Competency Evaluation Experts

Touchstone Institute is a non-profit corporation that offers expertise in evaluation and curriculum development to promote public confidence in professional competence in the Canadian workforce.

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Programs for Internationally Educated Nurses

Perfecting the assessment of IENs for over 10 years

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Touchstone Institute is administering exams and services with extensive protocols to ensure safety. Many exams are being offered virtually, and all virtual exams can be challenged from your location with remote proctoring.

 

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Learning programs will be delivered in a hybrid model - including both virtual and in-person learning. Go to your respective program page for new program dates.

Discover how we are bringing innovation into our work

Programs such as Communication through Simulation are committed to ensuring that we continue to deliver relevant, highly contextualized content that supports a diverse learner base.

 

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Competency Evaluation Experts

We offer expertise in the development of exams and orientation curricula that promote professional competence in the Canadian workplace. We work with regulators, practitioners, educators and governments to uphold public confidence in our healthcare system.

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Exams are designed to purpose,
and administered to be reliable and
authentic

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We apply the latest research to create
innovative learning and assessment
programs

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Our multi-modal learning programs
prepare internationally educated health
professionals for success

What We Offer

Our Innovation

Touchstone Institute is committed to advancing the field by pushing the boundaries of assessment practice and knowledge. We have an innovative approach to exam and curriculum development, industry leading standardized client program, and a recognized centre of excellence focussed on competence in professional communication.

We share our expertise in our Touchstone Institute Perspectives Series (TIPS), and host annual events where international experts share their knowledge of issues central to our mandate to promote and assess health professional competence.

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Assessments

Touchstone Institute specializes in creating large-scale written and clinical exams that reliably assess the competencies of internationally and Canadian educated health professionals, and their readiness for practice in Canadian jurisdictions.

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Learning Programs

Touchstone Institute provides learning programs for international medical graduates (IMGs) and visa trainees who have been matched or accepted into medical training in Ontario.

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