How do you know which residency programs are on probation?
Go to the ACGME site,
www.acgme.org
You have to look up each program up individually
In the left sidebar, go to the area where it says search program by location
Enter the state and specialty
You get a list of the programs
Click on "view details" for the program you are interested in
The accreditation stuff is at the bottom of all the info they show
You are looking for "continued full accreditation"
there is also probational accreditation, provisional accreditation, and continued provisional accreditation. The latter two are not considered adverse actions by the ACGME. They tend to be used when two programs merge and the ACGME, before fully certifying a program, wants to keep a closer eye on it.
The site also lists the next site review date--sometimes that review date is in the past though--when I called the ACGME they said that program was "due for a visit"--they abviously hadn't gone yet...