reports from council
Practise Undertaking, will be issued a
notice of intent for an administrative
suspension.
Adoption of CanMEDS
Framework for Education
and Assessment
Council formally approved adopting
the CanMEDS’ organizing framework
as the framework for the College’s Educational and Assessment matters.
The College already uses the CanMEDS’ framework in much of the
work that we do.
The CanMEDS framework describes
the knowledge, skills and attitudes
that physicians need across seven roles:
Medical Expert, Communicator, Collaborator, Manager/Leader, Health
Advocate, Scholar, and Professional.
Revised Guidelines for College-Directed
Supervision
Council approved the revised Guidelines for CollegeDirected Supervision.
The 2013 guidelines were updated to better align with
changes to the public register resulting from the recent
by-law change associated with the College’s transparency
initiative.
One of the proposed by-laws would see the College
post summaries of those decisions that include a disposition of Specified Continuing Education or Remediation
Program (SCERP).
The guidelines have been re-organized to ensure its
content and definitions are in harmony with the type
of information to be posted to the public register. The
changes include no longer defining preceptorship as
a form of supervision and restructuring the current
document into three stand-alone documents – Clinical
Supervision; Practice Monitoring; and Health Monitoring. All of these continue to be defined as supervision. The Clinical Supervision document has been
enhanced to clearly reflect the educational component.
The revised documents are available online.
Buprenorphine Hydrochloride for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Council has decided that the existing Buprenorphine
Hydrochloride policy will be replaced with a frequently
asked questions (FAQ) document on the CPSO website.
The Buprenorphine Hydrochloride for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence policy was originally
approved by Council in 2007, and sets out the College’s
expectations for physicians who prescribe buprenorphine
for opioid dependence.
Council decided that the information contained in the
current policy would be more effectively communicated
in another type of document.
Election Changes
Council approved minor amendments to the College bylaws that pertain to district elections on the recommendation of the Governance Committee. These include:
1. hanging fixed date for voters list from the thirtieth
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day prior to the date fixed for the election to the
forty-fifth;
2. e-phrasing section to clarify member voting eligiR
bility; and
3. pdating title from Electoral Districts to Electoral
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Districts and Voter Eligibility.
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