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Advice to the Profession: Adverse Events Standard
When a patient’s specific circumstances and health status make it appropriate, physicians who provide care as part of a sustained physician-patient relationship must, where possible, initiate a discussion about advance care planning.
Dr. Mark Spiller receives Council Award
Dr. Mark Spiller of Kirkland Lake was presented with the CPSO Council Award at the September Council meetin...
This document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in the Physicians’ Relationships with Industry: Practice, Education, and Research policy, and provide guidance for how these obligations can be effectively discharged.
This document is a companion document to the College’s Medical Records Documentation policy and provides guidance with respect to how to satisfy the expectations set out in the policy, as well as best practices for documenting specific patient encounters.
This policy does not provide an exhaustive catalogue of all physician expectations that apply in the walk-in clinic practice setting and other College policies set out expectations for physicians that apply in this setting as well.
The establishment of trust between a physician and a patient can begin as early as when patients begin seeking care.
Physicians must ensure that any advertisement prepared by them, or on their behalf by a third party, complies with the expectations contained in this policy and the General Regulation under the Medicine Act, 1991.
To request French-language support or to receive translated CPSO materials, please email us with the details of the information or document you need.
An effective physician-patient relationship is essential for the provision of quality medical care, and it forms the foundation of the practice of medicine.
Patient autonomy and respect for personal dignity are central to the provision of ethically sound care.
This Advice is intended to help physicians navigate their roles and responsibilities and provide links to resources on best practices.
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