Expectations for CPD Courses

Error Preserving Correction for CPD and Bounded-Norm CPD

In CANDECOMP/PARAFAC tensor decomposition, degeneracy often occurs in some difficult scenarios, e.g., when the rank exceeds the tensor dimension, or when the loading components are highly collinear in several or all modes, or when CPD does not have an optimal solution. In such the cases, norms of some rank-1 terms become significantly large, and cancel each other. This makes algorithms getting ...

Should CPD for opioid prescribing be mandatory?

Dear Colleagues, By the time this issue of Canadian Family Physician is published, we will have celebrated Family Medicine Forum’s 15th year; those at the Annual Meeting of Members will have decided on whether to support a proposal for a smaller, skills-based board; and your Board of Directors will have considered the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada’s (FMRAC’s) request to...

Pom + Ebm = Cpd?

CPD for mentors: creating a portfolio.

It is a mandatory requirement for mentors to support and assess all pre-registration students in their practice areas. The role is time consuming and challenging, but can also be extremely rewarding. This article examines the roles and responsibilities of mentors and discusses the importance of continuing professional development for mentors. It also looks at how mentors can demonstrate they me...

CPD: Test yourself

1 . a . F a l s e . T y p e 1 d i a b e t e s i s c a u s e d b y a u t o i m m u n e d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e i n s u l i n s e c r e t i n g c e l l s i n t h e p a n c r e a s a n d c a n n o t b e p r e v e n t e d . b . t r u e . c . t r u e . d . F a l s e . T h e r e i s n o e v i d e n c e t h a t a n y d r u g i s s u p e r i o r t o a n y ...