“ I would like to thank all the physicians who participated in 2016 – and in the years previous. Your contributions are deeply appreciated.”
Appreciation
Dr. Roy Beckett was instrumental in the development of the College’ s peer assessment program.
“ I would like to thank all the physicians who participated in 2016 – and in the years previous. Your contributions are deeply appreciated.”
- Dr. Rocco Gerace, College Registrar
Dr. Grant was knighted in 1887. In politics, the doctor was one of John A. Macdonald’ s“ Old Guard” and introduced the original Pacific Railway Bill. He worked to have the North West Territories included in the Dominion of Canada and was an early supporter of women’ s suffrage.
• Dr. William Brouse was a prominent founder of the College as well as its first Vice- President. The doctor served in the House of Commons from 1872-1874, where he worked to create a federal Sanitation Bureau. He successfully pressured Parliament in 1877 to have the Imperial Board of Trade recognize Canadian-trained physicians as ships surgeons and was appointed to the Senate the following year.
More recently, we lost a physician who was an innovative leader in the development of physician peer assessment and was a champion of modern medical regulation. Dr. Roy Beckett passed away on August 11, 2016. For many years, he was an Associate Registrar and medical advisor at the College, where he brought keen oversight and innovation to how the College undertook physician registration and assessment, and he pioneered some of the earliest work in quality improvement. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, Dr. Beckett was instrumental in the development of the peer assessment program. He championed assessment procedures that addressed the particular circumstances of each physician’ s practice. He also worked hard to support and guide early peer assessment committees so that today, we have a program built on a commitment to balance individualized feedback with a standardized approach – while always maintaining physician dignity.“ Thanks in no small measure to Dr. Beckett’ s dedication, our peer assessment program became a model for national and international medical regulators,” said Dr. Rocco Gerace, College Registrar. Prior to working for the College, Dr. Beckett was the Chief of Surgery at the Oshawa General Hospital.“ I would like to thank all the physicians who participated in 2016 – and in the years previous. Your contributions are deeply appreciated,” said Dr. Gerace.
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Dialogue Issue 4, 2016