--- Membership --- Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

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CSME Membership Requirements:

A medical license, current and unrestricted good standing with a provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Physicians must have practiced a minimum number of years before being considered for admission to the society as an general member. The minimum number of years is seven for a family physician or general practitioner, and is five years for a specialist in good standing with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Practice is defined as being in good standing on a Provincial Medical Register, as a general (not educational) practitioner, engaged in the treatment of patients. A physician not meeting these criteria may be entitled to membership upon a special resolution being passed at the AGM granting such membership.
Must submit a current and complete curriculum vitae
Must submit two examples of recent medicolegal evaluations (patient identifiers blanked out) with application

These samples will be graded based on the ability to do the following:

Obtain a relevant, suitably detailed medicolegal history.
Complete and describe a relevant, suitably in-depth clinical examination.
Critically review and analyze case documentation and identify deficiencies in the database.
Use clinical evidence to derive and clearly communicate diagnoses, impairments, and resultant disabilities.
Fully address the issue of causality by reference to logical reasoning, the evidence as a whole, and formal causation rules.
Express conclusions in fair and unbiased terms, with proper reference to the database, assessment, literature and evidence-based practices.