Continuous Professional Development Committee

The purpose of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee is:

To assess the professional development needs of all AMMI Canada members and facilitate the development of meaningful, effective continuous professional development curricula and to serve as a national resource for postgraduate microbiology and infectious diseases programs and physician organizations providing content advice and accreditation of continuing medical education in infectious disease and medical microbiology.

Mission

The mission of the AMMI Canada Continuing Professional Development Committee is to position AMMI Canada as a national leader in the continuing professional development in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Goals

• To conduct biennial, comprehensive professional development needs assessments of our membership (Canadian physicians in the fields of medical microbiology and infectious disease), in addition to regular, focused needs assessments, as required.
• To perform biennial environmental scans (alternating years with needs assessments) to identify unperceived learning needs in the fields of infectious disease and medical microbiology.
• To provide multimodal education across all sections of the CPD framework (group learning, self-learning, and assessment) that addresses perceived and unperceived gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes to promote a practice change with the intent of improving patient outcomes.
• To evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of AMMI Canada CPD initiatives through learner feedback.
• To provide accreditation for infectious diseases and medical microbiology educational programs for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.