Continuing Professional Development

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 physician
  • 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

Learn more at https://www.cfpc.ca/en/education-professional-development/mainpro/mainpro-overview


Practise Wisely

This three-credits-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 21 Mainpro+® credits.

Participants will identify opportunities on how to “practise wisely”, with a focus on ordering tests and imaging wisely, shared decision-making, avoiding over-diagnosis and over-screening for cancer, and de-prescribing using the latest evidence and tools from diverse sources.

Participants will learn how to access reliable, curated and renewable online resources for an evidence-informed practice supporting individualized patient-care. Active learning exercises such as case studies, individual reflection and group work will help participants to build communication skills to guide their patients through the shift from seeking sickness to enhancing health.

Learning Objectives

Actively participating in the workshop will help you to:

  • Identify opportunities to practise wisely, thereby helping to reduce over-medicalization
  • Consult reliable and up-to-date online resources
  • Critically assess clinical practice guidelines
  • Adopt evidence-based courses of action
  • Implement shared decision-making in your practice
  • Promote good stewardship
Requirements

During this workshop you will be asked to visit multiple websites to access various resources. Therefore, all participants are required to bring a laptop or tablet that has the ability to connect to the internet in order to fully participate in the course. You must also complete all Pre-Course and Post-Course activities and attend the full workshop to receive the associated Group Learning credits for the program.


What is GoMainpro?

GoMainpro is an online accreditation tool that facilitates MAINPRO® accreditation for the ACFP’s Tools for Practice library which has been accredited for Mainpro-M1 credits by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The combination of the CFPC’s Direct Entry Program and GoMainpro’s tracking and reporting features provides an easy and convenient way to earn Mainpro-M1 credits.

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In this two-part introductory level workshop, participants will learn a practical introduction to basic quality improvement (QI) techniques that they can implement in their practices with their teams. This includes a practical step-by-step planning and implementation model that takes participants through the steps of establishing a team, identifying an area for improvement, setting practice-relevant goals, developing a plan, and going through small iterative cycles of plan, do, study, and act (PDSA) to achieve change.

This workshop was developed for family physicians and interdisciplinary health teams. It was developed by partners across Canada—including family medicine QI leaders, departments of family medicine, and provincial health quality councils.

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Soo Prep

SCFP is now offering a prepatory course for the CFPC Certification Exam!  The SOO Prep Course will be offered twice per year, spring and fall, and open to all candidates who are eligible to sit for the CFPC Certification Exam.

This new workshop will offer participants an opportunity to review, practice and train for the critical components of the certification exam.

Registration is now open for the upcoming SOO Prep Course, which will be held on February 28th, March 1st, and March 2nd.

Please note that space is limited for this course. To secure your spot, please complete the attached registration form and return it to me by January 31st, 2025.  Please contact Mavis Baah at mbaah@sk-cfp.ca to be put on our cancellation list. 


ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FACILITATOR OR NATIONAL EXAMINER?

SCFP is always looking for facilitators to act as practice examiners for our SOO Prep Course and CFPC requires examiners to administer the SOO portion of the certification exam.

Please contact Mavis Baah if you are interested in becoming a practice examiner for our SOO Prep Course!

Click the button below if you are interested in finding out more on how to become a national examiner!