Mission and Objectives

Mission

The Ontario College of Family Physicians is a provincial, voluntary organization of family physicians that supports the continuing professional development of its members.

The College strives to improve the health of Ontarians by promoting high standards of medical education and care in family practice, by contributing to public understanding of healthy living, by supporting ready access to family physician services, and by encouraging research and disseminating knowledge about family medicine.

Mission Statement

Promoting the Quality of Family Medicine in Ontario through Leadership, Research, Education and Advocacy.

Objectives of the Ontario College of Family Physicians

  • To support and advance the professional competence of members of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, a chapter of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, through the provision of programs of continuing medical education;

  • To ensure the highest quality of health care for the people of Ontario by promoting and encouraging the highest standards in the practice of family medicine in Ontario;

  • To make representations to governments, agencies, commissions, inquiries, and such other bodies as may be appropriate, and to enlighten the general public opinion and direct the formulation of public healthcare policy in the Province of Ontario;

  • To serve and further the interests of The College of Family Physicians of Canada, in Ontario, and carry out such duties as are required by the By-Laws of the National College, provided such interests are not inconsistent with the laws of the Province of Ontario;

  • To maintain liaison with the undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine of the Ontario universities in order to promote high standards of training for family practice in Ontario;

  • To establish awards and other recognitions of outstanding contributions and services to family practice in Ontario; and

  • To perform such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the purposes and objects of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, a chapter of The College of Family Physicians of Canada, which include generally the maintenance and improvement of the health of the citizens of Ontario, and the enhancement of the interests of the members of medical and other health professions in Ontario.