Talk:Canadian Medical Association
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[edit]Anybody know the name of the first woman President? Trekphiler
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04:40, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Possible expansions for this article
[edit]Perhaps the extent of the involvement of the Queen in this origination would be an acceptable expansion for this article? --68.145.99.4 (talk) 17:31, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Neutrality and Quality of article is lacking
[edit]The CMA is a lobbyist group, like the AMA. The article as is has promotional/biased opinion and where there are concrete facts, these are unsubstantiated/uncited, leaving them as assertions without any evidence. Furthermore, its mention of "accrediting" educational programs is highly problematic and misleadingly suggestive. Provinces have "colleges of physicians" as they do "colleges of dentists/teachers" which are regulated by government and offer an official license to practice. If the CMA offers some kind of certificate of approval, for example to universities, it should be noted that this would be legally irrelevant as they do so on a national basis, while health care regulation is split between provincial and national governments in a Federal country like Canada. So any educational programs that are certified by the CMA would not be certified in any professionally meaningful way. As a more opinionated note: the CMA is a highly self interested lobby group and it is presented here as a kind of pseudo-charitable, allied-with-government institution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.137.229.117 (talk) 01:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
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I have been contracted by the CMA to update their section on Wikipedia that contains a large quantity of outdated and/or uncited content. I will be submitting content for review section by section
In the Infobox change President, President-Elect and Past-President to reflect current leadership (CMA changes its president every year)
| President | Dr. Margot Burnell (2025-2026) |
| President-Elect | Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi (2026-2027) |
| Past-President | Dr. Joss Reimer (2024-2025) |
Before Membership section add the following new section to reflect the current vision/mandate of the association with the following citation
Vision
As outlined in its most recent strategic planning document – Impact 2040 – the vision of the CMA is for “a vibrant profession and a healthy population”.1
Impact 2040 also states that the CMA “unites the medical profession at the national level. Our focus is on creating strong and accessible health systems, fostering well-being and diversity in medical culture, and ensuring every person in Canada has equal opportunity to be healthy.”1
1 CMA Impact 2040: our strategy. Canadian Medical Association; 2023 May. Available: https://digitallibrary.cma.ca/link/digitallibrary45 (Retrieved 2025-07-04).
Delete existing Corporate structure section as indicated below – the transition to 19 board members has taken place, an annual summit no longer takes place and the CMA no longer holds a General council meeting. Add reference to having a lay member on the Board as this is significant. Add citations:
Corporate structure
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The size of the elected board of directors is transitioning to 19. The board includes physician, resident and student representatives as well as a lay representative. It is the executive authority of the CMA, meets four times a year and is responsible for policy direction.2
In 2018, the association launched the CMA Patient Voice, a group of 12 individuals that provide a patient's perspective to the CMA's work.3
A health summit attended by a wide spectrum of medical and health professionals as well as patient representatives is held annually to disseminate new research, information and innovations, and to debate issues facing the medical community and users of medical services.
A public annual general meeting is held to review financial statements and other CMA business matters.4 As well, the association holds an annual General Council meeting of its members to discuss policy matters.
2 “About Us: Who We Are: CMA Board of Directors” Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved 2025:07-07
3 “CMA patient voice twelve patient members ready to start work” Canadian Medical Association, Nov. 16, 2018
4 “About Us: How we are Governed: Annual General Meeting” Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved 2025-07-07
Delete existing Companies content and citation and replace with content and citations below to reflect current corporate structure of the association
Companies
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The CMA's subsidiary company, Joule, was created on Sept. 1, 2014. It delivers continuing education to doctors, resources for accessing medical information online, clinical information resources and summaries of the latest clinical evidence. CMAJ is published by Joule. Joule's grant program funds CMA member innovations that potentially may assist in healthcare advancements.
CMA Impact Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CMA. The CMA Impact board is responsible for overseeing its business and operations in alignment with the CMA’s strategy.5
The CMA Foundation provides impactful charitable giving to registered Canadian charities that further excellence in health care and support Canadian physicians and medical learners.6
5 About Us: Who We are. Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved 2025-07-07
6About Us: CMA Foundation. Retrieved 2025-07-07
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