To be eligible to write the CRE examination a candidate:
- must hold a degree or diploma in a recognized healthcare profession,
- scope of practice to include counselling clients,
- must have successfully completed both a CNRC-approved asthma educator and a COPD educator education program or a CNRC-approved respiratory educator program, and
- pay the required fee to sit for the examination.
COPD Exam for Current CAEs
Current CAEs can write a shorter version of the CRE exam (if they are not due to recertify within a one year period). (If CAEs are due to recertify within a one year period, they may still write the shorter COPD-content exam if they choose Option A for recertification, or they can choose to recertify and become CREs by writing the full CRE exam.)
The shorter COPD-only exam will contain exam items based on the learning objectives relative to: COPD definition, epidemiology, pathology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and evaluation, management and pharmacotherapy. It does not involve objectives relative to education, program evaluation and professionalism. These objectives are covered on the asthma exam and CAEs have already demonstrated competency in these areas.
Current CAEs must successfully complete a CNRC-approved COPD
educator program.
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