PATHWAY TO CMLE/C-CAT Re-Certification

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Re-certification in Medicolegal Expertise (CMLE and C-CAT) is to harmonize and improve quality standards for competent, independent practice as a medical expert in various domains of practice in Canada. The Re-certification Program assesses the minimal competencies necessary to practice as a medical legal expert across a wide range of clinical scenarios pertinent to pediatric, adult and geriatric patient populations. The Re-certification Program is intended to be complementary to national standards of competence within a specific health care specialty, and enhance the competent, ethical, and professional practice as a medicolegal expert. The CMLE is not intended to replace any existing College or Board regulatory functions, but rather to augment those processes. The vision for the CMLE is to be recognized as the standard of quality for medicolegal experts in Canada and beyond.

WHEN DO I NEED TO RECERTIFY?

Candidates will be required to recertify every 5 years.

2017 cohort is required to recertify in *2022
2018 cohort is required to recertify in **2023
2019 cohort is required to recertify in 2024
2020 cohort is required to recertify in 2025
2021 cohort is required to recertify in 2026
2022 cohort is required to recertify in 2027

*Individuals required to recertify in 2022 have been given a year grace period until the end of 2023.

** Individuals required to recertify in 2023 have been given a six-month grace period until July 1st, 2024.

RE-CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Must hold a current Certification in Medicolegal Expertise (CMLE)
Complete the CMLE or C-CAT re-certification registration form
Re-certification will be held on a platform called peerScholar
Individuals must submit a de-identified C-CAT report
Individuals have 3 days to review 2-3 C-CAT reports. All reviews are done anonymously
Individuals will have 2 days to make changes to their report and submit for final review
The Certification Committee will review all reports and provide a pass/fail result
You will be notified of your recertification result within 90 days of your final submission
Upon recertification, you will be emailed an updated C-CAT certificate

All candidates will have access and be expected to review the lecture and study materials and take part in the question/answer session during the course itself, however, you will not be required to undertake the multiple-choice examination given that you successfully completed this task when you were first certified.

Rather, your re-certification evaluation includes a final assessment experience managed by peerScholar, an evidence-based educational technology out of the Advanced Learning Technologies Lab of the University of Toronto Scarborough.

What this means, is that you will submit one of your examination reports specific to the re-certification program you are applying for (i.e., a catastrophic report if you are seeking C-CAT re-certification and an IME report if you are seeking CMLE re-certification).

The peerScholar process you will engage in was designed to both assess and enhance your learning experience. Specifically, you will be asked to submit your de-identified report. In the next step you will review, analyze, and provide feedback to a de-identified report submitted by one of your peers, ultimately giving it some feedback about how their report could be improved. As you engage in this stage of the peerScholar process, another set of peers will assess your work. In the third phase you will see the feedback those peers gave to you, and you will be asked to assess that feedback and ultimately incorporate the feedback you find useful into a final revised report. All of this is undertaken anonymously. This process will give you a very rich perspective on how examiner reports can vary, and what makes a given report especially high quality. As you move through the peerScholar experience you will not only get the chance to demonstrate your own level of expertise, but you will also enhance your learning by both giving feedback to your peers and learning from the feedback they attach to your work. To these ends, the peerScholar process enhances problem solving and communication skills whilst candidates find it both engaging and extremely valuable.

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RE-CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY

An individual is eligible to qualify to write the Recertification provided all of the following criteria are met:

Qualification and current registration: The candidate must provide documentation of having completed an official accredited training program within their area of clinical expertise and documentation of applicable registration status at their respective governing College. The candidate must also demonstrate that they are currently in good standing with their respective college and hold autonomy to practice with no limitations at the time of Re-certification.

CMLE/C-CAT Certification: confirmation of previous certification. Certification must be valid and not expired based on the 5 year expiry criteria.

CSME/CAPDA Membership: candidates must be an active (paid) member of either CSME and/or CAPDA at the time of recertification.

CMLE Requirement: All individuals recertifying for C-CAT must have successfully completed the CMLE Certification Examination & CMLE Online Course by the time of re-certification.

The number of Re-certification attempts by candidate will be limited to three times within a three year period.

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