2025

Credit Portfolio Handbook

The 2025 Credit Portfolio Handbook may be used beginning in 2024. The 2019 and 2025 Credit Portfolio Forms are interchangeable.

NEW – Fall 2025- Sign into your CDECB account to track your Credits.

Credit Portfolio Update

You can upload your portfolio in PDF format directly to CDECB when you apply to maintain your CDE® designation. When you download and save with your application, you will not need to submit a hard copy of the original to CDECB, unless CDECB requests it during the verification process. Your portfolio can be split into a maximum of two PDF documents for easy uploading.

Documentation

2025 Credit Portfolio Handbook

2019 Competency Profile

Français

Guide pour le portfolio de crédits 2019 – version française

2019 Profil de compétences

Forms

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Form 1 – Self-Assessment of a Learning Objective

Form 2A – Short Term Learning Events – Short Courses

Form 2A – Short Term Learning Events of 4 Hours or Less

Form 2A – Short Term Learning Events of more than 4 hours

Form 2B – Formal Courses

Form 2C – Web Based Learning Events

Form 2D – Insulin Pump Training, Continuous Glucose Monitoring System/Device Training

Form 3A – Self-Study Reading – Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines

Form 3B – Self-Study Reading – Journal Articles

Form 3C – Self-Study Reading – Books

Form 4A – Development and Evaluation of New Diabetes Related Education Resources

Form 4B – Development or Significant Revision of a Program for Preceptorship of Students or New Diabetes Educators

Form 4C – Preceptorship of a Student or New Diabetes Educator

Form 4D – Short Presentations or Teaching

Form 4E – Professional Event Presentation

Form 4F – Teaching or Tutoring in a Course in an Academic or Recognized Institution

Form 4G – Writing and/or Review of Examination Questions for a Regulatory Body

Form 5A – Peer-Reviewed Publications

Form 5B – Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications, Case Studies and Letters to the Editor

Form 5C – Involvement in a Research Project – Proposal Writing Component

Form 5D – Involvement in a Research Project – Implementation, Data Analysis, Interpretation and Dissemination Phases

Form 5E – Involvement in Quality Improvement – Creating the Project Charter

Form 5F – Involvement in a Quality Improvement Project – Implementation

Form 5G – Development of Policy and Procedures

Form 5H – Editorial Board, Editor or Associate-Editor for Diabetes Related Professional Journal

Form 5I – Development of Best Practice Guidelines or Clinical Practice Guidelines, Member of an Expert Panel

Form 5J – Program Evaluation – Design and Implementation

Form 5K – External Reviewer for Provincial, National or Regional Resources

Form 6A – Professional Engagement in Diabetes Education

Form 6B – CDE® Acting as an Expert and/or Advisor

Form 6C – Diabetes Camp Experience

Peer Reviewed Journals

The Certification Maintenance by Credit Portfolio Committee has compiled a list of journals and whether they are peer-reviewed or not for the purposes of Credit Portfolio submission. This is not a complete list of all acceptable peer-reviewed journals.

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