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Associations

Ontario Medical Association (OMA)

Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

Canadian Medical Association / MD Management

• When you become a member of the Ontario Medical Association, you also automatically become a member of the Canadian Medical Association. You join more than 48,000 medical students, residents and practising physicians who speak as one on the issues affecting you and receive diverse member benefits and services
• Through MD Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association, OMA/CMA members have immediate access to top-notch financial advice and up-to-the-minute financial information. For more information about the CMA or MD Management please click on the provided link

American Medical Association (AMA)

Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

The Association is a mutual defence organization of Canadian medical doctors. Formed in 1901, incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1913, and operated since on a not-for-profit basis by physicians and for physicians, the CMPA includes in its membership almost all Canadian medical doctors in active practice in Canada. Because one of the prerequisites of membership is licensure or registration by a medical licensing authority, it is not possible for medical students to become members of the CMPA. However, the CMPA is active in presenting educational sessions at the graduate and post-graduate levels. For more information about the CMPA please contact 1-800-267-6522, or click on the provided link.

Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA)

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Interest Groups

Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC)

FMWC, formed in 1924, is a national organization committed to the professional, social and personal advancement of women physicians, and to the promotion of the well-being of women, both in the medical profession and in society at large. Female physicians and medical students can support the objectives of the federation by joining their local branch, or by applying directly to the national office. For more information about the FMWC please click on the provided link.

Other

• Negotiating Ontario's Wellbeing Alliance (NOW)
• College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC)
• Canadian Anesthesiologist's Society (CAS)
• Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)