The College continues to produce and distribute the Quarterly Update on Physician Resources . This document is widely distributed, and has become the definitive reference in Alberta for information on numbers and distribution of physicians. Working Group continues to manage the collection, compilation and reporting of detailed physician resource information. The revised form should be in use this fall, and will make information reporting both easier and more precise. Top Leadership For the College to be an effective policy-making organization, the Council must ensure that it demonstrates leadership and productivity in its functioning.
Councillors are committed to improving their communication skills.
Over the past year, Council held a retreat specifically designed to enhance their speaking and presentation skills. Policy issues are debated at open council meetings to allow the public and media to see what kinds of issues the College faces, and how Council deals with them. Each meeting concludes with an evaluation of effectiveness. The College's Research Ethics Review Committee has now been operational for approximately 15 months. To date, the Committee has reviewed 244 applications for ethics approval, comprising 88 individual trials involving 151 individual investigators.