Continuing Education Credits

Specialist physicians

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Maintenance of Certification

• Class time: Participants can claim 1 credit/hour under Section 3 Simulation. 
• Online learning assessment: 3 credits/hour under Section 2 Individual Learning.
• Reading textbook: 0.5 credits/hour under Section 2 Individual Learning.
• Instructors: 
  • Class time: Instructors can claim 1 credit/hour under Section 3 Feedback Delivered.
  • Course prep: 2 credits/hour under Section 2 Activity Preparation.

Family physicians

The College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mainpro+

• Class time (provider and instructor courses): 1 credit/hour under Section 2 Individual learning. (up to 20 credits/yearly)
• Online exam: N/A
• Teaching time: Instructors can claim 2 credits/hour under Section 2 activity preparation (previously personal learning project) for preparing to deliver a teaching session or presentation.

Respiratory therapists

Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists

• Class time: 1 credit/hour
• Online exam: N/A

Nurses

Canadian Nurses Association

• All of the class and exam time can be claimed for hours; 1 hour = 1 credit.

Midwives

Canadian Association of Midwives

• Can log their course time as part of their provincial regulatory body’s continuing competency requirements.