CAN/HSO 40001:2020

Purpose This standard specifies the requirements that institutions are expected to meet in the design and delivery of all components of their health education programs to ensure they are effective and integrated. This standard provides: Educational institutions and clinical settings with national guidance on program quality for health education programs. Regulators with a national standard on which to base the accreditation of health education programs. External assessment bodies with measureable requirements against which to assess health education programs. This standard is intended to be used along competency profiles and provincial requirements, where applicable. Applicability This standard applies to health education programs in professions whose representative organizations have accepted and endorsed the standard. For the purposes of this document, the (Allied) Health Education Program Standard will hereby be referred to as the Health Education Program Standard.