In the USA States, since the 1970s, about 150 hours of Category 1 CME`credits every three years is needed for a med.licence. Covered by two five-day conferences. The CPSO is copying the idea of compulsory CME.
At last the CPSO is facing the problem of patients physically threatening MDs to prescribe opioids. There is also the routine blackmailing of GPs to prescribe opioids with the threat of timewasting complaints to the CPSO. For the past 50 years USA MDs in many States,`have had two licences; one for medicine the other optional licence for prescribing narcotics. Many MDs do not need to prescribe opioids and do not pay for the optional licence.
The CPSO regulaly copies the Mother Country's General Medical Council. The latest fad is Revalidation.
The CPSO wants to check every Ontario MD at 10y intervals: shortened to every 5y. for the Over 70s.
The assessors are charitably less than brilliant. No really good MD has the time to snoop into another practice. A few honest CPSO assessors do admit that they "appropriate"good business ideas.
The biggest mass murderer in Medical history Late UK GP H.SHIPMAN won an award for practice efficiency. A past CPSO President GP. S.BAIN was convicted for not informing a patient and Public Health that a patient cought AIDS from a blood transfusion. CPSO Pres.BAIN was convinced, without actually asking the patient, that there was no physical marital activity. Bain was wrong. Mrs.Pitman sued and won
damages before she died from AIDS. (details on web).
The CPSO is at last going to have a look at shopfront Cosmetic surgery using general anaesthesia. This CPSO activity resulted from GP removing six litres of fat and fluid. GP B.YAZDANFAR who calls herself a Cosmetic surgeon is waiting for the penalty. The CPSO ignored the written warning of an Ontario GP "quackbuster" Terry POLOVOY.
Ontario docs`are expecting the retirement of CPSO CEO past-ER specialist R.V.GERACE.MD(1972)
An Internist with Legal qualifications and MBA woiuld be best.
