Lost Accreditation

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What happens if a program loses it's accreditation while you are in residency? I have heard that they must place you in another program, but then someone else told me that they only will place you if you if you are in the final two years of the residency...
Any links to websites that might have the info?
Thanks

 

[deleted87716]

What happens if a program loses it's accreditation while you are in residency? I have heard that they must place you in another program, but then someone else told me that they only will place you if you if you are in the final two years of the residency...
Any links to websites that might have the info?
Thanks

I think you're pretty much on your own.

 

[lateness]

What happens if a program loses it's accreditation while you are in residency? I have heard that they must place you in another program, but then someone else told me that they only will place you if you if you are in the final two years of the residency...
Any links to websites that might have the info?
Thanks

i havent heard of that happening. but if th4ey won't make arrangements for helping you then I would work like crazy with ama freida find a resident, etc. to find other programs.

http://www.aamc.org/students/findaresident/

 

[NotAProgDirector]

i havent heard of that happening. but if th4ey won't make arrangements for helping you then I would work like crazy with ama freida find a resident, etc. to find other programs.

http://www.aamc.org/students/findaresident/

Actually, it just happened this year. You can read about it here.

Now, before anybody panics, understand that the decision to withdraw accreditation from a program is a process that lasts many years. If a program has significant failures in it's educational mission, it is placed on probation by the ACGME. Programs on probation are given 2 years to improve, and if improvement is seen probation can be extended or the program can be re-accredited. Any program on probation has to inform their residents (and applicants, I believe) of that situation. Hence, if the programs to which you have applied are not on probation, it would be a minimum of 2-3 years of extremely bad problems before this can happen. Of course, a massive disaster (think: Katrina) could possibly take a well functioning program and leave it in trouble, although all the Louisiana programs survived the storm and are still functioning.

If a program loses accreditation, it is required to help find spots for it's displaced residents. There is no guarantee -- some may get spots, some may not. In addition, if a program doesn't help it's residents, there's really nothing the ACGME can do -- the program is already being closed, the worst punishment possible.

 

[toothless rufus]

If a program loses accreditation, it is required to help find spots for it's displaced residents. There is no guarantee -- some may get spots, some may not. In addition, if a program doesn't help it's residents, there's really nothing the ACGME can do -- the program is already being closed, the worst punishment possible.

So, if they cannot place you, does that mean starting over from the beginning?

 

[mig26x]

So, if they cannot place you, does that mean starting over from the beginning?

thats scary!!!!

 

[EctopicFetus]

one of the residents from one of their programs told us most people found spots.. but they didnt get any help. I dont believe they had to start over but still this is not a fun thing to go through..