Using the Practitioner Profile Search: A tool for patients and healthcare providers

February 26, 2025 |
News

Our mandate is to act in the public's interest. This includes fostering public trust in the medical profession.

One tool that supports informed decision-making is the Practitioner Profile Search. The directory provides details about physicians, clinical assistants, and physician assistants' education, training, primary practice location, restrictions or conditions on their practice, and -if any- previous disciplinary actions. It is updated in real time and available 24/7. 

When should you use the Practitioner Profile Search? 

  • You or a family member are seeing a new physician for the first time.
  • You or a family member have been referred to a specialist.
  • You or a family member are seeking episodic care (i.e. at a walk-in clinic).
  • You need to contact a physician for your medical records.

This online tool is just as valuable to registrants and healthcare providers to find the information they need when making consultation referrals.

We encourage the public and registrants alike to explore the tool and see how it can impact a patient’s healthcare needs and a registrant’s medical practice.

 

What the Practitioner Profile Search is not:

  • It is not intended to be a detailed practice history. 
  • It is not a disciplinary listing (see below for information on Publications and Disciplinary Actions) 

 

Other ways to stay informed about the medical profession in Manitoba:

  Publications and Disciplinary Actions lists publications for voluntary surrender of registration (licence), reinstatement applications, and cancellation of registration (for non-disciplinary reasons), as well as formal disciplinary action taken by CPSM concerning a registrant, including censures and inquiry panel decisions. Decisions are posted once the decision has been finalized. Inquiry Panel hearings, which are open to the public, are also listed.

 Council meetings are open to the public and registrants. Additionally, meeting agendas and updates are posted online.

 Public consultations are held when new Standards of Practice or Practice Directions are being developed (or updated). This encourages diverse perspectives from the public, stakeholders, and registrants.

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