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"Talks for Docs" is offered by the Department of Family Medicine
CME Team (Calgary) to support family physicians' involvement in
local accredited continuing medical education (CME) initiatives.
Please explore this website for information on:
1) Upcoming CME Events
2) Key Practice Tools, resources, and links on a variety of practice topics
3) On-line registration for DFM community rounds
4) Point of Care Links offer quick links to a variety of tools that you may
find useful at the point of care with patients.
We hope you will find "Talks for Docs" a valuable CME and practice resource!
- Dr. John Coppola, Education Leader and
Carrie Collier, Community Practice Consultant
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PaedLink New!!
Aug 1, 2011 - New Service for Family Physicians in the Calgary Zone caring
for paediatric patients - PaedLink is a telephone consultation service
with the Section of Community Paediatrics
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"The Doctor's Bag"
is a regular DFM update on upcoming CME in the Calgary
area, practice tools and resources for family physicians.
Look for this 1 page fan-out coming to you/your office!
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PLP Podcasts
Having trouble keeping up with your reading? How about
trying a new approach to CME/CPD? Alberta’s Physician
Learning Program creates podcasts of grand rounds and
other events ‘by physicians for physicians’.
Please visit our website at www.AlbertaPLP.ca to register for
this unique AMA benefit.
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CME MainPro credit tracking and Reimbursement ......
Track your MainPro Credits Online
AMA CME Reimbursement Program
- ****You may now claim an "overhead allowance" of $50 per approved CPD credit.
If you attend a Mainpro accredited program, the registration fees (if any) and also $50 per Mainpro
credit obtained can be claimed for reimbursement with copies of the Mainpro credit certificate.
If you attend any Department of Family Medicine rounds or other CME/CPD programs don't
forget to claim this credit.
A simple way to claim CME - easy as one, two, three!
In addition to reimbursement for registration fees and other costs associated with attending
CME, Physicians can now be reimbursed for Continuous Professional Development credits
earned either through the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) MAINPRO program.
Given that participation in the MAINPRO program is now a mandatory requirement, this is a
simple way to ensure your CME allotments are fully utilized.
1. To claim a reimbursement for credits, simply track your MainPro credits online.
2. From the CFPC credit tracking site Print your credit earnings report and attach it to
your completed AMA CME claim form.
3. Submit your claim form and report to the AMA. |
