AMMI CANADA CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (CPD) COMMITTEE
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Committee Purpose, Mission and Goals
The purpose of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee is:
To assess the professional development needs of all AMMI Canada members and facilitate the development of meaningful, effective continuous professional development curricula and to serve as a national resource for postgraduate microbiology and infectious diseases programs and physician organizations providing content advice and accreditation of continuing medical education in infectious disease and medical microbiology.
Mission
The mission of the AMMI Canada Continuing Professional Development Committee is to position AMMI Canada as a national leader in the continuing professional development in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Goals
- To conduct biennial, comprehensive professional development needs assessments of our membership (Canadian physicians in the fields of medical microbiology and infectious disease), in addition to regular, focused needs assessments, as required.
- To perform biennial environmental scans (alternating years with needs assessments) to identify unperceived learning needs in the fields of infectious disease and medical microbiology.
- To provide multimodal education across all sections of the CPD framework (group learning, self-learning, and assessment) that addresses perceived and unperceived gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes to promote a practice change with the intent of improving patient outcomes.
- To evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of AMMI Canada CPD initiatives through learner feedback.
- To provide accreditation for infectious diseases and medical microbiology educational programs for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Tropical Medicine Rounds are an interactive, educational way to participate in real-life case discussions from Tropical Medicine Experts across Canada.
CAN AMS! is a new webinar series focused on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions.
Medical Microbiology Review Course
Antimicrobial Awareness
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public health threat and growing in Canada. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobials is increasing drug-resistance in microbes that spread among and between humans, animals and plants. AMR is making infectious diseases harder or impossible to treat and that affects us all. World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), held November 18 to 24, is a time to build awareness and encourage action. For more information please about antimicrobial awareness in Canda visit: who.int/campaigns/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week or antibioticawareness.ca/
AMR Aware Canada
November 18-24, 2026
WHO WE ARE:
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
November 18-24, 2026
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign that is celebrated annually to improve awareness and understanding of AMR and encourage best practices among the public, One Health stakeholders and policymakers, who all play a critical role in reducing the further emergence and spread of AMR.
RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS
ACCREDITATION
AMMI Canada is an accredited provider of continuing professional development (CPD) for the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
These CPD activities fall under 2 main categories:
Section 1
Group Learning Activites
(ie; conferences, workshops, seminars)
Section 3
Self-assessment programs
(ie; online learning modules)
AMMI Canada accredits these activities from physician organizations.
If you are a non-physician organization, AMMI Canada can co-develop a program with your organization, according to our co-development guidelines.
Please contact us for co-development fees.
How to Apply
1
Determine if your program is a physician organization or non-physician organization.
2
Complete the appropriate application form at least 12 weeks before the anticipated launch of your program.
3
Pay the appropriate fees
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS
Leah Menard
AMMI Canada
192 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 1W8
613-260-3233 ext 104
leah@ammi.ca