In keeping with Public Health Ontario guidelines, Sunnybrook Regional Base Hospital will deliver the 2020 Mandatory Continuing Medical Education (CME) as an online education package. The CME will take approximately 8 hours to complete.
The CME will be available beginning on October 7, 2020, and must be completed no later than November 17, 2020. The CME can be accessed via the Paramedic Portal of Ontario (https://paramedicportalontario.ca). Please review the attached Base Hospital memorandum carefully.
Full-time Paramedics who complete the online education package on their own time, prior to the deadline, will be compensated with 12 hours of straight-time pay or lieu hours earned. Part-time Paramedics will be compensated with 12 hours of straight- time pay.
If you will be unable to complete the CME as detailed above, you must contact CME@toronto.ca no later than October 16, 2020 to select one of the options below.
- Option #1
If you do not have the technological ability to complete this CME on your own, please contact CME@toronto.ca. Our CME leads will book an appointment for you to use an Education and Development computer to complete the online package. These appointments will be booked on a scheduled day off, at a mutually agreeable time. You will be compensated with 12 hours of straight-time pay or lieu hours earned, as detailed above, if you select this option.
- Option #2
If you would like to complete this CME during regular work hours, please contact CME@toronto.ca. You will be scheduled to complete the online training package on a regularly scheduled shift. If you select this option, you will not be entitled to additional pay or lieu hours earned. When your CME is complete, you will return to Operations and be deployed as required.
Required Documentation
Once you have completed the CME, a scanned or clear picture of the 2020 Influenza Immunization Declaration and CME Completion Form must be submitted to the Education and Development Unit. Documentation may be submitted by:
1) Email (CME@toronto.ca),
2) CheckMarket (https://cotsurvey.chkmkt.com/psdocumentation); or
3) Scanning the below QR code.
Completed forms can also be submitted to any Operations Superintendent to be sent to the Education and Development Unit for processing. Pension, Payroll, and Employee Benefits will process the 12 hours of pay or lieu bank credit, as applicable, on the December 10, 2020 pay date.
All Immunization Declarations and CME Completion Forms are due to Education and Development no later than November 20, 2020.
If you are currently administratively deactivated by the Base Hospital, do not complete this CME. This content will be incorporated into your return to practice education. If you are unsure of your status with the Base Hospital, please contact Eunice Lubbe (eunice.lubbe@sunnybrook.ca).
Questions can be directed to CME@toronto.ca or Tom Bruce, Superintendent, Education and Development (416-392-4930).
Sincerely,
(Original signed by)
Jamie Burnett
c.: G. McEachen, Deputy Chiefs, Operations Commanders, Base Hospital, Communications Review, Multimedia