This portal has been developed to assist members who are contemplating public practice and those who already run existing small and medium-sized public practices. The portal's Ready-Set-Go-Finish Line framework guides users through a process of reflection and analysis to help understand what's involved in setting up and managing a small practice.

The Practitioners' Toolkit: Making it Big in a Public Practice is specially designed to help those of you from small and medium-sized practices by providing resources, tools, advice, and professional development.

Establishing a small and medium-sized practice presents a number of challenges you may not have had to address in a large public practice or in industry. This portal is a resource that will help you manage a range of issues and challenges to gain more control of your time, a key driver of the decision to start a small or medium-sized practice. Information will also help you reap the benefits of small and medium-sized practice with fewer headaches along the way. Even if you've been in a small or medium-sized practice for a number of years, you'll still find useful information on this site to help you operate your practice more efficiently and effectively.

The site is organized according to four stages of development:

	I'm trying to decide if I should start or join a small and medium-sized practice.
	I've made the decision to establish or join a small and medium-sized practice, but I need to know how to set it up.
	My small and medium-sized practice is established, but I need some answers to my day-to-day management questions.
	My small and medium-sized practice is established, and I want to transition out of it.

This toolkit covers the operational side of a small and medium-sized practice. For information on current standards and changes, please check out CICA's website and your provincial institute/ordre website.