COUNCIL ELECTION
Bring your skills to the table
The College will be holding an election in Districts 5 and 10 this fall.
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he College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Ontario
wants you to bring your
skills, experience and knowledge
to the Council table. Serving as an
elected member of Council allows
you the opportunity to contribute
to the self-regulation of medicine in
this province in a host of meaningful ways.
As a member of the College’s
Council, you participate in decision-making about:
• tandards of practice and profesS
sional conduct for practice of
medicine
• ompetencies for entry-to-pracC
tice and ongoing practice
• ew programs and policies that
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guide the profession
• overnment initiatives and legG
islation affecting health care and
the medical profession
• evelopment of regulations and
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by-laws.
Members of Council also fulfill a
critical role in peer review and on
statutory committees such as Inquiries, Complaints and Reports, and
Discipline.
If you...
• ish to contribute to professional
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self-regulation in a meaningful
way
• re willing to share your ideas
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and perspectives to help shape
important decisions
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• an set aside the time to particiC
pate
Then this is an opportunity to enrich your professional life and make
a contribution to both the public
and the medical profession through
active involvement as a Council
member.
Keeping self-regulation in
good health
The contract between the medical
profession and society is straightforward. As the average citizen cannot fully comprehend the complex
body of medical knowledge, society
has granted the profession the right
to self-regulation. Autonomy is
given on the understanding that
physicians will guarantee competence and conduct themselves with
morality and integrity.
Every year, hundreds of Ontario
physicians, most with busy medical
practices, make the time to help the
College deliver on its mandate of
responsible, professional, self-regulation. Physicians who are involved
have told us that even though this
is a challenging job, it’s one that
needs to be done and done well.
Without professional participation
ensuring that standards are being
met, self-regulation would not exist
at all.
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