Mainpro+® CPD Report 2020–2021

 

Top three certified Mainpro+ activities:

Activity	Number of Submissions
Family Medicine Forum (FMF) 2020	1,884
The 66th Annual St. Paul’s Hospital CME Conference for Primary Care Physicians	1,190
Practical Talks for Family Docs: CFPC Live Clinical Webinar Series	1,093

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Mainpro+ activity submissions by category

Mainpro+ participants must complete 250 credits in a five-year cycle, out of which 125 must be certified credits. The annual cycle requirement is 25 credits, certified and/or non-certified.

Assessment: 7,964
Activities that stimulate learning and practice or performance improvement through the analysis of data and the provision or receipt of feedback about an individual, group, or materials.

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In Response To…

1. The challenges of the pandemic and the immediate need to learn about COVID-19:
   • A COVID-19 “Learning on the Go” activity was launched in July 2020. It is located under ‘certified Self Learning activities’ on the Mainpro+ portal. The exercise is eligible for two certified Mainpro+ credits. This year, 528 members have completed a COVID-19 Learning on the Go exercise.
   • The CFPC certified 126 programs that included the topic of COVID-19 by June 30, 2021.
   • The CFPC’s six-part COVID e-learning course has had more than 1,300 certified Mainpro+ credits claimed since its launch in February of this year.
2. The need to enhance equity, diversity, and inclusion:
   • The CFPC CPD department introduced a statement encouraging diversity in CPD program development:

     “The CFPC strongly encourages CPD providers to include diversity as a factor in the selection of scientific planning committee members and of speakers, moderators, facilitators, and/or authors to represent the target audience. This includes considering balanced representation for gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation/identity. If the target audience for a CPD activity is interprofessional, having an interprofessional scientific planning committee is strongly encouraged. Planners of CPD activities are also encouraged to include the patient voice in the design of CPD. A good way to accomplish this is to invite patients to join scientific planning committees.”

• Twenty-nine CFPC members peer review programs seeking national Mainpro+ certification and 27 members do the same work for programs seeking provincial certification. These CFPC members ensure the activities awarded Mainpro+ certified credits meet the College’s educational and ethical standards, as well as validate that the activities are relevant to family medicine.
• The National Committee on Continuing Professional Development (NCCPD) is comprised of a dedicated group of 12 family physicians—with a chair, members representing each of the CFPC provincial Chapters, and one member in their first five years of practice. All committee members are CFPC members in good standing and possess a sound understanding of the theory and practice of CPD and medical education.

If either of these opportunities interests you, email us at [email protected].
 

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Top five providers by number of approved programs

Provider Organization Name	Total
Queen’s University Continuing Professional Development	175
University of British Columbia, Continuing Professional Development	132
University of Toronto, Continuing Professional Development	89
Dalhousie University, Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine	82
Continuing Professional Development Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal	68

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Mainpro+ certified programs according to the CanMEDS-FM Roles they address

Mainpro+ certified activities address a variety of physician competencies. This is evidenced by the number of Mainpro+ certified programs according to the CanMEDS-FM Roles they address. Mainpro+ certified activities address a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical topics important to the practice of family medicine. This graphic shows the number of Mainpro+ certified programs according to the top 10 keywords they address.