ICYMI: CPSO replaced its suite of former policies with four Professional Obligations documents.
Three of the new documents set out physicians’ obligations across key areas of practice: medical professionalism, practice management, and clinical care. A fourth Professional Obligations document specifically for physician assistants (PAs) highlights the obligations most relevant to PA practice.
The new framework preserves the core expectations from each existing policy and groups them by theme. In many cases, expectations have been distilled or consolidated and are set out in a more principle-based way. This “principle‑based” approach is designed to support clarity and flexibility for registrants, while ensuring that professional obligations remain relevant across diverse practice settings and evolving clinical contexts.
We have also created accompanying Obligations in Practice documents that are intended to function as practical extensions of the Professional Obligations, setting out more detailed, topic-specific direction and expectations registrants will need to follow.
❗No new expectations of registrants have been created as part of this work.
Today, we’re answering some common questions about why the site was redesigned, what to do if an old bookmark no longer works, and where to find CPSO’s new Professional Obligations framework.