The Prion Diseases Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) requires the services of a contractor with extensive knowledge and experience in developing and offering free online bilingual accredited continuous medical education (CME) programs for health professionals.
The objective of this contract is to promote continuing education in the field of CJD and related prion diseases by offering a 60-minute accredited online CME program for general practitioners, geriatricians, neurologists, palliative care physicians, nurses, and medical students in Canada that will be accessible for a 12-month period. The program’s main objectives will be to educate health professionals across the country on prion diseases and on the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS). This will promote early referrals of suspected cases of CJD to the CJDSS, and assistance to health professionals in the timely and accurate diagnosis of CJD.
