PORTfolio (Portfolio Online for Respiratory Therapists)

This third-party online site provides one convenient and secure location for Members to record their professional development (PD) activities. To access PORTfolio click on the link: www.skilsure.net/skilsure_crto/.

USERNAME: six (6) digit CRTO Membership number
PASSWORD: date of birth in a six (6) digit format of day month year (i.e. June 24, 2010 would be 240610)

Once you login for the first time you may change your password, if you wish.

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Note that the online PORTfolio platform has replaced the previously used WORD® (electronic and paper) document.

Members who are required to submit their PD activities to the CRTO are asked to complete all areas of the PORTfolio for the year in which they were selected. The submission deadline is the last business day in the calendar year.

PORTfolio consists of the same components as the previous version of the Professional Portfolio, which are:

  1. Personal Profile
  2. Self-Assessment
  3. Learning Log
  4. Learning Goal

Although the annual random selection determines which Members must submit their Professional Portfolios for assessment, all Members are required to complete the four-step process, documenting one (1) Learning Goal every 12-months.

  1. Personal Profile
    This section is pre-populated with Member information from the CRTO database. Please note that this information is uploaded from the College database to the PORTfolio platform four (4) times per year (December, March, June and August) and will not reflect changes made between uploads. There is also a place for Members to provide additional information and upload documents (e.g., performance appraisals, list of volunteer activities, etc.).

  2. Self-Assessment
    The purpose of conducting a Self-Assessment is to assist Members in identifying personal Learning Goal(s). This section offers Members a list of broad practice related questions and a section on College standards, guidelines to encourage a reflective process. Although the self-assessment portion of the PORTfolio is not evaluated, it is essential that you complete all three (3) components of this section.
  3. Learning Log
    The College assumes that Members are learning on a regular, if not daily, basis simply by virtue of practicing. The Learning Log section of the PORTfolio provides a format for Members to track all of those day-to-day learning activities. Please note that if requested to submit their PORTfolio, Members are required to outline a minimum of twelve (12) learning activities, which might include:
    • In-services
    • Grand rounds
    • Re-certifications such as BCLS, NRP or PALS
    • In-hospital certifications such as arterial line insertions
    • Reading respiratory-related journal articles
    • Online searches on respiratory-related subjects
    • Conferences
    • Discussion with colleagues on respiratory-related topics

    It is important to note that the activities recorded in the Learning Log should be in addition to those undertaken as a part of the Member’s Learning Goal.

  4. Learning Goal
    All Members are required to complete the documenting of at least one (1) Learning Goal every twelve (12) months (January – December). The three (3) steps that Members are asked to take with their Learning Goal are:
    1. Planning (choosing a learning goal and providing a rationale),
    2. Implementation of your plan, and
    3. Evaluation of what you have achieved.

    For examples of completed Learning Goals, please click on the Examples link on the left-hand side of the Learning Goals page on the PORTfolio platform.

The PORTfolios are reviewed by Respiratory Therapists who have been specially trained as PORTfolio Reviewers. There assessments are based on standardized criteria which can be viewed at:

Professional Portfolio Assessment Criteria

For more information on the CRTO QA Program, please click on the follow links:

To contact CRTO staff directly, please email Carole Hamp, RRT - Manager of Quality Assurance & Member Relations at hamp@crto.on.ca or telephone at 416-591-7800/1-800-261-0528 x33.