Welcome to Conflict of Interest for Professionals

Welcome to the Conflict of Interest for Professionals asynchronous course. Through this course you will learn how to define conflict of interest, how to recognize and manage conflicts, how to disclose conflicts and how to write conflict of interest policies.


The course is facilitated by Stewart Sampson, CRSP and is modular (meaning you can go through each module separately). While the course itself is estimated to take 2.5 to 3 hours, there is no actual time limit for any module or for the course overall. However, you must complete all modules before you are eligible for a completion certificate.


This course is accepted by the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professional for the ethics requirement for recertification.


To complete the course:

  • Download the Pre-Course Exercises and the Participants' Guide
  • Review the material in the Pre-Course Exercises and think about the case studies
  • Click on the videos (You Tube links) in turn to go through the modules
  • Download and complete the final quiz.

If you have any questions about the course, please feel free to contact us at newwaveohs2016@gmail.com.


Good luck and we hope you enjoy this course!!



Pre-Course Exercises

Participants' Guide

Final Quiz


Introductory video

Module 1: Case Studies

Module 2: Ethics

Module 3: Definitions

Module 4: Interests

Module 5: Principles

Module 6: Dealing with Conflicts of Interest

Module 7: Disclosure

Module 8: Writing a Conflict of Interest Policy

Module 9: Associated Issues in Conflict of Interest

Module 10: Closing and Final Quiz