Partial Comparability Assessment Review Panel

Responsible directly to the CSIMGE, the main role of the Partial Comparability Assessment Review Panel (PCARP) is to review, within a framework of appropriate clinical and professional standards, all assessments of Partially Comparable candidates on the Specialist Pathway. Based on this review, the Panel makes a recommendation to CSIMGE to confirm/not confirm the candidate’s Partial Comparability status having satisfactorily met all requirements of the 2012 Fellowship Program Specialist Pathway (Partial Comparability), which leads to eligibility for Fellowship.

Partial Comparability Assessment Review Panel Regulations [PDF; 126 KB]

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the progress of each candidate on the 2012 Fellowship Program Specialist Pathway (Partial Comparability) by means of review of all workplace based assessments and other training requirements, and ensuring that summative assessments have been completed successfully in the specified time period. 
• Appropriately managing any candidate’s unsatisfactory progress on the 2012 Fellowship Program Specialist Pathway (Partial Comparability). 
• Determining an outcome to either confirm or not confirm a candidate’s Partial Comparability status, documenting the outcome and providing a recommendation to the CSIMGE. 
• Undertaking quality assurance of 2012 Fellowship Program Specialist Pathway (Partial Comparability) requirements by providing CSIMGE with recommendations in relation to policy management and process. 

Meeting frequency

The PCARP typically meets 9 times per calendar year:

• 2 face-to-face meetings split over 2 days (typically up to 3.5 hours’ duration per meeting).  
• 7 videoconference meetings (typically up to 1.5 hours’ duration per meeting).

A committee member may also be required to respond to emails between formal meetings.