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CPD Advisory Committee

Providing quality continuing education and best practice resources

The ACFP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Advisory Committee is engaged and responsive to emerging trends in the development and delivery of CPD opportunities for family physicians in Alberta. The Committee provides support to the College’s CPD initiatives that promote the role family physicians play in delivering the highest quality care to patients and their communities across Alberta.The committee operates in an advisory capacity by providing recommendations to the Executive Director and ACFP Board.

Other responsibilities of the committee are:
  • To review regular updates on the CFPC’s Mainpro+ certification and credit reporting platforms, and to provide advice for the advancement of adherence to CFPC certification requirements to ensure family physicians, and educational programming developed for family physicians, meet the CFPC’s high standards for medical education and training.
  • To advocate and encourage research that will inform the discipline of family medicine and strengthen family medicine education.

The two operational committees which fall under the CPD Advisory Committee are the Family Medicine Summit (Summit) Planning Committee and the Virtual Education Committee.

Become a Member

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:
  • At least one, but up to three Members-at-Large

How to Apply: Email your application to governance@acfp.ca. Please include a letter of interest (250 words max) and a summary of your experience or a copy of your CV.

Committee Members

  • Dr. Helen Cuddihy (Chair), Edmonton
  • Dr. Divya Garg (Family Medicine Summit Representative), Calgary
  • Dr. Chris Le, Edmonton
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Helen Cuddihy
Chair
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Divya Garg
Family Medicine Summit Representative
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Chris Le
Member-at-Large

Terms of Reference

The Continuing Professional Development Advisory Committee is an operational committee of the ACFP.

Purpose

This Committee engages and responds to emerging trends in the development and delivery of continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for family physicians in Alberta; provides support to the College’s CPD initiatives that promote the role family physicians play in delivering the highest quality care to patients and their communities across Alberta; and provides recommendations to the Executive Director and ACFP Board.

Download the CPD Advisory Committee Terms of Reference

Dr. Helen Cuddihy

I am a family physician at Saint Thomas Community Health Centre in Bonnie Doon. My area of practice is children, adolescent, and women’s health with a focus on mental health. My research interest are competency assessment and physician health.

Why are you volunteering to serve on this committee?
I volunteer to serve on the CPD Advisory Committee as I am passionate about evidence based education and quality learning opportunities.

What about the ACFP’s work do you find most valuable?
What I value about the ACFP is that it works with family physicians to maintain the quality and uniqueness of our profession. I am proud to be part of such a wonderful organization.

Dr. Divya Garg

Dr. Divya Garg is a Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of Calgary, Department of Family Medicine. She has completed an Academic Fellowship in Family Medicine and Master of Clinical Science Program through Western University. 

She is the Site Medical Lead at the South Health Campus Family Medicine Teaching Clinic. Along with teaching residents and medical students, she has a special interest in Continuing Professional Development and also chairs the CPD committee for the Department of Family Medicine. 

Additionally, she holds the role of Faculty Advocate Against Mistreatment for Undergraduate Medical Program. In this role, she serves as a confidential resource for students who have experienced mistreatment.

Dr. Chris Le

I’m Dr. Chris Le, a family physician who did community and rural medicine locum work in British Columbia before moving home to Edmonton. I am now growing my family medicine practice and am teaching with the University of Alberta. Outside of work, I’m often reading books or listening to podcasts. I make time to keep active in the gym with weightlifting and at the hockey rink as a goalie.

Why are you volunteering to serve on this committee?
I volunteered to serve on the CPD Advisory Committee because continuing medical education programs helped build my clinical confidence in my first five years of practice, and now it’s an opportunity to contribute back into the areas that shaped how I do medicine.

What about the ACFP’s work do you find most valuable?
What I value the most about the work of the ACFP is that the ACFP consistently produces high-quality content for family physicians so that we can deliver the care that we want to provide for our patients, so I like that I’m working alongside leaders in our profession.

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My name is Smitha Yaltho and I feel privileged to work as a family physician. Why? I believe that being a family physician has been the best job any physician can hope to have. I have personally grown in my own abilities and skill-sets with diverse opportunities in ambulatory practice, acute care and work in Facility Living.  Working in primary care has been exciting and has also afforded me tremendous opportunities for growth while still remaining stimulating in its complexity.  I believe that Family physicians are trusted partners in patient care –  every step of the way. 

Why are you volunteering to serve on this committee?
I currently have an interest in Physician Leadership and  trauma informed care.  I have served as a director with the Board of Directors with the Edmonton North PCN, Edmonton’s largest PCN. Thereafter, I have worked as the Director of Medical Services with CapitalCare (also based in Edmonton) for almost 6 years. It is my express wish that my contribution on the ACFP board of directors will highlight the excellence of family medicine that exists right here and now within the Alberta health care system. 

What about the ACFP’s work do you find most valuable?
Ability to highlight and further support the excellence of primary care right here in Alberta.