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CMRC Update – January 2006

CMRC representatives held a two-day meeting in November 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The revised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) was approved and signed by the original five regulatory bodies, as well as the newest regulator, the Department of Health & Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories.

Recent CMRC activities include:

1. Supporting the National Assessment Strategy project which focuses on assessment and registration processes for internationally-educated midwives;
2. Developing a national registration exam based on the Canadian Competencies for Midwives statement approved in 2004;
3. Exploring ways for regulators to support the expansion of midwifery in rural remote and northern communities and to support midwives practicing in those communities;
4. Discussing issues related to the regulation of midwifery internationally and putting the CMRC’s name forward to sit on the International Confederation of Midwives’ subcommittee on regulation issues;
5. Working with the federal Office of Controlled Substances and other stakeholders on changes to the regulations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) in order to give Canadian provinces and territories the ability to provide midwives with the authority to prescribe narcotics consistent with their scope of practice;
6. Coordinating the development of a distance-accessible continuing education module on narcotics prescribing for updating registered midwives across Canada in this area of their scope of practice in readiness for expanded prescribing authority;
7. Developing a discussion paper on expanding midwives Employment Insurance signing authority from their current ability to sign for parental leaves to include signing the medical leave portion of Employment Insurance forms for reasons that fall within the midwife’s scope of practice;
8. Exploring the possibility of developing a national process for approving midwifery education programs so that graduates of approved program can apply for registration in any Canadian jurisdiction that regulated midwifery.

History

The Canadian Midwifery Regulators Consortium (CMRC) was established in 2000 via a national process to create an inter-provincial labour mobility agreement. In March 2001, the Agreement on Mobility for Midwifery in Canada was signed by all midwifery regulatory authorities as well as provincial/territorial midwifery associations and midwifery education programs in Canada. Since that time, the CMRC has continued to work toward the harmonization of standards and administrative processes for the profession of midwifery, while maintaining a respect for provincial and territorial differences.

Membership

CMRC members include:

     College of Midwives of British Columbia
     Alberta Midwifery Health Disciplines Committee
     Saskatchewan College of Midwives
     College of Midwives of Manitoba
     College of Midwives of Ontario
     Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec
     Midwifery Council of New Brunswick
     Midwifery Regulatory Council of Nova Scotia
     Northwest Territories Health Professional Licensing (Midwifery)

Our Mission:

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Instructions for Accessing Quebec Midwifery Laws in English

To find: Regulation respecting diploma and training equivalence standards for the issue of permits by the Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec.

1. Click on the law in French on the OSFQ page. In this example, it is Règlement sur les normes d'équivalence de diplôme et de la formation aux fins de la délivrance d'un permis par l'Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec.

   Note: If you can’t understand enough French to find the right law, you will need to just pick one and continue with these steps until you find the right one.

PESA - Practice Exam

What is the PESA?

The Midwifery Pre Exam Self Assessment (PESA) is a set of sample exam questions that form a short self-administered online test. All questions are in the style of the questions found on the Canadian Midwifery Registration Examination (CMRE). Some of the questions have been used in previous versions of the CMRE. Like the CMRE, the PESA is available in English and in French.

The PESA allows users to get some direct experience with questions that mimic the format, style, language level, and difficulty level of questions on the CMRE. The specific set of questions has been chosen to also demonstrate the range of content and types of questions found on the CMRE. Finally, by taking the time-limited PESA Version A, users can also experience the approximate pace of the CMRE.

Week in the Life of a midwife in Quebec

Monday

I am back on call at 8:30am, after a weekend off. At 8am I received a phone call from Christine, my practice partner, who gave me the news about our clients.

She attended Julie’s birth on Saturday morning at the birth centre, then visited Mom and baby again on Sunday. Everything was going well. Annie had a caesarean section on Friday for a breech presentation and will probably go home from the hospital today. Christine also told me about some telephone calls she received but don’t require any follow-up. She is now off call for 24 hours from 8:30am so I change the voicemail message on my pager to let clients know that I am available.