Preventing and Addressing Sexual Abuse of Patients April 2015

1. Education and Conduct Guidelines for Physicians • hile the College is not directly responsible for medical school education, we continue to undertake W activities that will influence and contribute to medical school education with respect to sexual abuse and boundary issues. For example, the College will be contributing to faculty and student learning by providing the College perspective on a range of professionalism and practice issues as part of a new initiative. This Professionalism Program is currently in development, and will specifically include materials to address sexual abuse and boundary issues. • ince 2001, the College has partnered with Western University to develop and deliver a course on S boundaries. The Understanding Boundaries and Managing the Risks Inherent in the Doctor-Patient Relationship course is offered to physicians. • he College communicates with its members to educate and guide them with respect to sexual abuse T and boundary issues. Our members find the information we provide via policies, guidelines and articles extremely valuable in furthering their knowledge and understanding of these issues. • Boundaries Self-Assessment Tool was published in our Dialogue magazine in 2004 and is available on A our website. We have had very positive feedback about this tool, particularly from educators. 2. Training for College Staff • ince the inception of the program in 1993, the College has established and maintained a strong S knowledge base in sexual abuse issues as an organization, which has proved to be invaluable in our efforts to address sexual abuse and support victims. The College has this knowledge because College Committee and staff members have completed both external and internal training on sexual abuse. In addition, we specifically recruit College Committee and staff members with training and expertise in sexual abuse and boundary issues. • embers are recruited to the PRC who have training and expertise in these issues, and there are M members on the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports and Discipline Committees who have this experience as well. The College also has a special team of investigators, with experience dealing with victims of sexual abuse, who investigate all sexual misconduct-related complaints. We also have a Measures taken by the CPSO 7

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