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Please print this document as a reference while you are compiling your application to ensure that you have followed the guidelines for each of the portfolio documents.

To be recognized at the Advanced Clinician or Clinical Scholar level, you must submit a portfolio to the Clinical Recognition Review Board. Your portfolio is a way for you to present your work to your peers on the board. It should give readers a clear image of what your clinical practice is like and why you meet criteria that have been outlined for a particular level of practice.
Please make sure your completed portfolio includes the following components. More information about each of these components is included in this packet. Please read and PRINT each of these documents by clicking on the links below.
  • A checklist to be completed, signed, and submitted with your application, to ensure that your application is complete and you are familiar with Clinical Recognition Program procedures
  • A cover letter written by you, in which you introduce yourself and your practice to the board
  • A clinical narrative, or story, describing an actual clinical event or situation that is representative of your practice within the past six months
  • Letters of support from colleagues. At the Advanced Clinician level three letters of support are required, two from within your discipline and one from a colleague outside your discipline. At the Clinical Scholar level four letters of support are required, two from within your discipline and two from colleagues outside your discipline.
Additional information and resources for the application process are also provided with this application packet:
  • Application templates (not available if you are working on a patient care unit computer due to security settings; you can access the templates from a home computer or private office computer): The Clinical Recognition Program has created templates for each of the portfolio documents listed above.  It is recommended, though not required, that you use these templates.  Please click the above link if you wish to download them.