Continuing medical education

Customizing your CME request

With years of experience and thousands of continuing medical education conferences and cruises worldwide at our fingertips, we can create a tailor-made list of professional development opportunities for your needs, based on location, area of interest, meeting sponsor and date range.

To request a customized list of opportunities, email info@oma.org.

Difference between CME and CPD

The terms Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are used interchangeably. 

CME activities are defined by the organizer or presenter and are general clinically focused. Individual physicians are able to address their own education needs through ongoing self-assessment.  

CPD includes components of CME, but has a broader focus. CPD also addresses the improvement of communication, practice management and leadership skills. Source: MD Dialogue 2012 Oct;8(3):29.

CPD can be broadly based and flexible in terms of both content and delivery method — independently, online, in small groups or traditional lecture-based presentations. 

Track your CPD

Physicians can track their CPD activities through one of the approved organizations below:

Disclaimer: The OMA makes no endorsements, warranties, or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding the information it provides to its members, and for the content discussed at any conference or seminar reported including all information, materials, discussions, presentations or any other such content discussed or distributed at such conference or seminar. 

Education resources

Ontario Medical Association

OMA Learns — OMA Learns, is an enhanced learning platform that provides members with easy access to dynamic content and materials relevant to everyday practice. 

OMA Learns provides members the opportunity to improve their knowledge base on a variety of topics including OHIP billing, practice efficiency, starting, running, and closing a practice, privacy and legal considerations, patient care management and more. With the ability to navigate through the system and access all OMA Learns sessions at your convenience, you can learn what you want and at your own pace.

Canadian university offices of continuing medical education 

Accredited continuing professional development (CPD) providers have successfully applied to either the Royal College or the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) and met defined accreditation standards. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada publishes contact information for the CME university departments. 

Family medicine 

College of Family Physicians of Canada, CPD Events Calendar — This website lists Mainpro-M1 and Mainpro-C events taking place in Canada. The database can be searched by date, credit type, keyword, or location. Programs are peer-reviewed to ensure content is educationally and scientifically valid, and that programs are developed and delivered in accordance with ethical standards. 

National specialty societies 

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada publishes a list of national specialty societies on its website. These organizations will often list CME opportunities on their websites. 

The Canadian Medical Association publishes a list of affiliated societies and observer organizations on their website. These organizations will often list CME opportunities on their websites. 

Other resources – Canada 

Canadian Medical Protective Association Education & Events — Most of the CMPA’s continuing professional development (CPD) programs receive Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons MOC credits and College of Family Physicians Mainpro credits 

Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences Centre for Continuing Professional Education — Michener's Centre for Continuing Professional Education offers a wide selection of courses, workshops, seminars, certificate and advanced diploma programs and degree completion opportunities for health professionals. Flexible programming options, including distance education and evening and weekend programming, help physicians upgrade their skills on a part-time basis.

Other resources – International 

10 times: Medical & Pharmaceutical Conferences — This website is a listing of medical meetings worldwide. The user can browse the database by date or by country. 

Amaco Travel — Tour company based out of Australia. Combines medical professional development conferences with travel to unique locations. 

Canadian Medical Association Conferences & Events — This website lists conferences sponsored by the Canadian Medical Association. 

CESearchEngine — The events listed on this database can be filtered by format, live/seminars, new procedures, online, performance improvement, seminar, webinar/webcast/video. 

CME Conferences — Continuing medical education organized by primary healthcare professionals without commercial support. 

CME Away — Sea Courses is a medical education company. They offer courses around the world, allowing physicians to combine learning with personal health breaks and rejuvenation time. The website lists land tours, ocean cruises, resorts and river cruises. 

CMX Travel & Meetings — Lists events primarily taking place in Hawaii and California. 

Conference Alert 360 — Database on various international conferences. Can be searched by topic (medical sciences) and by country. 

Conference Locate — The database can be filtered by country, city and sub-category. 

Conference Management Software (COMS) — A comprehensive conference management system designed for academic and scientific events. The website can be searched by location. 

ConferencingNomads — Tour company based out of Australia. 

Conal Conference Alerts — This database lists medical meetings worldwide, and is searchable by topic, country and city. Users can also perform advanced searches using a combination of date, country and/or search term. 

Continuing Education, Inc. – University at Sea — Tour company. Cruises are listed by date but can be searched by topic, sail date, region and cruise line. 

Doctors-on-tour — Tour company. Educational programs in relaxed environments around the world. 

eMedEvents — This website lists medical meetings worldwide, and offers an advanced search option where users can search by specialty, location, and date. 

Jon Baines Tours — A specialist travel company curating medical, professional non-medical, and cultural study tours and cruises to destinations around the world. 

Kenes Group Events Calendar — Conference management company. The database can be searched by location and date.

Medical Events: Upcoming Events — The database can be searched by event type, specialty, organizer, country, city and date. 

MedNet: Meetings — Based out of Hamilton, Ontario. The database can be filtered by specialty. Advanced search by date range and title of meeting.

Medscape Live – This website can be searched by specialty, location and date. 

Medical Education Resources: Primary Care Conferences – Medical Education Resources is a non-profit organization that provides commercial-free continuing medical education for primary care physicians. The database can be filtered by destination, month and topic. 

Pri-Med - Continuing medical education for primary care physicians. 

Pulsus Conferences – Lists conferences worldwide. Website can be searched by country and subject. 

Symposia Medicus – A non-profit organization that aims to provide the highest quality continuing education for healthcare providers across a range of professions and specialties. 

World Conference Alerts – This website can be searched by country, category and date.