Accreditation - November 2022

New Accreditation Standards

All residency training programs at Western are accredited by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada and/or the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

On July 1, 2017 the Canadian Residency Accreditation Consortium (CanRAC; a partnership of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Collège des médecins du Québec) released new accreditation standards for both Universities and Programs:

General Standards of Accreditation for Residency Programs (PDF, 430KB)
General Standards of Accreditation for Institutions with Residency Programs (PDF, 429KB)

These new accreditation standards came into effect July 1st, 2018 and are applicable to all residency training programs accredited by the RCPSC and CFPC. All Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry residency training programs will be held to the new standards at the next on-site accreditation survey. All Program Directors and Administrators were sent a copy of the new standards.

November 2019 Accreditation

The on-site survey for Western University took place in November, 2019. The PGME office was reviewed based on the Standards of Accreditation for Institutions. In addition, all Royal College Specialty, Subspecialty, Areas of Focused Competence (AFC) and Family Medicine programs were reviewed. All our programs are accredited.

The on-site survey team preliminary recommendations were for Accredited program with one of the following:

Regular Review (next on-site review in 8 years, with one or more internal reviews in the interim. APORs required by April 2021 in CanAMS for PGME review.

Action Plan Outcome Report (APOR) – response required in CanAMS April 2021 for PGME review for any standard not met; to be reviewed by the RCPSC or CFPC in November, 2022.

External Review or Notice of Intent to Withdraw. CanAMS documentation required by April 2021 for PGME review. On-site survey November 2022.