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Anyone else get this email from U of Wisconsin?? Anyone know how serious this is???
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Dear Applicant:
Thank you for your interest in our ophthalmology residency program. We have received your application and will be advising you whether or not it would be mutually beneficial for you to interview with us. A development regarding our residency program has occurred which we are required to bring to your attention.
As you may know, all residency programs are periodically evaluated by a Residency Review Committee (RRC), an arm of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), to be certain that residents receive proper training. In 1998, we were reviewed and received full accreditation, with anticipation of another review in four years. In March 2003, an RRC representative reviewed our program. In August 2004, we were advised that our residency was placed on a probationary accreditation status, with a subsequent re-review planned in 2006. This status means that training of residents can continue, but we are to be revisited in two years to consider whether or not the perceived deficiencies had been corrected. If the training were then deemed satisfactory, the probationary status would be removed, and the usual subsequent reviews of the program would occur. If the flaws had not been adequately corrected, continued probationary approval might occur, or in the worst case scenario, accreditation for training residents would not be granted, and subsequent graduates of the program would not be eligible to gain certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Our faculty recognizes that this is a serious matter and is highly motivated to do what is needed to reverse the conclusion of the RRC as soon as possible. We are aware of other good residency programs that had been placed on probation for a time, but were able to reverse that status at an expedited re-review. We are concerned about this development, but believe that it is extremely unlikely that the ultimate result will be the loss of accreditation of our residency program. More likely is that our facultys and current residents concentrated attention to making the training as excellent as possible will strengthen what we believe has been a good residency program, and we believe that we are making substantial progress in this direction. Please feel free to contact me by phone at (608) 263-8964 or by e-mail at [email protected] if you have questions about this situation.
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Dear Applicant:
Thank you for your interest in our ophthalmology residency program. We have received your application and will be advising you whether or not it would be mutually beneficial for you to interview with us. A development regarding our residency program has occurred which we are required to bring to your attention.
As you may know, all residency programs are periodically evaluated by a Residency Review Committee (RRC), an arm of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), to be certain that residents receive proper training. In 1998, we were reviewed and received full accreditation, with anticipation of another review in four years. In March 2003, an RRC representative reviewed our program. In August 2004, we were advised that our residency was placed on a probationary accreditation status, with a subsequent re-review planned in 2006. This status means that training of residents can continue, but we are to be revisited in two years to consider whether or not the perceived deficiencies had been corrected. If the training were then deemed satisfactory, the probationary status would be removed, and the usual subsequent reviews of the program would occur. If the flaws had not been adequately corrected, continued probationary approval might occur, or in the worst case scenario, accreditation for training residents would not be granted, and subsequent graduates of the program would not be eligible to gain certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Our faculty recognizes that this is a serious matter and is highly motivated to do what is needed to reverse the conclusion of the RRC as soon as possible. We are aware of other good residency programs that had been placed on probation for a time, but were able to reverse that status at an expedited re-review. We are concerned about this development, but believe that it is extremely unlikely that the ultimate result will be the loss of accreditation of our residency program. More likely is that our facultys and current residents concentrated attention to making the training as excellent as possible will strengthen what we believe has been a good residency program, and we believe that we are making substantial progress in this direction. Please feel free to contact me by phone at (608) 263-8964 or by e-mail at [email protected] if you have questions about this situation.
