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Special Designations

MCFP

Member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)  is a special designation which may be used by CFPC members in good standing in the following categories: Active, Affiliate Specialist, Sustaining, Senior and Retired. The privileges, rights, duties and requirements are determined by the membership category to which they belong.

CCFP

Certification in the CFPC may be granted to College members who have:

1. Successfully completed residency training accredited by the CFPC and successfully completed the College’s Certification Examination in Family Medicine or an approved equivalent, or
2. Met the College’s criteria for practice eligible candidates as determined by the National Board and as set out in the Regulations and, or
3. Successfully completed discipline specific training in family medicine in a jurisdiction other than Canada that has been approved as equivalent to accredited Canadian training in family medicine and who hold certification in family medicine or the equivalent qualification from a jurisdiction other than Canada and which is judged to be equivalent to Certification in the CFPC.

To maintain Certification and the CCFP designation, Certificants in Family Medicine must fulfill the requirements of the College’s Maintenance of Certification program. The privileges, rights, duties and requirements of those holding a CCFP designation are determined by the membership category to which they belong.

EM

Certificate of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine may be granted to College members who hold CCFP status in good standing and who have either (i) successfully completed a College approved residency training program in emergency medicine, or (ii) met the College’s criteria for practice eligible candidates as determined by the National Board as set out in the regulations. To maintain Certification (CCFP) and the EM designation, members who hold a Certificate of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine must fulfill the requirements of the College’s Maintenance of Certification Program. The privileges, rights, duties and requirements of those holding an EM designation are determined by the membership category to which they belong.

FCFP

Fellowship in the College of Family Physicians of Canada may be conferred upon Certificant members who have successfully maintained their Certification for ten (10) consecutive years, including twenty-five (25) Mainpro-C credits per five-year cycle. To maintain Fellowship, members must fulfill their maintenance of Certification requirements. Members awarded Fellowship from 2004 onward must include twenty-five (25) Mainpro-C credits per five-year cycle as part of fulfilling their Maintenance of Certification requirements.

LM

Life Member may be awarded to members who have attained the age of seventy (70) or greater and have been members in good standing for at least ten (10) years prior to the date of nomination. The privileges, rights, duties and requirements (including CME/CPD) are determined by the membership category to which they belong.

Honorary Member

May be conferred on individuals of distinction, who are not family physicians in Canada, whether or not they are graduates of medicine, who have made an outstanding contribution to the discipline of family medicine and/or the CFPC and/or the health and well-being of the population. 

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