IMPROVING
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Through the use of evidence and consultation, a new
approach to peer assessment is now being implemented.
implemented. This new approach is speciality-
specific, transparent, consistent, relevant, and
aligned with the defined purpose of promoting
physician quality improvement.
Information from focused consultations with
College assessors was used in the development of
new tools to ensure relevancy in each particular
speciality. For example, Assessor handbooks –
the product of consensus-driven discussions on
what constitutes quality – are now available to
facilitate assessments in a manner that focuses the
assessors’ discussions with physicians on quality
improvement.
We are phasing in the implementation of new
assessment tools with an anticipated completion
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date of late 2019.
Multi-source feedback (MSF) is another type
of assessment tool that is used by regulators
around the world. MSF provides the opportu-
nity for physicians’ patients, peers and colleagues
to comment on various aspects of a physician’s
practice.
This year, the College released the results of an
analysis that focused on the use of MSF along-
side the traditional peer assessment tools in a
cohort of more than 1,700 physicians. Physicians
found the feedback provided in the MSF report
to be useful. In the coming years, the College
will determine how MSF may be used as a tool
in the assessment repertoire.
Type of Physician Assessment
QA Peer Assessments
Change in Scope of Practice Assessments
1,295
36
Re-entry to Practice Assessments 3
Peer & Practice Reassessment (Comprehensive) 9
Methadone Assessments 98
IHF Physicians Assessed 465
OHP Physicians Assessed 382
Assessments for Registration Decisions 107
Pathways Assessments 422
TOTAL number of assessments
2,817
ANNUAL REPORT 2016 13