Our Vision
Quality Professionals, Healthy System, Public Trust
Our vision is the framework by which we organize ourselves.
It guides our thinking and actions into the future. It defines not only
who we are, but what we stand for, the role we see for ourselves,
our critical relationships, in what system we work, and the outcomes we seek.
Each component of our vision is defined below:
Quality Professionals
Our Mandate
Build and maintain an
effective system of selfgovernance.
The profession, through
and with the College,
has a duty to serve and
protect the public interest
by regulating the practice
of the profession and
governing in accordance
with the Regulated Health
Professions Act.
As a profession and as professionals, we recognize and acknowledge our role and responsibility in attaining at a personal, professional, and at a system-level, the best possible patient outcomes.
We are committed to developing and maintaining professional
competencies, taking a leadership position on critical issues that
impact the performance of the system, and actively partnering to
provide tools, resources and measurement to ensure optimal performance at all levels of the system.
Healthy System
The trust and confidence of the public and our effectiveness as
professionals is influenced by the system within which we operate.
Therefore, we, as caring professionals, are actively involved in the
design and function of an effective system including:
• accessibility
• the interdependence of all involved
• measurements and outcomes
• continued sustainability
Public Trust
As individual doctors garner the trust of their patients, as a
profession we must aim to have the trust of the public by:
• building positive relationships with individuals
• acting in the interests of patients and communities
• advocating for our patients and a quality system
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COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF ONTARIO