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Executive Summary February 1 & 2, 2008 Council Meeting

Introduction

The Council of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Saskatchewan operates under an explicit set of governance policies. It strives to make its work as transparent as possible to the medical profession and the general public.

Those portions of the Council's deliberations that are not confidential are open to observation by any person subject to space availability in the College boardroom.

At the conclusion of each Council meeting an Executive Summary of the meeting is widely distributed to the District Medical Associations, related organizations and the public media. This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of issues discussed, decisions made, and/or actions taken by the Council. If any person wishes more detailed information about any of the issues which are not subject to confidentiality constraints, these can be obtained by contacting Ms. Tracy Hastings, the College's Regulatory Services Coordinator, at 500, 321A - 21st Street East, Saskatoon S7K 0C1; Phone: (306) 244-7355; Fax: (306) 244-0090; e-mail: hastint@shin.sk.ca.

The Council:

  1. Reviewed all stakeholder feedback received to date in respect to a draft bylaw that would require IMG family physicians to practice in a group of no fewer than three physicians until they successfully complete the CAPE assessment. Because some key stakeholders had not yet provided feedback on this important issue, the Council deferred a final decision in this matter to its April 18th meeting.

  2. Reviewed the draft bylaws for regulation of telemedicine practice in Saskatchewan and considered feedback received from Sask. Health. The Council modified its initial policy on telemedicine to provide three different levels of telemedicine licensure based upon anticipated service volumes per annum. It will ask legal counsel to draft a bylaw that reflects this revised policy position and bring it to the April 18th Council meeting for review and likely adoption.

  3. Considered an appeal from a member from a decision of the Registrar to discontinue the member's temporary registration based upon unsatisfactory performance on the CAPE assessment. The Council affirmed the Registrar's decision, but provided some guidance to the member in terms of remedial education and options for future registerability.

  4. Considered a presentation from a member in respect to that member's difficulty in obtaining practice opportunities in Saskatchewan and provided some guidance to the member.

  5. Received reports from two Competency Committees that had been appointed by the Executive Committee of the Council to investigate the knowledge and skills of two separate members. In both instances the investigations confirmed that the members had adequate knowledge and skills to practice medicine so no further intervention by the Council was required.

  6. Considered a report from a committee appointed by the Council to interview a member and gave the committee direction in respect to feedback to that member.

  7. Reviewed a communication exchange between the Chair of the JMPRC and the Registrar that questioned the rationale for Council receiving Minutes of JMPRC meetings. The Council affirmed the position taken by the Registrar that the Council ought to continue receiving Minutes from JMPRC meetings.

  8. Reappointed Dr. Borden Bachynski to serve as the College's representative on the Senate of the University of Regina.

  9. Instructed the Registrar to make enquiries of the University of Saskatchewan in respect to a replacement for Dr. Michael Nsisi on the Senate of the University of Saskatchewan because Dr. Nsisi has left the province.

  10. Received an update report from the Working Group appointed by the Council to develop a policy position for the College in respect to physician on-call services.

  11. Reviewed the monitoring report from the Registrar in respect to the Registrar's advancement of the Council End pertaining to "Public Protection".

  12. Reviewed the Registrar's monitoring reports in respect to compliance with Council Executive Limitation Policies pertaining to "General Executive Constraint", "Treatment of Staff" and "Interactions with Members and Public".

  13. Reviewed the Council's own compliance with policies describing how it will govern the College.

  14. Reviewed the Registrar's performance for the year 2007 and provided some preliminary verbal feedback to the Registrar.

  15. Conducted elections for Council Officers and the membership of the Executive Committee. Dr. Suresh Kassett was elected to serve a second term as President of the Council. Dr. Gerry Fernandes was elected to serve a second term as Vice-President of the Council. The Council members elected to serve on the Executive Committee include Dr. S. Kassett (President), Dr. G. Fernandes (Vice-President), Dr. Edward Tsoi (Past President), Ms. Karen Prisciak (public member) and Dr. Pierre Hanekom (member-at-large).

The Council is next scheduled at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon on April 18 & 19, 2008.