CHEP PLUS

What CHEP PLUS does

CHEP Plus is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2018, operating as the official continuing education and professional development arm of the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour (C-CHANGE). The organization delivers accredited continuing professional development (CPD) to Canadian healthcare professionals — primarily family physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists — across cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, stroke, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Its core products are organized around three delivery formats: an annual hybrid CHEP+ Conference (with the 2026 edition focused on the Brain-Heart Interconnected New Clinical Practice Guideline at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), live accredited Small Group Workshops offered in-person and virtually, and the CHEP+ Learning Series @Home — a self-paced online catalog hosted on an LMS365-powered LearningStore with modules priced from Free to CAD 11.30. Signature programs include the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Program (DNPP) — a national peer-to-peer initiative in partnership with Diabetes Canada that supports a 'Save 100,000 Kidneys' campaign and a 'Guardians of the Glomeruli' target of 10,000 primary care providers — and the CKD Train the Trainer Program that certifies facilitators to deliver local education sessions.

CHEP+ is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), with each 2-hour session qualifying for 6 Mainpro+ credits, which is the regulated credential Canadian primary care physicians need for ongoing licensure. Its content embeds evidence-based adult learning frameworks (Andragogy/Knowles, Experiential Learning/Kolb, Transformative Learning/Mezirow, Social Learning Theory/Bandura, Self-efficacy Theory). Operationally the organization is small (1–10 employees) and single-geography (Canada), headquartered in Toronto at 1929 Bayview Ave #380, and is governed by a multi-disciplinary group of healthcare professionals.

The business model is non-commercial on the learner side: most modules are free or token-priced, and the primary revenue mechanism is unrestricted educational grants from pharmaceutical companies (Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk) plus in-kind support from partner organizations (Diabetes Canada, KMH Cardiology Clinics). Pharma sponsors explicitly do not participate in guideline or CPD content development, which preserves editorial independence. Customers are reached through a multi-channel GTM: website and email/newsletter for top-of-funnel, annual conference and live workshops for mid-funnel, and a Train the Trainer / peer-educator network that scales last-mile dissemination without proportional headcount growth. No M&A, funding rounds, or external venture capital ownership are disclosed.

Name

CHEP PLUS

Legal name

CHEP Plus

Website

https://chepplus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CHEP Plus is a Canadian non-profit founded in 2018 that serves as the official continuing education arm of the C-CHANGE cardiovascular guidelines, delivering CFPC-accredited CPD programs (conferences, workshops, online modules) to primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists across Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare professional development
• Accredited CPD programs
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Medical conferences workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

York

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Grants and Support: CHEP+ operates as a non-profit organization that receives educational grants from pharmaceutical companies (Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk) and in-kind support from healthcare organizations (KMH Cardiology Clinics, Diabetes Canada) to fund program dissemination and operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CHEP Plus is a non-profit organization that delivers continuing professional development (CPD) programs for healthcare professionals, including an annual conference, live accredited small group workshops, and an online catalog of self-paced e-learning modules. It serves as the official continuing education arm disseminating the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour (C-CHANGE) clinical practice guidelines.

Product overview

CHEP PLUS is a non-profit organization representing the continuing education and professional development arm of the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guidelines Endeavour (C-CHANGE). The organization offers a platform-plus-programs architecture consisting of the annual CHEP+ Conference, live Small Group Workshops, and the online CHEP+ Learning Series @Home (e-Learning modules). Key programs include the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Program (DNPP) and associated CKD Train the Trainer Program. The e-Learning catalog features English and French modules covering topics such as CV risk reduction in diabetes, hypertension management, heart failure, stroke prevention, brain-heart interconnected guidelines, and related clinical practice areas. Programs are accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for Mainpro+ credits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHEP+ Conference Annual in-person and virtual meeting providing healthcare professionals with the latest C-CHANGE Guidelines, featuring plenary sessions, case studies, and interactive education on cardiovascular, kidney, diabetes, and brain-heart topics.
• CHEP+ Small Group Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 Mainpro+ credits per 2-hour session
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Diabetes CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHEP+ and Diabetes Canada launched the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Program (DNPP), a national initiative supporting earlier screening and improved kidney health for people with diabetes. Diabetes Canada provides the updated clinical practice guideline on Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes (May 2025), while CHEP+ develops and delivers accredited CPD programs based on these guidelines.
• KMH Cardiology ClinicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-kind support provided to the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Program.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Medscape Education: The largest online CME platform globally, offering accredited continuing education across all major therapeutic areas to physicians. Comparable to CHEP+ in online accredited CPD delivery, though broader in disease scope and US-centric in scale.
• Canadian Medical Association (CMA): National physician membership body that provides accredited CPD programs and learning platforms to Canadian doctors. Comparable to CHEP+ in serving Canadian family physicians with accredited CPD, but with a much broader mandate and portfolio of physician services.
• American Heart Association: Major cardiovascular guideline developer and provider of accredited continuing education for clinicians. Comparable to CHEP+ in cardiovascular guideline dissemination and professional education, but US-focused and at vastly larger scale.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): Develops cardiovascular clinical guidelines and operates extensive clinician education programs (including ACC.org/SAP/MOC). Comparable to CHEP+ in being a guideline-anchored CPD provider for cardiovascular care, with strong parallel to the C-CHANGE relationship.
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Operates the MOC (Maintenance of Certification) program and provides accredited CPD to Canadian specialists. Comparable to CHEP+ in Canadian physician CPD accreditation infrastructure (analogous to CFPC's Mainpro+ system).

Emerging players

• Hypertension Canada: Develops national hypertension guidelines and provides health professional education. Directly comparable to CHEP+ in being a guideline-anchored CPD provider in a cardiovascular-adjacent therapeutic area, though smaller in scope.

Direct peers

• mdBriefCase Group: A leading Canadian provider of accredited continuing medical education for primary care physicians, offering free online CME programs. Highly comparable to CHEP+ in target audience (Canadian family physicians), delivery model (accredited online modules), and sponsorship structure (pharma-funded).
• Diabetes Canada: Both a strategic partner and a parallel provider of health professional education on diabetes and CKD guidelines. Directly comparable to CHEP+ in guideline-based CPD for primary care, and an existing co-development partner on the Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Program.
• Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL): An accredited provider of live and online CME/CE for healthcare professionals, including cardio-renal-metabolic content. Directly comparable to CHEP+ in accredited multi-channel CME delivery and pharma-supported programming.
• Pri-Med Canada: Operates large-scale primary care CME conferences and online education for Canadian family physicians. Closely comparable to CHEP+ in target audience, conference + online delivery model, and pharma-supported funding approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chep-plus

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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