Practice Eligibility Route for Subspecialists (PER-sub)
Applicant Criteria for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP)
-DRAFTTime in Education and Practice
Applicants must complete one of the following three combined criteria for time
in practice and education. During the transition phase, those physicians who
complete their training in an accredited Royal College psychiatry program
between 2012 and 2014 may apply for certification through this route.
1. Minimum of five years in practice after completion of:
a. 12 months of CAP training or training considered relevant to CAP
within a Royal College accredited psychiatry program
OR
b. 6 months of PGY2-3 child and adolescent training within a Royal
College accredited psychiatry program and 6 months in a Canadian
university sponsored CAP fellowship program or an ACGME CAP
residency program completed prior to 2009 or a combination of these
types of training equaling no less than 12 months
Practice must include:
 over 50% of the applicant’s practice in CAP incorporating
evidence of significant CAP contribution consolidated in a minimum
of 4 CanMEDS roles.
 20% of the practice must involve direct or indirect patient/family
care or program consultation
OR
2. Minimum of 2 years in practice after completion of:
a. 18 months of CAP training or training considered relevant to CAP
within a Royal College accredited psychiatry program
OR
b. 6 months of PGY2-3 child and adolescent training within a Royal
College accredited psychiatry program and 12 months in a Canadian
university sponsored CAP fellowship program or an ACGME CAP
residency program completed prior to 2009 or a combination of these
types of training equaling no less than 18 months
Practice time must include:
 over 50% of the applicant’s practice in CAP incorporating
evidence of significant CAP contribution consolidated in a minimum
of 4 CanMEDS roles.
 20% of the practice must involve direct or indirect patient/family
care or program consultation
OR
3. Minimum of 1 year in practice after completion of:
a. 24 months of CAP training or training considered relevant to CAP
within a Royal College accredited psychiatry program
OR
b. 6 months of PGY2-3 child and adolescent training within a Royal
College accredited psychiatry program and 18 months in a Canadian
university sponsored CAP fellowship program or an ACGME CAP
residency program completed prior to 2009 or a combination of these
types of training equaling no less than 24 months
Practice time must include:
 over 50% of the applicant’s practice in CAP incorporating
evidence of significant CAP contribution consolidated in a minimum
of 4 CanMEDS roles.
 20% of the practice must involve direct or indirect patient/family
care or program consultation
A Comprehensive Competency Report (CCR)
Must include:
a. Two sources of practice competency feedback, one of which must be a
physician, acceptable to the assessors and knowledgeable about the
applicant’s practice. This may be obtained through letters of attestation
containing pertinent information about the applicant’s practice from
physicians or other mental health professionals or mental health program
administrators.
 CAP Psychiatrists in academic or hospital/community practice
should provide feedback from at least one physician in a
supervisory or senior role such as a Dean of Health Sciences, a
Department Chair, a Division Head, Chief of Staff, Chair of a
Medical Advisory Committee or formal training program supervisor.
 CAP Psychiatrists in community practice should provide feedback
from at least one physician with whom there is a consultative or
collaborative care practice relationship.
b. Acceptable verified scope of practice evaluated by assessors or another
form of acceptable practice audit.