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[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Council Takes Additional Steps to Increase Residency Positions The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (the council) is corresponding with residency programs about two matters of significant importance addressed recently by the council.
The first area of significance relates to the looming shortage of residency positions available to the 2011 graduating class. The council has once again focused significant attention on facilitating increases in positions in approved podiatric residency programs. Following a thorough review of available clinical experiences, the council identified programs with the clinical capacity to increase by a total of 155 new residency positions. The council is in the process of notifying each of those programs that it is authorized to add residents. While it is not expected that all of the offers to increase positions will be accepted, the council is hopeful that the positions that are accepted will help alleviate the residency position shortage. The council will provide frequent updates to the profession about the number of authorized residency positions available to the 2011 graduating class.
Also, as reported in November, the council has formally adopted revised residency approval documents with an implementation date of July 1, 2011. The documents and a detailed description of the process to be used in the transition to the new documents are on the council's website. The council is now forwarding a letter to each approved residency informing the program director of the conversion process specific to that program. The conversions will occur either through the regular onsite evaluation process, or, if the program is not scheduled for a visit during the 2011-2012 or 2012-2013 training years, by the submission and formal review of information specific to several aspects of the new requirements.
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The first area of significance relates to the looming shortage of residency positions available to the 2011 graduating class. The council has once again focused significant attention on facilitating increases in positions in approved podiatric residency programs. Following a thorough review of available clinical experiences, the council identified programs with the clinical capacity to increase by a total of 155 new residency positions. The council is in the process of notifying each of those programs that it is authorized to add residents. While it is not expected that all of the offers to increase positions will be accepted, the council is hopeful that the positions that are accepted will help alleviate the residency position shortage. The council will provide frequent updates to the profession about the number of authorized residency positions available to the 2011 graduating class.
Also, as reported in November, the council has formally adopted revised residency approval documents with an implementation date of July 1, 2011. The documents and a detailed description of the process to be used in the transition to the new documents are on the council's website. The council is now forwarding a letter to each approved residency informing the program director of the conversion process specific to that program. The conversions will occur either through the regular onsite evaluation process, or, if the program is not scheduled for a visit during the 2011-2012 or 2012-2013 training years, by the submission and formal review of information specific to several aspects of the new requirements.
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