Education Strategic Initiative
In recognition of the significant and important role that learning plays in supporting physicians and learners at the College, we continued work on the Education Strategic Initiative in 2017. This work articulates a vision for educational activity at the College and identifies specific goals to move us towards this vision. The four identified goals are:
All education elements of College committee decisions are evidence-informed, consistent, achieving desired outcomes and evaluated.
Individual physicians are supported in addressing identified learning needs.
Physicians are supported in participating in meaningful, effective and individualized continued professional development( CPD).
CPSO supports students and physicians throughout their professional careers by facilitating education focused on CanMEDS roles, professional regulation and current system needs.
This initiative includes both reactive( e. g. individualized education plans) and proactive( e. g. continuing professional development) approaches. It also relates to our goal of optimizing investigations, discipline and monitoring, as all these processes integrate educational approaches.
Through this initiative, we aim to influence the education of physicians along the spectrum of their careers, build a greater understanding that our remedial efforts are effective, and enhance public trust in our work through a focus on proactive education for new applicants.
The following projects will be the focus of work over the next three years:
New Member Orientation – a credentialing requirement for new registrants focusing on regulation and the role of the College;
Developing an evidence-informed approach to the remediation of physicians found to have difficulty with management of chronic, non-cancer pain, including opioid prescribing; and
Educational Data Mapping( identifying educational data at the College and developing an approach to using the data to inform decision-making).
Quality Management Partnership
The Quality Management Partnership is a joint initiative between Cancer Care Ontario and the CPSO to develop and implement provincial quality management programs( QMPs) for colonoscopy, mammography and pathology services. The goal of the QMPs is to improve the consistency of quality care provided by these services across all facilities, in all regions of Ontario.
In 2017, the QMP
Launched a learning management system to support training, communities of practice and information sharing for physicians;
Provided 905 endoscopists with individual performance reports about their colonoscopy practices along with a list of resources to support their practice and tools to support their learning
Distributed feedback reports to facilities that provide colonoscopy, mammography and pathology services about their quality, including a tool to help facilities improve
CPSO ANNUAL REPORT 2017 // page 16