Mission

The College of Family Physicians of Canada is a national voluntary organization of family physicians that makes continuing medical education of its members mandatory.

The College strives to improve the health of Canadians by promoting high standards of medical education and care in family practice, by contributing to public understanding of healthful living, by supporting ready access to family physician services, and by encouraging research and disseminating knowledge about family medicine.

Goals

As the voice of family medicine in Canada, The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) will:

Goal #1
champion quality health care for all people in Canada,

Goal #2
support its members in providing quality patient care through education, research and the promotion of best practices,

Goal #3
ensure that the role of the family physician is well understood and widely valued.

Who we are and what we do : For physicians, by physicians

The CMPA is a mutual defence organization for physicians who practise in Canada. Our raison d'être
is to protect a member's integrity by providing services of the highest
quality including legal defence, indemnification, risk management,
educational programs and general advice.

The
CMPA was founded in 1901 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1913.
It is funded and operated on a not-for-profit basis for physicians, by
physicians and its membership of more than 71,000 comprises about 95
per cent of the doctors licensed to practise in Canada. With more than
100 years of national experience with virtually every medico-legal
issue, the CMPA is a credible, competent resource to members and
stakeholders.

Some of their current intiatives are listed here, with links to their website.

More Doctors. More Care.
In January 2008, the Canadian Medical Association launched this campaign to focus attention on the serious doctor shortage that is crippling our health care system.

National Physician Survey
In 2004, the CMA partnered with the College of Family Physicians of Canada and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to conduct the most extensive survey of Canadian doctors ever undertaken. Some results and highlights from the 2007 update are now available.

Wait Times and Benchmarks
The CMA continues to work with other national medical organizations to lobby for implementation of wait time commitments made by the First Ministers in 2004 and to have new specialty areas added.

Committing to Healthy Kids
The CMA has partnered with the Canadian Paediatric Society and the College of Family Physicians of Canada to help our children become some of the healthiest in the world.

Pharmaceutical Issues
Every Canadian should have timely access to safe and effective prescription drugs, and no Canadian should be deprived of needed prescription drugs because of inability to pay.

The purpose of the Centre is to
promote increased awareness on the part of Canadians of matters
relating to alcohol and drug abuse and their increased participation in
the reduction of harm associated with such abuse, and to promote the
use and effectiveness of programs of excellence that are relevant to
alcohol and drug abuse by

(a) promoting and supporting consultation and co-operation
among governments, the business community and labour, professional and
voluntary organizations in matters relating to alcohol and drug abuse;

(b) contributing to the effective exchange of information on alcohol and drug abuse;

(c) facilitating and contributing to the development and
application of knowledge and expertise in the alcohol and drug abuse
field;

(d) promoting and assisting in the development of realistic
and effective policies and programs aimed at reducing the harm
associated with alcohol and drug abuse; and

(e) promoting increased awareness among Canadians of the
nature and extent of international alcohol and drug abuse efforts and
supporting Canada's participation in those efforts.

The Canadian Association of Physicians with disabilities (CAPD) has the following mission:

To provide a national forum for discussion of issues of mutual interest and concern to physicians with disabilities.
To open avenues for exchange of ideas and information, particularly as these apply to clinical practice.
To foster common bonds and lend support to each other.
To strive together to improve the quality of care and enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities.
To
take a leadership role in influencing clinical education and research
in matters pertaining to both patients and physicians with
disabilities.
To act as a vehicle to inform and educate the public at large regarding the many facets of disabilities.
To be proactive in effectively influencing policies and laws affecting all people with disabilities.

The British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA) is a voluntary
association of British Columbia's physicians, medical residents, and
medical students. The BCMA has over 11 000 members, with about 8500 in
active medical practice. This represents approximately 95% of
practising physicians in British Columbia.

Governed by an
elected body of physicians, the BCMA represents the collective view of
the medical profession of British Columbia and negotiates for and on
behalf of physicians for their compensation. The Association is also
responsible for setting medical service fee schedules and negotiating
the schedule of benefits paid by the Medical Services Plan as well as
representing sessional, salaried, and other alternative payment
physicians.

The Association aims to advance the practice
and science of medicine and the health of British Columbians by working
for the improvement of medical education, health care legislation, and
the delivery of hospital and other health care services.

The
BCMA is separate and distinct from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of British Columbia, which is the body established by the
Medical Practitioners Act to oversee the licensing and disciplining of
doctors.

The BC Council for Families works to build healthy families in a healthy society.

They provide educational resources on parenting, childhood development, parent-teen relationships, work-life balance, suicide awareness and more. They support family education professionals by coordinating professional development workshops and symposiums, participating in conferences and disseminating research and resources.