Dialogue Volume 11 Issue 2 2015 | Page 15

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 C 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 U Districts and Voter Eligibility. Issue 2, 2015 Dialogue 15