• Only physician organizations are eligible to apply for credits.
• Applications from pharmaceutical, medical communications, or for-profit companies will not be accepted.
• Mainpro+ applications for non-UBC CPD Activities, or applicants with no physician organization: please apply directly to the BC Chapter of the CFPC.

A non-refundable fee is charged for application reviews. The following fees are in effect as of November 1, 2019. The next fee increase will be in July 2021.

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* Physician organization is within UBC FoM. All Mainpro+ activities must be UBC activities.
**Physician organization is outside UBC FoM.

Regular processing time is 4–6 weeks after receiving a complete application package including all documentation and signatures. Please note that any missing elements will delay the process. Applicants should plan at least 3 months in advance to allow time for review and advertising CPD program credits.

Applications received 2–4 weeks before the activity are processed as “Expedited” with an additional expedited fee (see fee schedule below).

Applications received within 2 weeks (10 working days) or less of an activity start date cannot be processed.

A free initial educational consultation to determine the suitability of a type of CPD activity for CPD credits is available. A customized overview of processes for developing a program in accordance with the standards can be provided.

The continuous learning process of CPD allows specialists and family physicians to maintain certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), and College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), respectively, and qualify for annual medical license renewal.

The Royal College refers to the process of obtaining CPD credits for a program as accreditation, and the CFPC calls it certification. Generally speaking however, the overall process of obtaining CPD credits is still referred to as "accreditation".

Each of the two national medical colleges, the Royal College and the CFPC, has a framework of all the CPD credits available to Canadian physicians. In these frameworks, "Accredited" and "Certified" refer to program credits which are obtained through an application to a CPD provider, such as UBC CPD. If approved bear the official Royal College Accreditation and/or CFPC Certification statement. UBC CPD can provide the following credit types:

•    MOC Section 1
•    MOC Section 3
•    Mainpro+ (1cr/hr)

Most CPD credits are self-learning credits which physicians can self-claim.

Medical residents may begin participating in the MOC and Mainpro+ credit programs during residency. Specialist residents may transfer up to 75 credits reported during residency into their first 5-year MOC cycle. Family physician residents may transfer up to 40 Certified Mainpro+ credits reported during residency into their first active Mainpro+ cycle.

No reference to MOC or Mainpro+ credits may be made prior to the official approval. Until an application has been approved, it is not permissible to indicate in marketing and communications that credits have been granted, applied for, or pending. The statement "to be advised", or similar, is not permitted.

The summary of yes/no responses to the industry bias question on the evaluations must be forwarded to UBC CPD within three months following the CPD Activity.