Mainpro+ Overview
Mainpro+® (Maintenance of Proficiency) supports family physicians continuing professional development (CPD) and provides guidelines, standards, and reporting features.
About Mainpro+
Mainpro+ is the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s (CFPC’s) program designed to support and promote family physicians’ CPD and is part of the CFPC’s commitment to providing quality CPD. The College has enhanced Mainpro+ to meet the changing interests and learning requirements for family physicians.
Mainpro+ serves three key functions:
- To provide CPD participation, guidelines, and standards for Canadian family physicians
- To enable family physicians to conveniently track and monitor their CPD participation
- To ensure high-quality, ethical CPD programming through a rigorous peer-review certification process
Reporting, tracking, and monitoring CPD
- Report individual CPD to demonstrate lifelong learning
- Measure participation against standards
- Monitor CPD progress
- Print transcripts
- Find flexible CPD opportunities relevant to practice population and physician requirements
Relevant, quality education
- The CFPC certifies CPD activities for Mainpro+ credit
- Administration is performed at the national level by the CFPC’s Department of Continuing Professional Development and at the provincial level by the CFPC’s Chapter offices
- The certification peer-review process ensures all content is relevant to family physicians
- Mainpro+ certification demonstrates the provider’s commitment to quality educational programming
Mainpro+ requirements
Following are Mainpro+ minimum requirements to maintain CFPC membership or designations.
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Membership type (full and part-time members) |
Credit requirements |
Certified credits |
Non-certified credits |
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Active, Non-member Mainpro+ participants (NMMP), Affiliate Specialist*, Senior, Sustaining* |
Must submit a minimum of 250 credits in each five-year cycle Must submit a minimum of 25 credits per year during a five-year cycle |
At least 125 of 250 credits must be Mainpro+ certified in any category (Group Learning, Self-Learning, Assessment) |
Up to 125 of 250 credits may be non-certified in any category (Group Learning, Self-Learning, Assessment) |
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All Mainpro+ participants (both member and non-member) |
Must earn and report a minimum of 25 credits per year during a five-year cycle |
Annual minimum of 25 credits may be any combination of certified and/or non-certified credits in Group Learning, Self-Learning, and Assessment categories |
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Resident, Retired |
Have access to the Mainpro+ system, but participation in the program is voluntary |
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Honorary, Non-Physician, Student, Associate, Public |
Access to the Mainpro+ system is not provided or required for these members |
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*For more information about Mainpro+ requirements, Affiliate and Sustaining members can read the Mainpro+ frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Credit categories
Certified credits: Activities formally reviewed and approved by the CFPC as meeting standards for certified CPD
Non-certified credits: Activities not formally reviewed but that comply with the College’s definition of CPD, are non-promotional, and provide valuable professional learning opportunities
