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Background: Canadian medical education programs are jointly accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) and by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). A recently signed Memorandum of Understanding now provides CACMS with autonomy in the accreditation decision-making process of Canadian medical educatin programs. Analysis: This paper presents a brief overview of the accreditation process of Canadian medical education programs and of the context in which the new Canadian accreditation standards were developed. The new Canadian standards are available through the provided electronic link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context: The paper challenges the historical novelty of the social-responsibilityof- medicine concept by reviewing the history of social medicine and its ethical novelty and highlighting that it is part of the medical identity. Analysis: The authors show that this concept involves asking ourselves how we can democratically determine health policies in general and medical education programs in particular. Lastly, they state that research and teaching in the field of human and social sciences play a valuable role in identifying changes in needs, values and health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]