Eligible for Support
Activities must meet all these conditions to be eligible:
- The activity is developed by a unit, team, division, or department within McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences that meets the definition of a physician organization .
- The activity complies with the Code of Ethics of the Conseil québécois de développement professionnel continu des médecins (CQDPCM).
- The activity receives no industry funding and is not developed in collaboration with an excluded commercial organization.
- The activity is potentially eligible for CPD credits.
- External certification or accreditation is needed.
- Note: Accreditation for rounds and journal clubs for specialists is not through this process; these activities are eligible for self-approval by applying directly to the RCPSC.
- The application is received by the SoM FacED team at cpd.med [at] mcgill.ca at least 10 weeks before the activity.
Meeting these criteria does not guarantee accreditation. The SoM FacED team confirms eligibility for support, and the FMOQ and/or FMSQ retains responsibility for the final accreditation decision.
Activities Not Eligible for Support
- Activities developed by a physician organization outside McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, even when McGill faculty members or units are involved.
- Activities developed by, in collaboration with, or funded by a pharmaceutical company or its advisory group, a medical or surgical supply company, a communications company, or another for-profit organization or venture, even when McGill physicians are involved.