprehensive outlines of focus areas for Pharmacy Professionals Reviews on the PRP Support Tools in order to get ready for the Practice Review, you would record that as non-accredited learning and document the actual time spent on the activity.

Once you are logged in to the PDAP Portal, click on “Complete Learning Records” then under “Select Renewal Cylce to view” and choose your desired cycle dates from the drop down menu. The portal will display the Learning Records for that cycle period.

You can record activities in 0.25 hours (15 minutes) increments, with the shortest activity being 0.25 hours.

You can “Submit” your Learning Records one by one, as you complete them, or you may choose to “Submit” them all at once.

Select the Learning Record(s) you wish to “Submit” by clicking on the box(es) on the left hand side and press “Submit”.

Please ensure that you have “Submitted” your Learning Records as only “Submitted” Learning Records “count” towards satisfying your CE requirements. A Learning Record may be:

• In Progress: required information is missing from specific fields. Learning Record cannot be “Submitted”.
   
• Complete: all required information has been entered. Learning Record can be “Submitted”.

Please contact the PDAP Department: (604) 733-2440, or email us at: [email protected] for assistance.

Please retain all original supporting documentation for at least 2 years from your licence renewal deadline.

For example, if your licence renewal deadline is March 31, 2026, you must submit through the PDAP Portal, Continuing Education (CE) activities undertaken during April 1, 2025-March 31, 2026. You would keep the original supporting documentation at least until March 31, 2028.

For accredited learning:

Uploading supporting documentation including certificates, letters of completion, or school transcripts is required to provide confirmation of successful completion of accredited learning activity.