Program on probation??
Started by pyoj
It basically means they didn't do so well on their last site visit by the residency review committee and have 1 year to make the necessary adjustments so that their program meets ACGME standards. If they fail to meet these standards at the next site visit, their accreditation will be revoked.
Gauss said:
Always cracks me up when people speak outside of their area of expertise - ok, Gauss, please enlighten me - what law, exactly, is it that requires a program to inform residency applicants of their probationary status?
Is it a Federal law? A State regulation?
Just so we are clear, neither the AMA, ACGME, RRC, nor AAPM&R have the authority to make law.
Mind you, they might be required by one of those entities to make applicants aware, but LAW? I don't think so
what circumstances would prompt a probation? does it mean that the program is in complete disarray? or was it something easily rectified, like if residents did not perform at least 200 EMG, or someone reported violation of the 80 hour work week, etc.??
on a more practical note, if you are in a program which loses accreditation what happens then? does the program director call up other programs to place their sad residents and who pays them for the next few years? also, what programs has this happened to? i had never heard of one.
chauffeur said:
2004-5: none
2003-4: University of South Carolina
2002-3: Graduate Hospital
2001-2: University of Illinois @ Chicago, Univeristy of Tennessee @ Chattanooga
ys said:
Is there a compilation of all residcencies on probation? Or do you need to go needle in a haystack for each individualo program's status?
pyoj said:
If a program is on probation, there is most likely something seriously wrong going on, whether it be a large number of small violations, 1-2 big ones or some combination thereof. I would be wary of these programs.
I actually know a former resident from the U. of SC program (listed as on probation in the above post). As far as I know, nobody from his old program helped him find a new position though he was eventually able to enter a vacated spot somewhere else.
Disciple said:
Just to serve as a counterpoint, I also know a resident who was at the South Carolina program when it closed. She was guaranteed funding for the remainder of her training (and so was of no cost to the residency she ultimately ended up at), and ended up landing nicely on her feet at Stanford.
