Glossary

National International

Internal
AdComFP
Advisory Committee on Family Practice
ARC/VPAC (ARC)Alternative Route to Certification/Voie parallèle d’accès à la certification (VPAC)
ASA Annual Scientific Assembly/Assemblée scientifique annuelle This is the description
CACI Collaborative Action Committee on Intra-Professionalism
CAGA Collaborative Advisory Group for General and Family Practice Anesthesia
CaRMeN/RCMR Canadian Rural Medicine Network/Réseau canadien de médecine rurale
CCFP(EM)/CCMF(MU) Certificant of the College of Family Physicians (Emergency Medicine)/Certifié du Collège des médecins de famille (Médecine d’urgence)
CCFP/CCMF Certificant of the College of Family Physicians/Certifié du Collège des médecins de famille
CFP Canadian Family Physician/Le médecin de famille canadien
CFPC/CMFC College of Family Physicians of Canada/Collège des médecins de famille du Canada
CLFM Canadian Library of Family Medicine/Bibliothèque canadienne de médecine familiale
CME/FMC Continuing Medical Education/Formation médicale continueContinuing Medical Education/Formation médicale continue
CPMN /RGC Clinical Practice Management Network/Réseau de gestion clinique
EAB-CFP/CCR-MFC Editorial Advisory Board - Canadian Family Physician/Conseil consultatif de rédaction-Le Médecin de famille canadien
FCFP/FCMF Fellow of the College of Family Physicians/Fellow du Collège des Médecins de famille
FITER Final In-Training Evaluation Report/Fiche d’évaluation en fin de formation
FMEF Family Medicine Education Forum/Forum sur l’éducation en médecine familiale
FMF Family Medicine Forum/Forum en médecine familiale
FMIG/GIMF (FMIG)Family Medicine Interest Group/Groupe d’intérêt en médecine familiale (GIMF)
FMR:CCI Family Medicine Research:A Current Canadian Index/Recherche en médecine familiale: Un répertoire canadien à jour
MAC Membership Advisory Committee
MAINPRO Maintenance of Proficiency/Maintien de la compétence professionelle
MCFP(EM)/MCMF(MU) Member, College of Family Physicians (Emergency Medicine)/Membre du Collège des médecins de famille (Médecine d’urgence)
MCFP/MCMF Member, College of Family Physicians/Membre du Collège des médecins de famille
NaReS National Research System/Système national de recherche
NCCME/CNFMC National Committee on Continuing Medical Education/Comité national de formation médical continue
NFPWS National Family Physician Workforce Survey
PASS Practice Assessment Program/Programme d’évaluation de la pratique
PBSGL Problem-based small group learning/Apprentissage en petits groupes basé dans la pratique
SAMP Short answer management problem/Simulations cliniques écrites abrègées
SCC Staff Communications Committee/Comité du personnel sur les communications
SIFP Section of Family Physicians with Special Interests or Focused Practices
SLS Self Learning Suite/Suite d’autoapprentissage
SOMS/SÉM (SOMS) Section of Medical Students/Section des étudiants en médecine (SÉM)
SOO/EMS Simulated Office Oral/Entrevue médicale Simulée
SOR Section of Researchers/Section des chercheurs
SOR Section of Residents/Section des résidents
SOT Section of Teachers/Section des enseignants

Internal
AdComFP	Advisory Committee on Family Practice
ARC/VPAC	(ARC)Alternative Route to Certification/Voie parallèle d’accès à la certification (VPAC)
ASA	Annual Scientific Assembly/Assemblée scientifique annuelle This is the description
CACI	Collaborative Action Committee on Intra-Professionalism
CAGA	Collaborative Advisory Group for General and Family Practice Anesthesia
CaRMeN/RCMR	Canadian Rural Medicine Network/Réseau canadien de médecine rurale
CCFP(EM)/CCMF(MU)	Certificant of the College of Family Physicians (Emergency Medicine)/Certifié du Collège des médecins de famille (Médecine d’urgence)
CCFP/CCMF	Certificant of the College of Family Physicians/Certifié du Collège des médecins de famille
CFP	Canadian Family Physician/Le médecin de famille canadien
CFPC/CMFC	College of Family Physicians of Canada/Collège des médecins de famille du Canada
CLFM	Canadian Library of Family Medicine/Bibliothèque canadienne de médecine familiale
CME/FMC	Continuing Medical Education/Formation médicale continueContinuing Medical Education/Formation médicale continue
CPMN /RGC	Clinical Practice Management Network/Réseau de gestion clinique
EAB-CFP/CCR-MFC	Editorial Advisory Board - Canadian Family Physician/Conseil consultatif de rédaction-Le Médecin de famille canadien
FCFP/FCMF	Fellow of the College of Family Physicians/Fellow du Collège des Médecins de famille
FITER	Final In-Training Evaluation Report/Fiche d’évaluation en fin de formation
FMEF	Family Medicine Education Forum/Forum sur l’éducation en médecine familiale
FMF	Family Medicine Forum/Forum en médecine familiale
FMIG/GIMF	(FMIG)Family Medicine Interest Group/Groupe d’intérêt en médecine familiale (GIMF)
FMR:CCI	Family Medicine Research:A Current Canadian Index/Recherche en médecine familiale: Un répertoire canadien à jour
MAC	Membership Advisory Committee
MAINPRO	Maintenance of Proficiency/Maintien de la compétence professionelle
MCFP(EM)/MCMF(MU)	Member, College of Family Physicians (Emergency Medicine)/Membre du Collège des médecins de famille (Médecine d’urgence)
MCFP/MCMF	Member, College of Family Physicians/Membre du Collège des médecins de famille
NaReS	National Research System/Système national de recherche
NCCME/CNFMC	National Committee on Continuing Medical Education/Comité national de formation médical continue
NFPWS	National Family Physician Workforce Survey
PASS	Practice Assessment Program/Programme d’évaluation de la pratique
PBSGL	Problem-based small group learning/Apprentissage en petits groupes basé dans la pratique
SAMP	Short answer management problem/Simulations cliniques écrites abrègées
SCC	Staff Communications Committee/Comité du personnel sur les communications
SIFP	Section of Family Physicians with Special Interests or Focused Practices
SLS	Self Learning Suite/Suite d’autoapprentissage
SOMS/SÉM	(SOMS) Section of Medical Students/Section des étudiants en médecine (SÉM)
SOO/EMS	Simulated Office Oral/Entrevue médicale Simulée
SOR	Section of Researchers/Section des chercheurs
SOR	Section of Residents/Section des résidents
SOT	Section of Teachers/Section des enseignants

External
AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
AAMC American Association Medical Colleges
AAMFT American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
ABFP American Board of Family Medicine
ACAHO Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations
ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ACUDA Association of Canadian University Departments of Anaesthesia
ADDMFC L’Association des directeurs de médecine familiale du Canada
ADPMFC L’Association des directeurs de programme de médecine familiale du Canada
AFMC Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
AFN Assembly of First Nations
AFPRN Alberta Family Practice Research Network
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AMA American Medical Association
ASPN Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network
ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support
CACMS Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools
CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
CAGS Canadian Association of General Surgeons
CAIR Canadian Association of Interns & Residents
CAME Canadian Association for Medical Education
Can Meds 2000 RCPSC Project
CAPER Canadian Post-M.D. Education Registry
CaRMS Canadian Resident Matching Service
CCHSA Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
CFMS Canadian Federation of Medical Students
CHA Canadian Hospital Association
CIHI/ICIS Canadian Institute for Health Information/Instituts Canadien d’information sur la santé
CIHR/IRSC Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
CLEO Consideration of the Legal, Ethical & Organizational aspects of the practice of medicine (MCC)
CMA Canadian Medical Association
CMAQ CMA Quality of Care Program
CMD Canadian Medical Directory
CMF Canadian Medical Forum
CMPA Canadian Medical Protective Association
CMQ Collège des médecins du Québec
CNA Canadian Nurses Association
COACMS Council on Accredited Canadian Medical Schools
COFM Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine
CORRA Coalition of Regulatory Related Agencies
CPHA Canadian Public Health Association
CPSO College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
CWARC Canadian Workplace Automatic Research Centre
EFPO Educating Future Physicians of Ontario
FMLAC Federation of Medical Licensing Authorities of Canada
FMOQ Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec
FMRQ Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec
FMSQ Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec
FRCPC Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada
FRCSC Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
IPCN International Primary Care Network
MCC Medical Council of Canada
MCPS Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
MINC Medical Identification Number for Canada
NACCFM National Association of Canadian Chairs of Family Medicine
NACPDFM National Association of Canadian Program Directors of Family Medicine
NAPCRG North American Primary Care Research Group
NCBHR National Council on Bioethics Human Research
NCCPMT National Continuing Committee on Physicians Management Training
NHRDP National Health Research and Development Program
NIH National Institute of Health (U.S.)
NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program
OMA Ontario Medical Association
PAIRO Professional Association of Internes & Residents of Ontario
PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support
RCPSC/CRMCC Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
RFP Request for Proposal
Rx&D Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
SOGC Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
SRPC Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
STFM Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
WHO World Health Organization
WONCA Wonca - World Organization of Family Doctors

External
AAFP	American Academy of Family Physicians
AAMC	American Association Medical Colleges
AAMFT	American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
ABFP	American Board of Family Medicine
ACAHO	Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations
ACLS	Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ACUDA	Association of Canadian University Departments of Anaesthesia
ADDMFC	L’Association des directeurs de médecine familiale du Canada
ADPMFC	L’Association des directeurs de programme de médecine familiale du Canada
AFMC	Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
AFN	Assembly of First Nations
AFPRN	Alberta Family Practice Research Network
AHCPR	Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AMA	American Medical Association
ASPN	Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network
ATLS	Advanced Trauma Life Support
CACMS	Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools
CAEP	Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
CAGS	Canadian Association of General Surgeons
CAIR	Canadian Association of Interns & Residents
CAME	Canadian Association for Medical Education
Can Meds 2000	RCPSC Project
CAPER	Canadian Post-M.D. Education Registry
CaRMS	Canadian Resident Matching Service
CCHSA	Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
CFMS	Canadian Federation of Medical Students
CHA	Canadian Hospital Association
CIHI/ICIS	Canadian Institute for Health Information/Instituts Canadien d’information sur la santé
CIHR/IRSC	Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
CLEO	Consideration of the Legal, Ethical & Organizational aspects of the practice of medicine (MCC)
CMA	Canadian Medical Association
CMAQ	CMA Quality of Care Program
CMD	Canadian Medical Directory
CMF	Canadian Medical Forum
CMPA	Canadian Medical Protective Association
CMQ	Collège des médecins du Québec
CNA	Canadian Nurses Association
COACMS	Council on Accredited Canadian Medical Schools
COFM	Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine
CORRA	Coalition of Regulatory Related Agencies
CPHA	Canadian Public Health Association
CPSO	College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
CWARC	Canadian Workplace Automatic Research Centre
EFPO	Educating Future Physicians of Ontario
FMLAC	Federation of Medical Licensing Authorities of Canada
FMOQ	Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec
FMRQ	Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec
FMSQ	Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec
FRCPC	Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada
FRCSC	Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
IPCN	International Primary Care Network
MCC	Medical Council of Canada
MCPS	Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
MINC	Medical Identification Number for Canada
NACCFM	National Association of Canadian Chairs of Family Medicine
NACPDFM	National Association of Canadian Program Directors of Family Medicine
NAPCRG	North American Primary Care Research Group
NCBHR	National Council on Bioethics Human Research
NCCPMT	National Continuing Committee on Physicians Management Training
NHRDP	National Health Research and Development Program
NIH	National Institute of Health (U.S.)
NRP	Neonatal Resuscitation Program
OMA	Ontario Medical Association
PAIRO	Professional Association of Internes & Residents of Ontario
PALS	Pediatric Advanced Life Support
RCPSC/CRMCC	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
RFP	Request for Proposal
Rx&D	Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
SOGC	Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
SRPC	Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
STFM	Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
WHO	World Health Organization
WONCA	Wonca - World Organization of Family Doctors