The Summative Assessment is a final pass/fail assessment of a physician’s medical knowledge and procedural skills, clinical decision making skills, communication and professionalism to ensure the physician is fully competent to join the General Register. The assessment takes place over a period of 3-4 days at the physician’s practice location(s) and the cost is the responsibility of the physician undergoing the assessment.
Specialists’ Summative Assessments are individualized to their practice but may share similar components to Summative Assessments for Family Physicians, noted below.
The Summative Assessment for Family Physicians will include the following components:
- Practice questionnaire
- Direct observation
- Chart stimulated recall
- Mini Clinical Examination (Mini-CEX)
- Multi-source feedback
- MD Snapshot reports
A committee of physicians will consider the assessor’s findings and assessment reports and make a recommendation of a “pass” or “fail” to the CPSA Assistant Registrar for Registration. The final decision will be made by the CPSA Assistant Registrar for Registration, who will contact the physician with the outcome and next steps.