CSOHNS Council Meeting
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Report:
Representative to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Submitted by Brian D. Westerberg May 20, 2013
1. 0 Nucleus Members:
Region 1:
Erin Wright
Region 2:
Paul Kerr
Region 3:
Jean-Phillipe Vaccani
Region 4:
Dominique Dorion
Region 5:
Gerald Corsten
Vice Chair:
Wayne Matthews
Ex-officio members:
English Examination Board Co-Chair:
French Examination Board Co-Chair:
National In-training Exam Chair
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Sherbrooke
Halifax
Calgary
Marty Corsten
Marie-Jo Olivier
Brian Rottenberg
2.0 Accreditation Status of Residency programs:
University of British Columbia
Accredited Program
University of Calgary
Accredited Program
University of Alberta
Accredited Program
University of Manitoba
Accredited Program
University of Western Ontario
Accredited Program
McMaster University
Accredited Program
University of Toronto
Accredited Program
University of Ottawa
Accredited Program
McGill University
Accredited Program
Universite de Montreal
Accredited Program
Universite de Sherbrooke
Accredited Program
Universite Laval
Accredited Program
Dalhousie University
Accredited Program
Winter 2013
Winter 2015
Winter 2017
Winter 2014
Fall 2018
Spring 2015
Spring 2019
Winter 2016
Spring 2019
Spring 2014
Spring 2016
Spring 2017
Winter 2018
3.0 Old Business:
3.1 American Board of Otolaryngology:
No progress.
3.2 Competency Based Medical Education
We are planning to move forward with CBME approaches for mastoidectomy and FESS.
A Delphi protocol being used to address milestones for each procedure on a research
basis.
3.3 Practice Eligibility Route to Certification (PER)
The Specialty Committee continues to work with the RCPSC to implement this policy.
3.4 Guidelines for International Electives
The Specialty Committee is developing formal requirements for electives in global
surgery
4.0 New Business:
4.1 RCPSC Specialty Examination Changes
The RCPSC has moved to split the written and oral examinations for the first time this
year. The written exam was completed at different centres across the country, and the oral
was once again in Ottawa..
4.2 Membership of RCPSC Specialty Committee
The RCPSC is moving away from having Program Directors as Nucleus members on the
Specialty Committee. This affects Drs. Vaccani and G. Corsten. Although both are
“grandfathered” and there is no urgency to replacing them, we are looking at alternatives
that would bring representation of both regions as well as subspecialties.
5.0 Specialty Documents
Specific Standards of Accreditation (SSA):
New Version implemented July 2011
Revised March 2013
Pre-survey Questionnaire (PSQ):
New Version implemented July 2011
Revised March 2013
Objectives of Training (OTR):
New Version implemented July 2011
Specialty Training Requirements (STR):
New Version implemented July 2011
Revised November 2012
FITER:
New Version implemented July 2011