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Accreditation 2012

Friday, October 5, 2012

Our accreditation site visit from the RCPSC and the CFPC has just reached a successful conclusion. As the survey teams head home, we can reflect on a week that was stressful to be sure, but also affirming and invigorating. We received excellent feedback on the many strengths of our residency programs and on the commitment, energy, and enthusiasm of our program directors, teaching faculty, and residents.

Detailed reports are now being prepared by the survey team, and these will reach us later in the fall. Although decisions regarding our individual programs will not be finalized until the two Colleges have their Accreditation Committee meetings in January 2013, the recommendations from the survey team are very encouraging. All programs have been recommended for accreditation, and the recommended follow up for the vast majority of programs is at the next regular survey in 6 years.

The accreditation survey team will no doubt point to areas for improvement, but we in fact rely on this identification of our challenges to ensure that we are continually striving for excellence. All of our programs have much to be proud of this week. We thank each of them for their efforts.