What's New

Save the Date - Mark your calendar! The ACFP and PEER present PEIP 2019 on October 25 & 26, 2019. Stay tuned for registration details. New video libraries added - Not a GoMainpro subscriber yet? Subscribe now and earn up to 79 certified credits! COMING SOON: CFPC Membership Portal - Work is underway on a new CFPC member Portal for an improved user experience. Watch for updates through your email, CFPC monthly eNews, and on social media. The ACFP has a corporate rate at the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel and we want to pass on the savings to you! Use Cluster Code: A3180 and book your next stay with this perk. Earn up to 83.25 Mainpro+ credits. Register for the Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) Program – ‘A small investment of your time could change a child’s lifetime’. Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 session dates in Calgary and Edmonton. Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) has developed a Relational Continuity Clinical Practice Guideline - a great resource building on the Patient's Medical Home principles.

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Mainpro+ reminder: Cycle Ends this Month

IMPORTANT ! - More than 10,000 members of the CFPC are coming to the end of their five-year reporting on June 30, 2019. We encourage you to check your credit balances and submit any outstanding credits. Annual credit requirements = 25 credits Five-year cycle credit requirements = 250 credits (min. 125 certified credits)

Everyday Excellence

Coming Soon Everyday Excellence: Celebrating our Members The ACFP is proud to announce a new feature "Everyday Excellence - Celebrating our Members." This segment will appear in our upcoming monthly newsletters as well as on our website. Join us in honouring the every day excellence family physicians provide across the province. Want to spotlight a colleague, peer, or yourself? Contact Lindsay Rankin via email or by phone (587) 525-8440 to share your story.

President's Message We often speak of leadership in Family Medicine and it is important to remember that leadership comes in many forms and contexts. Whether it be involvement in national/provincial committees or working within our clinics and with our patients - leadership is woven into all aspects of being a family physician. To recognize and celebrate the accomplishments an achievements of our colleagues in settings across the province, we are launching a new addition to our monthly eNews – “Everyday Excellence - Celebrating our Members.”  “Everyday Excellence” will build on the success of our Family Docs Rock campaign and the ACFP’s annual awards, but with a twist. This is an informal opportunity for our members to recommend a colleague or peer to spotlight within our community of family physicians. Recognition is not limited to any set of criteria and could include for example, highlighting those whose approach to managing teams, guiding peers, or enhancing their communities is one that inspires you... READ MORE

Research Forum

Elevating Family Medicine Research On June 6 th the ACFP hosted a research forum, Elevating Family Medicine Research – “Starting the conversation.” The forum provided the opportunity for members of our family medicine and primary care research communities to come together to share their expertise and experiences, and to discuss the unique barriers family medicine researchers have.  We all share a common vision — to see projects in our research community well-grounded in family medicine practice. By working together, we can better advocate for this essential work, ensure the outstanding contributions made by our family medicine researchers is valued, and that adequate supports for sustaining these efforts. Click here to see some of the outstanding research projects featured at the 2019 ACFP What’s Up Doc? Research Showcase held in conjunction with our Family Medicine Summit.

FREE! New CFPC Pilot eLearning Course

Contemporary Topics in Early Antenatal Care: A Practical Course for Providers This new eLearning opportunity is delivered by family physician and OB/GYN professionals with direct antenatal experience. This pilot is certified by the CFPC for up to 7 Mainpro+ credits. Program consists of 5 modules Anticipated total completion time (all 5 modules) is seven hours. Can be completed over several visits Certificates are awarded for each completed module Access is available 24/7 at https://maternityelearning.cfpc.ca (available until April 2020)

Fond Farewell

Happy Retirement Wendy! The ACFP sends a fond farewell to a valued team member. Wendy Steele retires at the end of the week after 12 years of service with the ACFP.  Wendy has held an integral role in the annual planning of our Family Medicine Summit conference and communications support at the ACFP. The ACFP will not be the same without her. Her warm smile and wicked sense of humour will be missed. We wish her the best!

Mainpro+ Minute

Last month we asked - You attended an industry-sponsored event (conference, dinner, luncheon) that was NOT certified by the CFPC. Can you claim non-certified credits for your attendance at this event?   The correct answer is – NO. Industry-sponsored dinners/meetings that have not been formally reviewed by the CFPC, and do not bear the CFPC Certification statement are not eligible for any type of Mainpro+ credits.  All participants in our poll were entered to receive a $25 gourmet coffee card, and five lucky winners were randomly drawn.

Congratulations to our May Winners!!

Dr. Jennifer Mikhayel (Calgary) Dr. Nancy V Craig (Edmonton) Dr. Laura Mowbrey (Edmonton) Dr. Katrina Low (Calgary) Dr. Wing Yan Maggie Lee (Calgary)

Our Monthly Mainpro+ Poll is taking a summer break! Watch for its return in September. Is there something about Mainpro+ credit requirements you find confusing? Are there requirement rumours and/or certification criteria that you’d like us to address in the Mainpro+ Minute?  Please send your suggestions to CPD@acfp.ca with the subject line – Mainpro+ Minute/Poll suggestion.

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