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FRAMEWORK OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMNT ACTIVITIES


CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPPEMENT ACCREDITATION
The Continuing Health Professional Education Office (CHPE), Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and is an accredited CPD provider for:
  • the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada,
  • the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Program Organizers

Program organizers must visit the websites of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and/or the College of Family Physicians of Canada to ensure that their program meets the organization’s criteria for accreditation.

  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) RCPSC - CPD
  • College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) CFPC - CPD
  • Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) AFMC - CACMS
  • American Medical Association (AMA) AMA - CPD

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
CATEGORYEXAMPLESCREDIT RATING
Section 1: Group Learning

Accredited Activities:
Conferences, rounds, journal clubs or small-group activities that adhere to the Royal College standards. Accredited group learning activities can occur face-to-face or web-based (online).

  • Accredited rounds, journal clubs or small-groups
  • Accredited conferences
 1 credit per hour

Unaccredited Activities:
Rounds, journal clubs or small-group activities in the process of meeting the educational and ethical standards; rural or local conferences that have no industry sponsorship.

  • Unaccredited rounds, journal clubs, small groups
  • Accredited conferencesUnaccredited conferences without industry support
 0.5 credits per hour (maximum of 50 credits per cycle)
Section 2: Self-Learning

Planned Learning:
Learning activities initiated by the identification of a need, problem, issue or goal, either at or separate from the point of care, leading to the creation of a learning plan developed independently or in collaboration with peers or mentors.
  • Fellowships
100 credits per year
  • Formal courses
25 credits per course
  • Personal training projects
2 credits per hour
  • Traineeships
2 credits per hour

Scanning:
Resources that physicians use to enhance their awareness of new evidence, perspectives or findings that may be potentially relevant to their professional practice.
  • Journal reading
1 credit per article
  • Podcasts, audiotapes, videotapes
0.5 credits per activity
  • Internet searching (Medscape, UpToDate, DynaMed)
0.5 credits per activity
  • InfoPOEMSs, CardioCLIPs
0.25 credits per activity

System Learning:
Activities that stimulate learning through contributions to practice standards, patient safety, quality of care; curriculum development, or assessment (examination boards, peer review)
  • Practice guidelines development
20 credits per year
  • enQuality care/patient safety committee
15 credits per year
  • Curriculum development
15 credits per year
  • Examination development
15 credits per year
  • Peer assessment
15 credits per year
Section 3: Assessment

Knowledge Assessment:
Programs accredited by Royal College CPD providers that provide data with feedback to individual physicians regarding their current knowledge base to enable the identification of needs and the development of future learning opportunities relevant to their practice.
  • Accredited self-assessment programs
3 credits per hour

System Learning:
Activities that stimulate learning through contributions to practice standards, patient safety, quality of care; curriculum development, or assessment (examination boards, peer review)
  • Simulation
3 credits per hour
  • Chart audit and feedback
3 credits per hour
  • Multi-source feedback
3 credits per hour
  • Educational/administrative assessments
3 credits per hour

College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
CATEGORYEXAMPLESCREDIT RATING
Mainpro-M1:

There are two (2) subcategories:

  1. National Mainpro M1 accreditation: Programs offered to family physicians on a national basis (many territories or provinces)
  2. Provincial Mainpro M1 accreditation: Programs offered to family physicians on a local basis only (single region or province)

National Mainpro-M1:
Accreditation of live CPD/CME activities is granted only through the CFPC National office. National Mainpro-M1 accreditation of online activities may be granted by CACME accredited University CPD offices or the CFPC National office.
Eligibility Criteria: A minimum of three (3) CFPC members from any region must be members of the CME/CPD program planning committee and have had substantial involvement in the development, planning and implementation of the program. One member of the planning committee must also be affiliated with McGill and/or MUHC.


Provincial Mainpro-M1:
Accreditation may be granted by CACME accredited University CPD offices. Eligibility Criteria: At least one member of the planning committee must be a family physician residing in Quebec and affiliated with the CFPC or FMOQ; One member of the planning committee must also be affiliated with McGill and/or MUHC.

Mainpro-M1 accreditation is awarded to structured learning programs, events, or activities that focus on enhancing knowledge and/or skills pertinent to the practice of family medicine.

  • Courses, conferences, workshops
  • Hospital rounds
  • Lecture series
  • Journal clubs
  • Satellite broadcasts
  • Online programs
  • Teleconferences/web-based seminars (webinars)
  • Electronic medical records (EMR) training
 1 credit per hour
Mainpro-M2:

Participants (CFPC members and non-members) may claim Mainpro-M2 credits for self-directed or non-CFPC-accredited learning activities. These activities must be relevant to family medicine. Providers cannot designate any activities as Mainpro-M2; credits should be self claimed by Mainpro participant.

  
Mainpro-C:

Accreditation is granted only through the CFPC National office.

It is mandatory that committee members have had substantial input into the program and have contributed to the learning needs, learning objectives and selection of the presenters. Furthermore, the content must be relevant to family medicine and all aspects of the program must be pertinent to ethical standards.

American Medical Association (AMA)

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits:

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has developed an agreement with the American Medical Association to establish the basis upon which CME accreditors’ that have been reviewed and approved by the Royal College as accredited CPD providers can award AMA PRA Category 1 credit. This agreement to award AMA PRA Category 1 credit is ONLY APPLICABLE for accredited group learning activities held in Canada (section 1a) and web-based or on-line accredited group learning activities (section 1e) that achieve the same standards of accreditation as defined for face-to-face accredited group events. The agreement will be in force from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012.

Updated: 2012-02-02



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