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Volunteering with Resident Doctors of Canada 2015-2016
Message from the President
Dear Members:
As a vibrant member-driven national organization, Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC, formerly CAIR) relies on
resident representatives to fulfil our Strategic Direction #3: “Representation - serve as the unified voice of Canadian
residents”. RDoC is the go-to organization for the Canadian resident perspective on medical education. We cultivate
continuous meaningful dialogue with our members and the Provincial Housestaff Organizations (PHOs). We seek to
partner and collaborate with stakeholders as the national leader on resident issues. To do this, we ensure our Board
members, Committee members and liaison representatives are effective advocates for their colleagues.
This Guide outlines the various Volunteer positions that exist within RDoC. All current and incoming (class of
2015) RDoC members are encouraged to apply for vacant positions that interest you. We recommend you apply
for more than one position as we may not be able to accommodate your first choice.
If you have any questions, please contact the RDoC Office at [email protected] or 1-613-234-6448.
Christina Nowik, MD MPA, 2014-2015 RDoC President
Become a:
Board Member
Committee Member
Liaison Representative
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Elected by the RDoC
membership at the Annual
General Meeting in June.
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Represent your fellow
residents at our national
stakeholder organizations.
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Represent BC, AB, SK, MB,
ON, the Maritimes and NL.
Work to implement
RDoC’s 2014-2017
Strategic Plan and
Priorities
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Terms begin after the
RDoC Annual General
Meeting and run until the
next AGM.
Advocate on behalf of
RDoC’s Strategic Plan and
Priorities.
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Terms begin after the RDoC
Annual General Meeting
and run until the next
AGM, unless otherwise
indicated.
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Attend 1-2 in-person
meetings per year, plus
teleconferences and email
correspondence
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Find details of each liaison
position on pages 4-21.
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Attend 4 in-person
meetings per year, plus
teleconferences and email
correspondence.
Contact your local PHO
Office for more information
about positions available in
your region.
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Attend 1-2 in-person
meetings per year, plus
teleconferences and email
correspondence
Find details of each
Committee’s activities on
pages 2-4.
Apply here today: https://residentdoctorscanada.wufoo.com/forms/20152016volunteer-application-form/
The deadline for applications is 2359hrs EDT, Monday, May 4, 2015. The RDoC Office will contact those
selected for volunteer positions after the RDoC 2015 Annual General Meeting, June 13, 2015 in Toronto.
partners. This involves developing position statements
and ensuring that liaison representatives who sit on
committees at stakeholder organizations are well-briefed
on the issues and relay RDoC's views in all settings.
RDoC Committees
Note that Committee priorities may be subject to
change.
Committee Members Roles & Responsibilities
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Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in all
meetings and work of the Committee;
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Review the agenda and accompanying materials
prior to attending the meeting. Seek clarification of
any items that are not clear;
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Respond to email communications and deadlines in
a timely manner;
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Offer constructive comments or points of
disagreement, as appropriate;
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Be willing to listen to and consider other points of
view;
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Demonstrate professionalism, teamwork, and a
spirit of cooperation;
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Maintain confidentiality on Committee work, as
appropriate;
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Be mindful that the Committee’s work is intended to
benefit the greater RDoC membership.
Awards Committee
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and regular e-mail
communication
The Awards Program honours individuals or
organizations who have contributed to improving
resident wellbeing, medical education, and resident life
in Canada. Past recipients have included residents,
program directors, postgraduate medical education
(PGME) administrators, and organizations that support
residents. The Awards Committee is responsible for the
annual nomination and selection process.
Practice Committee
Some of the initiatives/key issues the Practice
Committee has worked on in 2014-2015 are:
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Practice Management Training
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Entry Disciplines/Framework for Education Reform
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Physician Resource Planning/HHR
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Physician autonomy and social accountability
Practice Management Training
To ensure seamless transitions from training to practice,
it is important that all residents receive standardized
practice management training in the non-clinical (i.e.,
legal, administrative and financial) skills necessary for
physicians to practice within their specialties. RDoC is
taking a leadership role to examine and evaluate
current practices in order to advance the
standardization of PM curriculum across Canadian
residency programs.
Entry Disciplines/Framework for Education Reform
The medical education system is undergoing a period of
significant change including the shift to competencybased training, greater scrutiny of training position
allocation and selection/matching systems, competition
for scarce resources, and misalignment of training with
job prospects/societal demand. To articulate the
resident perspective, the Practice Committee has begun
to develop a position (guiding principles/ framework)
and national advocacy approach to address and
influence changes in education delivery that align with
patient needs and support learner transitions across the
education continuum and into practice.
Physician Resource Planning/HHR
The Practice Committee has continued the work begun
by the RDoC Board in 2012 to advance physician
resources planning and effect change.
Key activities include:
Total Meetings: 1-2 in-person meetings,
teleconferences and regular e-mail communication
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The Practice Committee works on behalf of the
Resident Doctors’ Board of Directors to oversee the
creation and realization of activities relating to Strategic
Direction #1 “Training: to optimize the continuum of
medical education,” and specifically to the goals of
supporting the delivery of patient-centered care and
seamless transitions from training into practice.” The
Committee develops consistent messaging and seeks
opportunities for collaboration with Resident Doctors’
Continued advocacy and participation in national
stakeholder initiatives based on the Resident
Physician Principles on Health Human Resources,
which call for a national HHR plan and better ways
to anticipate physician supply and demand to meet
patient needs, as well as reliable data and better
coordination between patient needs and residency
training positions to help residents with career
decisions.
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
Keynote presentations at conferences such as the
upcoming Canadian Medical Association General
Council (August 2015), and the Royal College
National Summit on Physician Employment (Fall
2015), to discuss and identify innovative solutions
based on best practices.
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Ongoing review of resources related to job
opportunities and career planning, and the
development of resident specialty profiles to show
what it is like to be a resident in different
specialties, including lifestyle aspects.
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Social Accountability and Physician Autonomy
Social accountability is intrinsic to medicine and has
been identified by the RDoC Board as an overarching or
guiding principle for Resident Doctors’ work. The
Practice Committee continues to expand on this concept
and has begun to examine the related and emerging
issue of physician autonomy and medical
professionalism in the changing health care system. The
intent is to develop guiding principles that articulate the
resident perspective regarding the importance of
preserving professional autonomy while improving
physician accountability.
Training Committee
Total Meetings: 1 in-person meeting, teleconferences
and regular e-mail communication
The Training Committee works on behalf of Resident
Doctors of Canada’s Board of Directors to oversee the
creation and realization of Resident Doctors’ activities
relating to Strategic Direction #1 “Training: To optimize
the continuum of medical education”, and specifically to
the goals of contributing to and advocating on national
curriculum development, accreditation, certification,
licensure and examination policy and resident matching.
Pertinent issues the Training Committee has worked on
in 2014-15 are:
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Mentorship
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Accreditation
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Competency-based medical education
Mentorship
Mentorship continues to be a key focus of RDoC’s
activities. We are continuing to build a hub of
mentorship resources on the RDoC website and practical
tools for residents that would help facilitate mentee
development and a culture of mentorship in residency
and beyond. At the October 2014 International Resident
Leadership Summit, RDoC presented a workshop on
“Mentoring: An empowerment tool to motivate and
improve skills”. This workshop further built on RDoC’s
recent position paper and commentary on mentorship.
Our resident awareness week activities highlighted posts
by residents on the Training Committee.
Accreditation
This past year, the committee updated the RDoC preaccreditation questionnaire which obtains confidential
feedback from every resident in a program to be surveyed.
The confidential, collated results are provided to the
resident surveyors prior to the on-site surveys. The
Committee is also working on optimizing the use of the
collated results by developing a standardized and
confidential method to communicate the survey results to
the accreditation team. RDoC representatives are also
closely involved with the Colleges and FMRQ in updating
the conjoint accreditation standards to ensure they’re
aligned with a competency-based approach to medical
education. RDoC continues to support the participation of
residents as surveyors on accreditation survey teams. This
past year, through RDoC, residents have volunteered on
all Royal College external review teams and CFPC and
Royal College full survey teams. In August 2014, RDoC
collaborated with the Royal College and the CFPC to
deliver an accreditation information session to the
Assembly of the Provincial Association of Resident
Physicians of Alberta, in the lead up to the University of
Calgary full survey. We hope to continue such
collaborations in the future, to ensure that residents are
well-informed about accreditation and are able to share
with their peers the importance of a robust continuous
quality improvement process.
Competency-based medical education
RDoC has recently developed an information document
and backgrounder on CBME for residents. The information
document outlines recommendations that residents can
take within their respective programs to promote a
successful transition and ensure that the needs of learners
are being met. The committee is currently working on a
risk mitigation paper, examining this issue from the
resident perspective, identifying aspects that may
threaten or enhance the quality of resident medical
education, and provide recommendations for mitigating
and fostering these. Over this past year, RDoC has also
been actively involved in providing feedback on the
CanMEDS 2015 framework and updated diagram. Moving
forward, RDoC will continue to advocate for close
involvement in the development of milestones/EPAs, the
e-portfolios and a robust implementation and evaluation
of the competencies.
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
Wellness Committee
RDOC Liaison Representatives on the
National Stage
Total Meetings: 1-2 in-person meetings, regular
teleconferences and email communication
Expectations for Liaison Representatives
The Wellness Committee works on behalf of RDoC
Board of Directors to oversee the creation and
realization of RDoC activities relating to Strategic
Direction #2 – “Wellness: to enrich the experience of
medical education as trainees, teachers, and clinicians
to inspire a redefined work environment for resident
physicians, promote a culture of respect, and to
champion the good health of Canadian resident
physicians in mind, body, and spirit.”
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Be an ambassador and an advocate. Be mindful that
you are attending this meeting on behalf of RDoC as
an organization and of your fellow residents across
Canada.
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Be mindful of the important role you play in
postgraduate medical education innovations,
advocacy, and policy, through your participation in
national stakeholder meetings on behalf of RDoC.
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Participate in all meetings and teleconferences
wherever possible, and advise the RDoC office as soon
as possible if you are unable to attend.
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Review the agenda and accompanying materials prior
to attending the meeting. Seek clarification of any
items that are not clear. The RDoC Office will ensure
you are properly briefed before your meeting.
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Keep an eye out for issues that may have a potential
impact (positive or negative) on resident training and
include them in your report to the RDoC Board.
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If you are not clear on RDoC’s position on an issue,
please contact the RDoC Office as soon as possible so
that staff can help you.
Resiliency Training
In collaboration with the Resiliency Training
Curriculum Working Group, submitted an abstract
to ICRE for Fall 2015. Hosted the RDoC Summit on
Resiliency Training in Post-Graduate Medical
Education in Feb 2015.
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Following a meeting or teleconference, provide RDoC
with a written report summarizing key issues as they
relate to RDoC, and identifying issues requiring action
by RDoC.
Patient Handover
Pursuing collaboration with I-PASS on developing a
resident Handover Education Curriculum and onepage “Handover Backgrounder” for all RDoC liaison
representatives. Workshop Presentation on
Handover Best Practices at ICRE in Fall 2014.
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AFMC Graduation Questionnaire Working Group
Member (page 6)
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Pan-Canadian Entrustable Professional Activities
Working Group Member (page 6)
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CAME Board of Directors, Membership, Professional
Development Committee Member (page 7)
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CAIMPD Observer (page 7)
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CMA Committee on Ethics Member (page 8)
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CMA GP Forum Representative (page 8)
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CMA Ad Hoc Working Groups (page 9)
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CPHI Advisory Committee/AFMC Resource Group
Member (page 9)
Some of the initiatives the Wellness Committee has
worked on in 2014-2015:
Intimidation and Harassment Prevention
Review and rewrite RDoC Position Paper on
Resident Intimidation and Harassment (June 1996)
and update the wording to reflect more positive
language, e.g., “Promoting a Positive Work
Environment.”
Duty Hours and Fatigue Management
Representation on the RC Resident Duty Hour
National Steering Committee. Review and update
RDoC Position Paper on Duty Hours (published in
2012) to incorporate the language of “fatigue
management.”
Open Liaison positions – General membership
The Practice, Training, and Wellness Committees are
each co-chaired by 2 Board Members. Membership on
each Committee is comprised of a total of 12 members,
including a maximum of an additional 2 Board Members
and 4 – 10 volunteer RDoC members, ensuring a mix of
disciplines, training and practice settings, and geographic
distribution where possible.
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
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International Conference on Physician Health
Planning Committee Member (page 9)
Open Liaison positions – priority given to RDoC
Board Members
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CMPA Council Observer (page 10)
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AFMC Board of Directors – Observer (page 6)
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CAPER Executive and Policy Committee Member
(page 10)
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CFMS Observer (page 7)
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CMA Board of Directors Member(page 8)
CFPC Accreditation Committee Observer (page 10)
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CMA Committee on Nominations Member (page 8)
CFPC Board of Examiners Observer (page 11)
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CMA General Council Voting Delegate (page 8)
FMRAC Annual Meeting Observer (page 11)
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CMA Specialists Forum Representative (page 9)
FMEC PG Accreditation Implementation Committee
Member (page 12)
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Canadian Medical Forum (page 10)
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FMEC PG Clinician Teachers Implementation
Committee Member (page 12)
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CFPC Board of Directors Observer (page 11)
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CFPC Section of Residents Observer (page 11)
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FMEC PG Leadership Implementation Committee
Member (page 13)
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FMEC PG Career Planning and Residency Matching
Process Working Group Member (page 12)
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FMEC PG Learning & Work Environments
Implementation Committee Member (page 13)
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FMEC PG Collaborative Governance Council Member
(page 13)
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FMEC PG Transition from Medical School to
Residency Working Group Member (page 14)
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FMEC PG Social Accountability Implementation
Committee Member (page 14)
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FMEC PG Transition from Residency to Practice
Working Group Member (page 14)
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FMEC PG Strategic Implementation Group Member
(page 14)
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FMEC PG Physician Resource Planning Taskforce
Technical Steering Committee Member (page 15)
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FMEC PG Transitions Implementation Committee
Member (page 15)
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Medical Council of Canada Annual Meeting Observer
(page 16)
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FMEC PG Physician Resource Planning Taskforce
Member (page 15)
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Royal College Accreditation Committee (page 17)
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Junior Doctors Network Member (page 16)
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Royal College Assessment Committee (page 18)
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Royal College Committee on Specialties (page 18)
Royal College CanMEDS 2015 National Advisory
Committee Member (page 18)
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Royal College Credentials Committee (page 19)
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Royal College Council Observer (page 18)
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Royal College Education Committee (page 19)
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Royal College National Steering Committee on
Resident Duty Hours Representative (page 20)
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Royal College E-portfolio Advisory Committee
(page 19)
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Society of Rural Physicians of Canada Representative
(page 21)
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Royal College Fellowship Affairs Committee Nonvoting Member (page 19)
Currently filled Liaison positions
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Royal College Health and Public Policy Committee
Voting Member (page 20)
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AFMC Committee on Resident Matching – Observer
(page 6)
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Royal College International Conference on Residency
Education Program Advisory Board (page 20)
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CaRMS Board of Directors Voting Member (page 10)
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FMEC PG Governance Implementation Committee
Member (page 13)
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MCC Blueprint Project Governance Board Member
(page 16)
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Royal College International Resident Leadership
Summit Planning Committee (page 20)
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
Issues key to RDoC:
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Accreditation Process Working Group (page 17)
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Accreditation Standards Development Working
Groups (page 17)
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Accreditation Standards Integration Committee (page
17)
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Conjoint Task Force on Resident Input into the
Accreditation Process (page 17)
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Royal College Professional Development Committee
Member (page 20)
Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada
(AFMC)
The AFMC represents Canada's 17 faculties of
medicine and is the voice of academic medicine in
this country. The AFMC is engaged in advocacy
activities related to all facets of academic medicine.
AFMC works to represent and support the mandates
of Canada’s medical faculties on research, medical
education, and clinical care with social accountability.
Advocacy initiatives are tailored to keeping these
issues high on the federal government's agenda and
ensure that Canada's faculties of medicine serve as
important resources to decision-makers in this
country.
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The Future of Medical Education Postgraduate
(FMEC PG) Project
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Increased collaboration between RDoC and the
Postgraduate Deans
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Training Capacity
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Accreditation & inter-professionalism
AFMC Committee on Resident Matching
►Member
Position filled until November 2017
The AFMC Resident Matching Committee reviews and
discusses all issues related to allocation, selection and
matching. Each representative will be eligible to serve a
three (3) year term, renewable once.
Issues key to RDoC:
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PGY1 Main Residency Match (PGY1 match),
Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Match
(FM/EM match), Medicine Subspecialty Match
(MSM), and Pediatric Subspecialty Match
(PSM).
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The match process
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Unmatched CMGs
AFMC Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) Working
Group ► Member
AFMC Board ► Observer
Priority given to RDoC President
Total Meetings: one in-person meeting at the Canadian
Conference on Medical Education
The AFMC is governed by the Board of Directors,
comprised of the Deans of the 17 faculties of medicine
and up to four public members. The Board is responsible
for mandating the work of all AFMC Standing
Committees, Resource Groups and Interest Groups. The
objective of AFMC, as outlined in the constitution, is to
promote the advancement of academic medicine in
Canada through the review and development of
standards for medical education in Canada, development
of national policies appropriate to the aims and purposes
of Canadian faculties of medicine, fostering of research
into major areas of interest for Canadian faculties of
medicine, representation of the Canadian faculties of
medicine to key agencies.
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)
will initiate the administration of a Canadian Graduation
Questionnaire – hereafter referred to as the AFMC GQ
(replacing the previous AAMC process) – annually to all
medical students, starting with the Canadian universities’
Medical Doctor Programs’ graduating classes of 2015.
There was a need identified by the AFMC leadership to
have a working group of experts and learners to help
inform the development of content and governance on the
creation, administration, analysis, processing and reporting
of this questionnaire.
Pan-Canadian Entrustable Professional
Activities Working Group ►Member
Total meetings: Monthly teleconferences
The Pan-Canadian Entrustable Professional Activities
(EPAs) Working Group will define EPAs that all graduates
from Canadian medical schools should be able to perform
with indirect supervision when starting a residency
training program regardless of specialty. This is a Future of
Medical Education in Canada (FMEC) Postgraduate group
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
supported by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of
Canada (AFMC).
Issues key to RDoC
Issues key to RDoC:
• Competency-based medical education
• Assessment
Canadian Association for Medical Education
(CAME)
Canadian Association for Medical Education
(CAME) Board of Directors ► Member
CAME is a grassroots organization created for medical
educators by medical educators. CAME’s goal is to
promote excellence and scholarship in all aspects of
medical education by advocating for medical education
and medical educators, supporting faculty development,
and encouraging research in medical education.
Scholarly activities
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Inter-professional education
Explore the possibility of a CAME
certificate program in medical education.
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Regular evaluations of CAME’s overall PD program
(versus individual courses) to ensure that the needs
of the membership are met.
The RDoC representative shall be an IM PGY2 or PGY3
Total Meetings: 1 in-person; Spring 2015 (location TBC)
CAIMPD is a nation-wide group of Internal Medicine
Program Directors, who discusses issues and provides
leadership on issues pertinent to all Internal Medicine
residents.
Issues key to RDoC:
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Milestones /EPAs for Internal Medicine
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PGY1 and PG4 match
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Issues key to RDoC
Future of medical education
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CAIMPD Observer
The CAME Board member also sits on the CAME
Membership Committee and the Professional
Development Program Committee. Meetings are held in
conjunction with CCME and there are teleconferences
during the year.
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Explore possibilities for the development
of a variety of CAME PD offerings,
including, but not limited to, courses,
online resources, speaker bureaus, etc.
Canadian Association of Internal Medicine
Program Directors (CAIMPD)
Total Meetings: one in-person meeting in conjunction
with the CCME, April 16-19, 2016 in Montréal, and
teleconferences;
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CAME Membership Committee ► Member
This committee advises the CAME Board of Directors on
membership growth and retention; membership benefits,
products and services; organizational branding, marketing
and promotion; website composition.
AFC Diplomas/GIM Subspecialty
Duty hours
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Exam timing
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Issues of importance to Internal Medicine
Canadian Federation of Medical Students
(CFMS)
CFMS Observer
Priority given to RDoC Board Member
Total Meetings: 2; September 2015; April 2016 (in
conjunction with CCME)
Issues key to RDoC
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CAME membership issues
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Resident involvement in CAME
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Benefits to residents for participation in CAME
CAME Professional Development Program
Committee ► Member
The CFMS is a national organization that represents
over 8,000 medical students attending 14 Canadian
medical schools.
Issues key to RDoC
This Committee plans develops, implements and
evaluates CAME’s Professional Development Program.
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Student/resident collaboration
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Accessibility to medical education and
flexibility in training
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DME and training capacity
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Competency-based training
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
CMA Committee on Nominations ► Member
Canadian Medical Association
(CMA)
Due to CMA’s governance structure this liaison
representative position is for 2016-2017. Priority given to
RDoC’s Board of Directors
The CMA is a national, voluntary association of
physicians that advocates on behalf of its members
and the public for access to high quality health care,
and provides leadership and guidance to physicians.
The CMA was founded in 1867 and is guided by its
mission and vision statements. It is a federation made
up of the 12 provincial and territorial medical
associations and represents more than 70,000
physicians.
Total Meetings: 1 teleconference June 2017
This committee makes recommendations to General
Council regarding membership on the various committees
and physician advisory groups of the CMA.
Issues key to RDoC
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Ensure that resident experts are represented in
CMA governance structures and that potential
candidates are well informed on resident issues
and concerns
CMA Board of Directors ► Member
RDoC President or designate
CMA General and Family Practice (GP) Forum ►
Representative
Total Meetings: 5; August 23-27, 2015 – Halifax;
September 29-October 3, 2015 – Esterel (Quebec);
December 4-5, 2015 – Ottawa; February 26-27, 2016 –
Ottawa; May 26-28, 2016 – Ottawa
Total Meetings: 2; August 22, 2015 (Halifax); February
2016 (Ottawa)
The Board of Directors is the executive arm of the CMA
responsible for managing the affairs of the CMA in
accordance with policies established by General Council.
Board members must attend the General Council
meeting.
Issues key to RDoC
The GP Forum is concerned with promoting the exchange
of information, analysis and research as it pertains to
issues around General and Family Practice, as well as early
identification of issues through environmental scanning,
and a focus on health economics and the health policy
environment.
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Physician human resource issues
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Health care transformation
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Quality outcomes and indicators
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Physician wellbeing and mental health
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Medical education training capacity
Advanced skills/special interest training
for generalists
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Referral pathways and processes (from primary
care to specialty care)
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Inter-professionalism
Issues key to RDoC
CMA Committee on Ethics ► Member
Due to CMA’s governance structure this liaison
representative position is for 2016-2017
CMA General Council (GC) ► Voting Delegate
Total Meetings: 2; Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Ottawa
The Committee on Ethics interprets and recommends
amendments to the CMA Code of Ethics, addresses
problems related to ethics referred to the CMA, advises
CMA on matters pertaining to ethical issues that arise
from scientific and technological progress in the health
sciences and ethical issues of interest or concern to the
medical profession, and advises the CMA on ethical
issues related to its core strategies and priorities.
Issues key to RDoC
• End-of-life Care/Physician Assisted Death
• Professionalism
• Privacy issues
Priority given to RDoC President / Board member
Total Meetings: 1; August 23-26, 2015 – Halifax
GC is the CMA governing body and is primarily responsible
for the election of CMA officers, directors and members of
some committees, making changes to bylaws, and
receiving CMA Board reports and recommendations. In
addition, GC debates substantive issues of concern to the
profession and passes resolutions accordingly, and
provides strategic direction to the CMA.
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Meeting dates and locations are subject to change
Issues key to RDoC
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Resident physician health
Represent resident interests at GC
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Physician work hours and fatigue management
Advance discussion on post-graduate training
capacity and HHR
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Leadership programs/initiatives for residents
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Career counselling and employment opportunities
End-of-life Care and National Senior’s Strategy
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Contribute to physician-government interaction on
issues of importance to residents
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Political environment issues relevant to PGME
CMA Specialists’ Forum ► Representative
Priority given to RDoC Board member
Canadian Physician Health Institute (CPHI)
Advisory Committee ► Member
Total Meetings: 2; August 23, 2015 – Halifax; February
2016 – Ottawa; + teleconferences
The Forum is comprised of all the CMA affiliated and
associated national medical organizations and provides
an opportunity to work with national specialty and subspecialty organizations on issues of mutual interest and
to influence public and private sector policy through the
CMA.
Issues key to RDoC
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New models of health care delivery
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Quality Collaborative
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Specialty/PGME mix/HHR
The CMA is changing its approach to policy work and
stakeholder engagement and has sunsetted its core
committees. In their place, the CMA will be creating ad
hoc and time-limited working groups that are issue
focused.
The mandate of the Committee is to collaborate on
existing physician health programs, identify gaps in the
area of physician health and identify potential solutions to
the gaps, identify potential service delivery models that
are effective, to help prioritize initiatives and evaluate the
effectiveness of program delivery.
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Resident wellbeing and mental health
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Awareness of resident health initiatives
International Conference on Physician Health
Planning Committee
Potential areas of CMA policy and advocacy work include:
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Total Meetings: 2; Fall 2015; Spring 2016; +
teleconferences
Issues key to RDoC
New: CMA Ad Hoc Working Groups
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The RDoC representative will also serve on the AFMC
Resource Group on Physician Health and Wellbeing.
Issues pertaining to medical education at all phases
of the medical career life cycle and
professionalism, including inter-professional care
and relationships with other providers.
Total Meetings: TBC
This biennial event provides the opportunity for attendees
to learn about current and innovative research in physician
health.
Issues key to RDoC
Issues pertaining to disease management and
prevention, health protection and health
promotion.
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Issues related to the economics, organization and
management of the health care delivery system,
including health human resources.
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Issues related to political and public affairs
strategies that support CMA objectives with the
federal government.
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Resident wellbeing
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Exposure to international initiatives dealing with
physician health
Issues key to RDoC
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National health policy issues/initiatives
•
Health human resources (HHR)
•
Length of training and training capacity
•
National health goals and framework
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Issues key to RDoC
Canadian Medical Forum (CMF)
Attended by RDoC President and Executive Director
Total Meetings: 2; November 2015 (both); June 2015
(ED only), both in Ottawa
•
Promote use of CAPER data in RDoC initiatives
•
Bring forward RDoC’s data needs to CAPER
Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS)
This is a forum of medical organizations including:
AFMC, RDoC, CFMS, CMA, FMRAC, MCC, the Royal
College, and SRPC. The forum focuses on issues of
medical education, training, certification, licensure,
practice, portability, physician resources, and medical
student and resident issues.
CaRMS Board of Directors ► Voting Member
Position filled until November 2017 (3-year term)
Total Meetings: 2 in-person per year, June 2015,
November 2015 + teleconferences
Issues key to RDoC
•
Ensure resident issues and concerns are integrated
into national stakeholder policy making
•
Health human resources
Canadian Medical Protective Association
(CMPA)
CaRMS is a not-for-profit organization that works in close
cooperation with medical schools and students to provide
an electronic application service and a computer match for
entry into postgraduate medical training throughout
Canada. CaRMS provides an orderly and transparent way
for applicants to apply for residencies in all programs and
at all schools in Canada.
Issues key to RDoC:
CMPA Council► Observer
•
Ratio of undergraduate to postgraduate positions
Total Meetings: 1; August 21-22, 2014 - Ottawa
•
Post-match survey
•
Main resident and subspecialties’ match
The CMPA is a mutual defense organization for
physicians who practice in Canada. Its raison d'être is
to protect a member's integrity by providing services
of the highest quality including legal defense,
indemnification, risk management, educational
programs and general advice.
College of Family Physicians of Canada
(CFPC)
The CFPC is the professional organization responsible for
establishing standards for the training, certification and
lifelong education of family physicians and for advocating
on behalf of the specialty of family medicine, family
physicians and their patients.
Issues key to RDoC
•
Monitor involvement of residents in CMPA risk
management program
•
Education Initiative for trainees
•
Raising awareness amongst residents re: rights,
processes in academic matters
The CFPC strives to improve the health of Canadians by
promoting high standards of medical education and care in
family practice, by contributing to public understanding of
healthful living, by supporting ready access to family
physician services, and by encouraging research and
disseminating knowledge about family medicine.
Canadian Post-MD Education Registry
(CAPER)
CFPC Accreditation Committee ► Member
CAPER Executive and Policy Committee ►
Member
Total Meetings: 1; October 23-25, 2015 – Vancouver (in
conjunction with the International Conference on
Residency Education); + 2 teleconferences
RDoC was one of the founders of CAPER which was
established in 1986. CAPER is incorporated within the bylaws of the AFMC with the mandate to provide accurate
information that may be used for medical manpower
planning on a national basis.
Total Meetings: 2 in-person; January 2015-Toronto; June
2015 (conjoint with the RC Accreditation Committee)
The CFPC accredits residency training programs in family
medicine; family medicine/emergency medicine; and
enhanced skills at all 17 medical schools in Canada. The
accreditation of residency programs attests to the
educational quality of accredited programs and allows
residents from across Canada to qualify for the CFPC
examinations.
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Issues key to RDoC:
•
Program accreditation
•
Triple C Curriculum
•
CanMEDS-FM and Conjoint accreditation
standards
provides a forum of enhanced initiation and
implementation of policies and programs relating to issues
of Family Medicine education and practice. The intended
goals are to improve the quality of the Family Medicine
residency experience and to have a positive impact on the
delivery of health care to Canadians.
Issues key to RDoC:
CFPC Board of Directors ► Observer
•
Priority given to RDoC Board Member
Total Meetings: one in-person in conjunction with Family
Medicine Forum (November 12-14, 2015, Toronto)
Assessment and evaluation
•
Standards
•
Future practice
The College’s National Board of Directors is the final
decision-making authority over the 10 provincial chapter
organizations.
Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities
of Canada (FMRAC)
Issues key to RDoC
•
Ensure ongoing representation of residents
on CFPC Board and Committees
•
Harmonization of exams
•
Transfer of credits between CFPC & Royal College
•
Accreditation standards
FMRAC Annual Meeting ► Observer
CFPC Board of Examiners ► Member
Total Meetings: 2: December 2014, June 2015; +
teleconferences during the year.
Total Meetings: one in-person meeting, June 2016
FMRAC is a national association of provincial and territorial
medical regulatory authorities. Its purpose is to provide a
national structure for the provincial and territorial medical
regulatory authorities to present and pursue issues of
common concern and interest; to share, consider and
develop positions on such matters; and to develop services
and benefits for its members.
Issues key to RDoC
The Board of Examiners is the Committee responsible for
overseeing the CFPC’s examinations. This Committee is
also responsible for standard setting for the
examinations and sets the pass/fail criteria. It is
responsible for maintaining the quality of the
examination process through regular monitoring of the
performance of the examination and the conduct of
examination research.
•
•
•
Promote equitable policies for both Canadian
trained physicians and IMGs
Monitor IMG credentialing process
Labour mobility
Issues key to RDoC:
•
Certification examinations
•
Harmonization of exams
•
Alternative Route to Certification
•
Future of assessment and examination
CFPC Section of Residents (SoR) ► Observer
Priority given to RDoC Board Member
Total Meetings: 2; September 2014; March 2015.
The Section or SoR was established by the CFPC in an
effort to obtain input from Family Medicine residents
from across Canada. The Section is a national, elected
committee of Family Medicine Residents representing
their respective family medicine training programs which
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FMEC PG Career Planning and Residency
Matching Process Working Group ► Member
Future of Medical Education in Canada
Postgraduate Project (FMEC PG)
The Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate
Project (FMEC PG) was the second in a series of projects
funded by Health Canada to create a vision for producing
the types of physicians Canadians need, now and in the
future. Building on a previous effort that focused on the
training of students going through undergraduate
medical school, FMEC PG looked at ways to improve
their postgraduate education as they moved through
residency and into independent practice. The Future of
Medical Education in Canada: A Collective Vision for PG
Education report, released in March 2012, sets out 10
recommendations for achieving the project’s vision as
well as the actions that must be taken in order to
succeed.
Between April 2013 and March 2016, the FMEC PG
Project is charting a new course for major improvements
to postgraduate medical education as Canada’s medical
doctors move through residency and into independent
practice. The ultimate goal is to ensure that medical
residents receive the best training possible and are able
to meet the changing healthcare needs of Canadians.
Priority given to Practice Committee co-chair / RDoC Board
Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
Formerly the Selection and Entry Disciplines group, the
FMEC PG Career Planning and Residency Matching
Process Working Group is charged to review the process
whereby medical students engage post-graduate training
opportunities. This Working Group is specifically
addressing the following: more effective alignment of the
learning continuum from entry to medical school through
to readiness for independent practice; an examination of
all aspects of the process by which medical students
select and apply for postgraduate positions, with the goal
of ensuring transparency, validity and consistency
throughout; improving the support and counseling of
undergraduate students regarding career selection.
Issues key to RDoC
FMEC PG Accreditation Implementation
Committee ► Member
Position filled until June 2016
The Accreditation Implementation Committee was
established under the umbrella of the Future of Medical
Education-Postgraduate Project (FMEC PG), in order to
advance FMEC PG Recommendation # 10: Alignment of
Accreditation Standards. More specifically, the
recommendation stated: “Accreditation standards
should be aligned across the learning continuum
(beginning with undergraduate medical education and
continuing through residency and professional practice),
designed within a social accountability framework, and
focused on meeting the healthcare needs of Canadians.”
Issues key to RDoC:
•
Accreditation alignment across the continuum
•
Conjoint accreditation standards and processes
•
Measureable outcomes for accreditation
•
Alignment of the learning continuum from entry to
medical school through to readiness for
independent practice
•
Selection process for entry into postgraduate
training
•
Streamlining career path during undergraduate
training
•
Innovative approaches for selection of residency
positions
•
Career counselling and support for career selection
FMEC PG Clinician Teachers Implementation
Committee ► Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one in-person
meeting per year
The Committee was formed to implement the FMEC PG
Collective Vision Recommendation 7 “develop, support,
and recognize clinical teachers.” A Symposium on Clinical
Teachers was held in 2013 to identify themes for action
towards developing a national strategy for faculty
development, and the Committee is specifically addressing
the development of the following: an international
repository of tools for clinical teachers, articulation of core
competencies for faculty development curriculum,
standards for accreditation, and a national governance
structure for CPD and faculty development.
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Issues key to RDoC
•
•
both in Canada and internationally in order to define key
concepts, strengths and weaknesses
Role of residents as teachers and future clinical
teachers, and national competency-based
curriculum at residency level
Issues key to RDoC:
Assessment tools for residents to safely provide
feedback to clinical teachers for ongoing
professional development.
•
Development of an effective collaborative
governance model in PGME
•
Social accountability
•
Improving efficiencies to support a more
sustainable health care system.
FMEC PG Collaborative Governance Council
Priority given to RDoC President,
Term of office – 2-year non-renewable
FMEC PG Leadership Implementation
Committee ► Member
Total Meetings: Quarterly meetings during the year
either in-person or electronically with at least one inperson meeting.
Total meetings: Teleconferences and up to one in-person
meeting per year
The Governance Council is a collaborative governance
structure for Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
that will result in more efficient and effective medical
education to prepare socially accountable physicians to
provide high quality health care for Canadians. The
PGME governance structure integrates the multiple
bodies that play a role in PGME (including regulatory and
certifying colleges, educational and healthcare
institutions, and payers) to work collaboratively, across
the PGME system, to achieve efficiency, reduce
redundancy, and provide clarity on strategic directions
and decisions for PGME in the best interest of society,
learners and the health system.
Issues key to RDoC:
The FMEC PG Leadership Implementation Committee
works to implement Recommendation # 8 of the FMEC PG
Report, “Foster the development of collaborative
leadership skills in future physicians, so they can work
effectively with other stakeholders to help shape our
healthcare system to better serve society” with a focus on
the transformative action: “Develop, in close collaboration
with UGME programs, a national core leadership
curriculum for all residents that is focused on professional
responsibilities, self-awareness, providing and receiving
feedback, conflict resolution, change management and
working as part of a team as a leader, facilitator or team
member.”
Issues key to RDoC:
•
National collaborative governance in PGME
•
Accreditation standards
•
Engagement of residents in decision-making
processes
•
New leadership tools for learners
•
Strategic directions and decisions for PGME taking
into account the best interest of patients, learners
and the health system
•
Repository of curriculum design and delivery
models
FMEC PG Governance Implementation
Committee
FMEC PG Learning & Work Environments
Implementation Committee ► Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one in-person
meeting per year
Position filled until June 2016 (3-year term)
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
The Committee was formed to implement the FMEC PG
Collective Vision Recommendation # 9 to establish
effective collaborative governance in post-graduate
medical education. This includes reviewing challenges
and barriers to collaborative governance; examination of
existing models and/or practices of collaborative
governance and success factors related to effective
governance; an examination of collaborative governance
The Learning & Work Environments Implementation
Committee was formed to address the FMEC PG Collective
Vision Recommendation 3 “create positive and supportive
learning and work environments.” This includes identifying
factors that optimize performance, learning and wellness;
examining training models and opportunities for residents;
as well as addressing accreditation standards and the
impact of hidden curriculum. The initial focus is on
information gathering, including literature reviews,
environmental scans and surveys.
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Issues key to RDoC
•
Factors that optimize performance, learning and
wellness
•
Positive and negative aspects of hidden curriculum
•
Accreditation standards and training models for
optimal learning and work environments
FMEC PG Social Accountability
Implementation Committee ► Member
acts as the Secretariat. Ten Recommendations have come
forward from a rigorous review of Postgraduate Medical
Education in Canada. The Strategic Implementation Group
(SIG) comprises key influencers and strategic partners who
advise on the implementation of the FMEC PG project’s
key deliverables. Several working groups and subcommittees have been created to directly guide
implementation activities of the FMEC PG Collective Vision
recommendations.
Issues key to RDoC:
Priority given to Practice Committee co-chair / RDoC
Board Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
This Committee was formed to implement the FMEC PG
Collective Vision Recommendation 2 “cultivate social
accountability through experience in diverse learning and
work environments.” This includes formulating
implementation activities and action plans to help
change the culture of residency education so it provides
experiences for all residents in a diversity of learning
environments that reinforce our collective socially
accountable mandate.
Issues key to RDoC
•
How social accountability is addressed in PGME
(issues, themes, best practices)
•
Ways to instill social accountability values into all
residents’ learning experience
•
Providing diverse learning environments
(exposure to varied practice settings and service
delivery models)
•
•
Accreditation standards alignment
•
Social accountability
•
Learning and work environments
•
Transitions
•
Assessment
•
Distribution and mix of physicians to meet health
care needs
FMEC PG Transition from Medical School to
Residency Working Group ► Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one in-person
meeting per year
The Transitions to Residency Working Group is
responsible for defining and describing the important
issues around how to ensure that newly minted MD’s are
competent and comfortable to being their residencies. It
will provide actionable implementation plans to address
this transition milestone in Canadian direct-entry
residency programs. The project objectives include:
Issues key to RDoC
Emphasis on improving care to underserved and
disadvantaged populations and respecting
variations in health care needs among different
patients and communities
Career planning resources and supports
FMEC PG Strategic Implementation Group
•
•
Effective handovers and transitions between
medical schools and postgraduate programs
•
Multiple entry points into residency post graduate
education
•
General/core competencies
Priority given to RDoC Board Member
FMEC PG Transition from Residency to Practice
Working Group ► Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one in-person
meeting per year
A consortium of four organizations – the Association of
Faculties of Medicine of Canada, the College of Family
Physicians of Canada (CFPC), le Collège des médecins du
Québec (CMQ) and the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) – spearheaded the
Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate
(FMEC PG) Project, funded by Health Canada. The AFMC
The Transitions to Practice Working Group is charged with
examining the final phase of residency training, and
developing models that enhance the preparation of
physicians for practice. This WG was created to further
implementation of FMEC PG Recommendation 5
Transitions: Ensure Effective Integration and Transitions
along the Educational Continuum.
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Issues key to RDoC
•
Competencies required for transition to
independent practice, beyond knowledge and
technical skills
•
Evaluation of these competencies, including
optimal timing of these assessments
•
Mentorship programs
that works locally, nationally, and is governed with
authority. The primary area of consensus is on improving
the pan-Canadian alignment of physician human resources
through collaborative physician HR planning. The work
encompasses improved planning and decision-making
support (including tools, other evidence or planning
methodologies) as well as examination of emerging issues
impacting pan-Canadian physician HR.
FMEC PG Transitions Implementation
Committee ► Member
Priority given to RDoC Practice committee co-chair /
Board Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
Recommendation 5 of the FMEC PG report is to Ensure
Effective Integration and Transitions along the
Educational Continuum. The AFMC, with the support of
Health Canada, has established a Transitions
Implementation subcommittee, with three working
groups: Transitions to Residency, Transitions to
Practice, and Selection and Entry Disciplines. Over 3
years, the Transitions sub-committee is charged to
propose and implement projects to address, promote
and facilitate implementation of the recommendation
to develop smoother and more effective transitions
from medical school to residency and from residency
into clinical practice.
Issues key to RDoC
•
Transition models and best practices that respond
to identified health care system priorities.
•
Effective integration of transitions along the
medical education continuum
•
Preparation for practice
Issues key to RDoC
•
Physician mix and distribution to meet the health
care needs of the population
•
Aligning residency positions to employment
opportunities
•
Improving decision-making support for learners
•
Pan-Canadian physician planning to better inform
physician supply and need/demand
•
Collaboration and coordination to address physician
imbalances across identified specialties
Physician Resource Planning Task Force
Technical Steering Committee (TSC)
Total Meetings: E-mail communication and up to four inperson meetings per year (once per quarter)
The purpose of the TSC is to provide technical advice to
support model scope and development for panCanadian physician resource planning to better inform
physician supply and need/demand. This is an activity
that is advancing work on Recommendation # 1 of the
FMEC PG project “to ensure the right mix, distribution
and number of physicians to meet societal needs.”
Issues key to RDoC
Physician Resource Planning Task Force
Priority given to Practice Committee co-chair / RDoC
Board Member
•
Development of a pan-Canadian physician
planning tool to better inform physician supply
and need/demand
•
Better coordination of physician planning nationally
•
Best practices related to physician
resource planning modelling
Total Meetings: E-mail communication and up to four inperson meetings per year (once per quarter)
In June 2012 the Conference of Deputy Ministers directed
that ACHDHR (now the Committee on Health Workforce)
to work with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of
Canada (AFMC) to examine ways in which
Recommendation 1 of the FMEC PG report, to “ensure
the right mix, distribution and number of physicians to
meet societal needs” could be advanced. The Task Force
was established to look for short-term objectives that
could advance the long-term goal of creating a process
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Junior Doctors Network (JDN)
MCC Blueprint Project Governance Board ►
Member
JDN ► Member
Position filled until 2016
Priority given to RDOC Board Member
Total meetings: 1-2 in-person per year
Total Meetings: 1-2 in conjunction with the WMA
General Assembly & Council Meetings; + monthly
teleconferences
The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) assesses over 11,000
medical students and graduates every year through its
qualifying examinations (MCCQE’s) to fulfill its mandate to
administer a uniform system for physician assessment for
all of Canada. The MCC’s credential, the Licentiate of the
MCC (LMCC) is meant to be the final educational credential
to allow independent unsupervised practice.
The World Medical Association (WMA) is comprised of
national member associations (NMAs) and provides
ethical guidance to physicians through its Declarations,
Resolutions and Statements. The Junior Doctors Network
(JDN) is comprised of individual postgraduate medical
trainees who are associate members of the World
Medical Association (WMA). The JDN provides a forum for
experience sharing, policy discussion and resource
development on issues of interest to trainees, including
global health, postgraduate training, safe working
conditions, and physician migration.
Issues key to RDoC
•
Duty hours and junior doctor wellbeing
•
HHR planning and physician migration
•
Global Health Training and Ethical Implications
•
International liaison/collaboration with JDN
and WMA members
The Blueprint Project has 2 general phases. Phase 1
establishes the MCC Blueprint and Test Specifications
through evidence-based information and consultation with
various stakeholders, with finalization through MCC
Council. Phase 2 encompasses both the: transition of
current MCC Qualifying Examinations (QEs) content and
assessment tools to meet the established Blueprint, and
development through partnerships and collaboration of
new tools to assess competencies not fully tested by MCC
examinations (i.e. assessment evolution). The timeline for
these activities are tentatively expected to lead up to the
year 2017, before which no operational change is
expected.
Issues key to RDoC
•
Medical Council of Canada (MCC)
Medical Council of Canada (MCC) ► Observer
Total Meetings: one in-person meeting, September 2015
The MCC is responsible for promoting a uniform
standard of qualification to practice medicine for all
physicians across Canada. The qualification, known as
the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
(LMCC), remains acceptable to provincial medical
regulatory authorities. This ensures portability across
the country, while continuing to guarantee that each
province and territory maintains the right to grant the
license to practice medicine.
Issues key to RDoC
•
Costs of examinations
•
IMG credentialing process
•
Standards of professionalism
•
National Assessment Collaboration
Evolution of examination process
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Canada (Royal College)
The Royal College is a national, professional association
established in 1929 by a special Act of Parliament to
oversee postgraduate medical education. It ensures that
the training and evaluation of medical and surgical
specialists attain the highest standards. The Royal College
recognizes 79 disciplines, granting Fellowships in 29
specialties, 34 subspecialties, three special programs and
13 Areas of Focused Competence (AFC-diplomas).
The Royal College requires Fellows worldwide to maintain
their competence throughout their careers; it acts and
speaks out in support of the most appropriate context for
the practice of specialty care and the best patient care. The
Royal College accredits the residency programs at 17
universities across Canada and also accredits the learning
activities that physicians pursue in their continuing
professional development programs. The Royal College
verifies that a physician has met all the requirements
necessary for Royal College certification.
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Royal College Accreditation Committee ► 1
voting & 1 observer member
Accreditation Standards Development Working
Groups
The RDoC position is held for two years, the first year as
an observer and the second year as the voting
representative. Each representative is expected to attend
at least one accreditation survey during his/her term.
Positions filled until June 2016
Total Meetings: 3; Dates TBD: Fall 2015, January 2016,
June 2016 (conjoint with CFPC); Ottawa.
The Accreditation Committee (AC) is a subcommittee of
the Royal College Education Committee. Its major role is
to ensure that residency programs accredited by the
Royal College meet the requirements and standards for
accreditation and are conducted in a manner that
permits graduates of the programs to achieve a level of
competence compatible with Royal College certification.
Issues key to RDoC:
•
Resident involvement in accreditation surveys
•
Conjoint standards of accreditation
•
Assessments of accredited residency programs
•
Accreditation workshops and training
Conjoint Committees/Working Groups on
Accreditation:
Monthly teleconferences and work between monthly calls
Six accreditation standards development working groups
have been created by the Royal College, the CFPC and
CMQ, with responsibility for undertaking an in-depth
analysis and development of residency education
accreditation standards associated with their respective
domains. The six accreditation standards working groups
are – Institutional Governance, Program Organization,
Education Program, Learners Teachers and Administrative
Personnel, Resources, and Continuous Improvement. Each
working group is expected to prepare a draft set of
accreditation standards for ultimate approval by the
governing bodies for accreditation at the Royal College,
CFPC, and CMQ.
Issues key to RDoC:
•
Accreditation of residency programs
•
Continuous quality improvement
•
Resident involvement in standards development
•
Competency-based medical education
Accreditation Standards Integration Committee
Accreditation Process Working Group
Position filled until June 2016
Position filled until July 2017
Total Meetings: Bi-monthly teleconferences and two inperson meetings
Total Meetings: Monthly teleconferences
The Accreditation Process Working Group is responsible
for exploring opportunities and making concrete
recommendations with respect to the accreditation
process elements, policies and technologies to ensure a
rigorous, defensible, and balanced residency education
accreditation system that promotes programs’ own
continuous quality improvement and is aligned with
competency-based medical education. Recommended
technological systems, processes and policies will be
presented to the governing bodies for accreditation at
the Royal College, CFPC and CMQ for discussion,
refinement, and approval in time for an in-depth national
consultation with all stakeholders involved in
accreditation beginning in the fall of 2015.
Issues key to RDoC:
• Efficiency of the accreditation process
• Continuous quality improvement of programs
• Process automation
The Accreditation Standards Integration Committee
oversees the development and integration of the new
standards for accreditation of residency education
institutions and programs in Canada. It is responsible for
reviewing and providing feedback on the draft residency
standards developed by the accreditation standards
working groups and will also be asked to approve the
accreditation standards for presentation to the governing
bodies for accreditation at the Royal College, CFPC, and
CMQ for discussion, refinement, and approval in time for
an in-depth national consultation with all stakeholders
involved in accreditation beginning in the fall of 2015.
Conjoint Task Force on Resident Input into the
Accreditation Process
Positions filled until June 2016
Total Meetings: Monthly teleconferences
Conjoint task force of the Royal College, CFPC, CMQ, RDoC
and FMRQ to explore opportunities and make concrete
recommendations with respect to ensuring that resident
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input into the residency education accreditation process
and its related processes are effective, confidential, valid,
consistent, transparent, and of high quality in order to
provide consistent and unique information to assist
surveyors in the accreditation process.
Recommendations will be presented to the governing
bodies for accreditation at the Royal College, CFPC, and
CMQ for discussion, refinement, and approval in time for
an in-depth national consultation with all stakeholders
involved in accreditation beginning in the fall of 2015.
physician’s career, addressing newer competencies such
as Leader and newer themes such as social accountability,
patient safety and inter-professionalism. CanMEDS 2015 is
one key initiative in the Royal College’s Competence by
Design project. RDoC is an active participant in this
process and has participated in all consultations.
Issues key to RDoC:
Royal College Assessment Committee ► 1
voting and 1 ex-officio non-voting member
The voting position is appointed by the Royal College from
nominations submitted by RDoC.
•
Implementation of competencies
•
Implications of new competencies to learners
•
Evaluation and assessment
•
E-portfolios
•
Faculty development
•
Communication of upcoming changes to learners
Total Meetings: 2; September 17-18, 2015; February
2016; Ottawa
Royal College Committee on Specialties ►1
voting and 1 ex-officio non-voting member
The Assessment Committee is a subcommittee of the
EdC. It advises on all assessment matters relating to
Royal College specialty certification examinations,
including requests from candidates for formal reviews.
The committee is responsible for developing standards
and policies governing the conduct and quality of
specialty and sub-specialty examinations, performing
annual reviews of the content and administration of all
specialty and subspecialty examinations, reviewing and
approving requests for changes to examination formats,
and participating on Formal Review panels (appeals) for
examinations when required.
The voting position is appointed by the Royal College from
nominations submitted by RDoC.
Total Meetings: 2; November 5-6, 2015; Spring 2016;
Ottawa
•
Annual reviews of the content and administration
of all specialty and subspecialty exams
•
Standards and policies governing the conduct and
quality of specialty and subspecialty exams
The Committee on Specialties (COS) is a subcommittee of
the Royal College Education Committee. It is responsible
for providing advice and making recommendations on
matters relating to the specialties recognized by the Royal
College. The major tasks of the COS are to define
requirements for the recognition of disciplines, perform
periodic reviews of the status of recognized disciplines,
evaluate submissions for recognition of new disciplines,
and oversee the activities of the specialty committees that
are established for every discipline recognized by the
Royal College to advise on discipline-specific content and
issues (e.g., standards, credentials, assessment and
accreditation).
•
Timing of examinations
Issues key to RDoC:
Issues key to RDoC:
Royal College CanMEDS 2015 National
Advisory Committee
Priority given to RDoC Board Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and up to one inperson meeting per year
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Recognition of new disciplines
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Status of recognized disciplines
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Discipline specific content issues (standards,
credentials, assessment, accreditation)
Royal College Council ► Observer
The National Advisory Committee (NAC) provides
strategic direction on the CanMEDS 2015 initiative. The
Royal College has spearheaded an update of the existing
CanMEDS roles to ensure that the CanMEDS framework
continues to be reflective of changes in healthcare and
medical education research and practice. This includes
introduction of milestones across the continuum of a
Attended by RDoC President and Executive Director
Total Meetings: 2; Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Council is the senior governing body of the Royal College.
Its over-arching role is to ensure the legal and ethical
integrity of the Royal College. It defines the values,
mission, vision, goals, objectives and strategic directions of
the Royal College, and formulates and approves general
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policies. Council also ensures the accountability of the
Royal College by monitoring and supporting the
implementation of policies, directives and the general
functions of the Royal College. It fulfills this
accountability and monitoring function through various
means including the receipt and review of reports from
the Executive Committee, Vice-Presidents, standing and
other committees and the CEO.
processes, and credentialing of candidates for examination
leading to certification.
Issues key to RDoC:
Issues key to RDoC
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Specialty-specific objectives and training
requirements
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Accreditation Standards
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Evaluation instruments and processes
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Assessment of applications for academic
certification
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Promotion and implementation of policies that
enhance PGME
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Oversees the process for appeals of a Royal College
ruling on training credit or eligibility for the exams
Resident relationship with Royal College
Royal College Credentials Committee (CC) ►1
voting and 1 ex-officio non-voting member
The voting position is appointed by the Royal College from
nominations submitted by RDoC.
Total Meetings: 2; October 29, 2015 Ottawa; Spring
2016, generally by teleconference.
The Credentials Committee (CC) is a subcommittee of the
Education Committee. It advises on policies relating to
credentialing as well as ruling on selected credentialing
cases. The major tasks of the CC are to develop policies
for assessing the eligibility of applicants for admission to
the Royal College specialty examinations, and determine
the ruling of an applicant’s examination eligibility and/or
the conditions to be met by the applicant to attain
eligibility for admission to the Royal College specialty
examinations.
Issues key to RDoC:
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Practice Eligibility Route
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Transfer of credits
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Waiver of Training
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Examination eligibility
Royal College E-portfolio Advisory Committee
►2 resident members – 1 surgery, 1 medicine
Total Meetings: Teleconferences as needed and one inperson meeting
The Royal College ePortfolio Advisory Committee provides
guidance and perspectives related to the design,
development, testing and continuous enhancement of an
expanded Royal College ePortfolio for residents, Fellows
and MOC Program participants. This is one component of
the Royal College’s Competence by Design (CBD) initiative
facilitating the transition to a competency-based medical
education model for residency education and continuing
professional development. The CBD initiative includes a
number of strategic projects including but not limited to
revisions to the CanMEDS competency framework
(CanMEDS 2015) and enhancements to Royal College’s
ePortfolio (MAINPORT) to support learning and
assessment from the beginning of residency to retirement.
Royal College Fellowship Affairs Committee
(FAC) ► Non-voting member
Royal College Education Committee ► 1
voting and 1 ex-officio non- voting member
The voting position is appointed by the Royal College from
nominations submitted by RDoC.
Total Meetings: 2; November 26-27, 2014; April 2016;
Ottawa.
The Education Committee (EdC), a standing committee of
Council, develops policies to enhance the quality and
effectiveness of the Royal College’s postgraduate
medical education and evaluation processes. The major
responsibility of the EdC includes the definition of
specialties and subspecialties, including their specialtyspecific objectives and training requirements,
accreditation standards, evaluation instruments and
Total Meetings: 2; Fall 2015 – Ottawa; Spring 2016
The FAC, a standing committee of the Royal College
Council, addresses a wide spectrum of issues pertinent
to Fellows of the Royal College. FAC receives
recommendations and reports from its subcommittees
and serves as one mechanism for the membership to
provide input to Council and other Royal College
committees on College programs and policies.
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Issues key to RDoC
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Resident Membership in Royal College
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Communications between Fellows & Residents
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Volunteer support and recognition
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Support and enhance members’
continuing education
Education (ICRE). This will typically include organization
of the workshops, plenary sessions, and gatherings of
and for residents attending the annual event. The IRLS
planning committee is the leadership forum for the IRLS.
Its primary purpose is to facilitate the goals and
objectives for the event, as well as develop programs in
concert with Royal College objectives to benefit
residents.
Royal College Health and Public Policy
Committee (HPPC) ► Voting member
Issues key to RDoC
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Total Meetings: Teleconferences and in-person meeting
in Fall 2015
The HPPC, a subcommittee of the Executive Committee,
provides advice and recommends policies and
approaches that assist the College to fulfill its mandate
in areas related to health and public policy, advocacy
and research, in keeping with the vision, values and
mission of the Royal College.
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Royal College National Steering Committee on
Resident Duty Hours
Priority given to Wellness Committee Co-Chair/RDoC Board
Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and email
correspondence
Issues key to RDoC
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Medical Professionalism
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Health Human Resources
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Labour mobility/changing regulatory landscape
Royal College International Conference on
Residency Education (ICRE) Program Advisory
Board ► Member
Total Meetings: Monthly teleconferences and one inperson meeting at the ICRE in Fall 2016. The RDoC rep
starts his/her term following the 2015 ICRE in October
2015.
The ICRE Committee is responsible for defining the
program content of the ICRE, inviting participants and
performing all the organizational tasks necessary to run
the conference. The goal of the conference is to promote
excellence in residency education in Canada and
worldwide.
Issues key to RDoC
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Resident contribution to IRLS program content and
development
Offering perspectives regarding resident
professional development training and education
The National Steering Committee on Resident Duty Hours
is a partnership of nine national health care organizations
who undertook a national collaborative project to address
the hours worked by Canadian physicians and surgeons in
residency training and develop a pan-Canadian consensus
on a way forward. After extensive review of the existing
evidence, the NSC issued the June 2013 report Fatigue,
Risk and Excellence: Towards a Pan-Canadian Consensus
on Resident Duty Hours that outlined 5 key principles and
made a series of recommendations for implementation
that the National Steering Committee (NSC) is now
seeking to move forward.
Issues key to RDoC
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Duty hours reform
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Fatigue management
Royal College Professional Development
Committee (PDC) ► Member
Currently filled until 2016
Resident contributions to conference theme,
speakers, workshops
Total Meetings: 2; November 19-20, 2015 (Ottawa); Spring
2016
Royal College International Resident
Leadership Summit (IRLS) Planning
Committee ► Member
Total Meetings: Teleconferences and email
correspondence
The key responsibility of the International IRLS Planning
Committee is the regular conduct of the IRLS at the
Royal College International Conference on Residency
The PDC is responsible for recommending, implementing
and monitoring policies relevant to the development of the
Maintenance of Certification program, the promotion of
excellence in lifelong learning processes, strategies and
tools for professional practice and the monitoring of
practice assessment and improvement strategies that
guide innovation, evaluation and scholarship.
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Issues key to RDoC
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Continuous quality improvement
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Continuing professional development theory
and practice
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Maintenance of Certification
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
SRPC ► Representative
Priority given to RDoC Board member
Total Meetings: 2; Fall 2015; Spring 2016
Founded in 1992, the SRPC’s mission is to provide
leadership for rural physicians and promote sustainable
conditions and equitable health care for rural
communities. SRPC performs a wide variety of
functions, such as developing and advocating health
delivery mechanisms, supporting rural doctors and
communities in crisis, promoting and delivering
continuing rural medical education, encouraging and
facilitating research into rural health issues, and
fostering communication among rural physicians and
other groups with an interest in rural health care.
Issues key to RDoC
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Portability of licensure
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National rural health strategy
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Monitor initiatives to promote Family
Medicine residency
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Participate in initiatives to support rural residents
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DME and capacity
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