Message from Dr. Brian Postl, dean, Max Rady College of Medicine and dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
The countdown to PGME accreditation is almost here.
The Postgraduate Medical Education accreditation survey visit will take place virtually March 20-25, 2022 by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
The Max Rady College of Medicine PGME office, under the leadership of associate dean, PGME Dr. Cliff Yaffe and assistant dean, accreditation Dr. Kurt Skakum, and Family Medicine head Dr. Jose Francois, and their teams have been working diligently with department leadership, hospital administrators, faculty, staff, residents and our health system partners for several years now to prepare for the upcoming accreditation survey.
A total of 46 Royal College Programs and nine Family Medicine programs will be reviewed during the five-day visit. We are proud of the many positive changes we have instituted since the last accreditation in 2014 such as improvements to teaching sites, introduction of Competency By Design (CBD) curriculum, learner supports and wellness, faculty and learner evaluations in Entrada and a greater focus on learning environment assessments and professionalism and confidential speak up forms.
Over the last number of years, the PGME office has held a number of pre-accreditation preparatory sessions with key stakeholders including workshops for Royal College program directors and CFPC program directors; workshops to help educate and prepare senior residents as well as program administrators for the on-site reviews; and virtual town halls.
As we approach the last month before the accreditation survey, which was initially scheduled to be in-person in March, I want to acknowledge the hard work and pivoting required (twice!) of the PGME office, the Integrated Accreditation Unit office and all of the many deans, department heads, faculty, staff, learners and our health partners.
Thank you to everyone continuing to perform their regular duties while contributing greatly to the PGME accreditation process and our college’s continuous quality improvement. Let’s all work together toward success in next month’s PGME accreditation!