How is CPSA different from the Alberta Medical Association (AMA)?

The short answer is that CPSA protects patients by regulating doctors, whereas the Medical Association advocates for Alberta’s doctors.

CPSA’s primary responsibility is ensuring that doctors meet specific standards of competency, ethics, and professionalism. The CPSA issues licenses to physicians, investigates complaints, and enforces standards to protect your safety. Essentially, we make sure that physicians in Alberta practice medicine in a safe, competent, and ethical manner.