Four years at the helm of the CJA: the past, the new Self-Assessment Program and the future

Special announcement: perioperative cardiovascular rounds and continuing professional development modules in the Journal

“…Continuing medical education modules (now referred to as continuing professional development [CPD] modules) were introduced to the Journal in 2005 3 and have since been published biannually. The modules cover a number of topics identified by a needs assessment survey of members of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.…”

Special announcement: an updated mission statement and a new publisher for the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

“…3 This was followed in 2000 by posting the Journal online at HighWire Press. In 2004, Dr JeanFrançois Hardy launched a formal continuing professional development program through accredited self-learning modules, 4 marking the beginning of the Journal as a recognized source for accredited CME. In 2006, during my first term, electronic submission and peer review were introduced, and the electronic archive project was completed, placing the entire content of the Journal online dating back to the first issue published in 1954.…”

“…3 Ce jalon historique a été suivi, quelques années plus tard, en 2000, par la publication du Journal en ligne sur HighWire Press. En 2004, le Dr JeanFrançois Hardy a été l'instigateur d'un programme officiel de développement professionnel continu (DPC) via des modules d'auto-apprentissage accrédités, 4 une étape qui a marqué les débuts du Journal en tant que source accréditée de DPC. En 2006, au cours de mon premier mandat, la soumission électronique et la révision par les pairs ont été introduits, et le projet d'archives électroniques a été complété, ce qui a permis de publier en ligne le contenu intégral du Journal, jusqu'au premier numéro publié en 1954.…”

The role of scientific journals in continuing medical education

“…3 The objective of the module was to cover the topic of perioperative blood conservation strategies, with the help of several key articles that had been published one to two years previously in the Journal. To guide the CME participant, a short introduction to the topic was posted, and still appears, on the Journal website, that included an invitation to read the carefully selected articles.…”