CPD Office Policies and Guiding Documents
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Office is committed to offering high-quality Continuing Medical Education and Faculty Development in accordance with the guidelines and policies listed below.
The CPD Office is equally committed to developing cpd that is aligned with the ‘National standard for support of accredited CPD activities‘ and the ‘CMA Guidelines for physicians in interaction with industry,’ which are committed to addressing the educational needs of physicians and other health care providers to improve the health care of patients and safeguarding the integrity of accredited cpd activities from the influence of sponsoring organizations that could lead to bias.
CPD Office Policies and Procedures
- CPD Office Ethics Sponsorship and Exhibition Policy
- CPD Office Accreditation-Certification of CPD Activities Policy
- CPD Office Accreditation and Educational Planning Policy
- CPD Office Activity Review and Compliance Policy
- CPD Office Advertising of Educational Activities NOT Accredited Through the CPD Office Policy
- CPD Office Compensation Policy
- CPD Office Copyright Guide
- CPD Office Ethics Sponsorship and Exhibition Policy
- CPD Office Event Cancellation Policy
- CPD Office Information Management and Records Retention Guideline
- CPD Office Privacy Policy
Related NOSM University Policies
Guiding Policies
- Committee on the Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) Standards
- National Standards for Support of Accredited CPD Activities 2017
- CMA Guidelines for physicians in interaction with industry (2021)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) Accreditation Standards for CPD Activities
- RCPSC CanMEDS Physician Competency Framework (2015)
- RCPSC CanMEDS Guide
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Understanding Mainpro+ Certification (2024)
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Understanding Mainpro+ Certification (2021)
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Understanding the NEW Mainpro+ Certification (Coming December 2024)
- College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC Mainpro+ Certification Standards for Faculty Development Activities
- CanMEDS – Family Medicine (2017)
- CanMEDS – Family Medicine Indigenous Health Supplement (2020)
