APMA News - July/August 2017 - 48

CPME Update
US Education Assistant Secretary
Extends CPME Recognition
The Council on Podiatric Medical Education has received
official notification from the US Secretary of Education that
its status as a nationally recognized accrediting agency has
been continued for five years, the maximum period obtainable. The notification came in a May 25 letter from Assistant
Secretary Holly Ham, who concurred with the recommendation of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional
Quality and Integrity to extend the council's recognition. The
recognition accorded the council by the assistant secretary
enables colleges of podiatric medicine to continue to maintain their eligibility for federally sponsored student loan programs. The recognition also enhances the prestige and integrity of the council, APMA, and the profession.

CPME College Document
Revisions in Progress
The standards, requirements, and procedures of the council
are reviewed and revised on a regular basis. In order to facilitate
these reviews, ad hoc educational policies, standards, requirements, and procedures committees are appointed. The council's
current schedule includes review of publications related to podiatric college evaluation and accreditation (CPME 120, Standards
and Requirements for Accreditation of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine,
and CPME 130, Procedures for Accrediting Colleges of Podiatric
Medicine). The following individuals serve on the council's college ad hoc advisory committee:

Fall 2017 Residency Visits-Invitation for Comments
As part of the residency approval process, CPME conducts
on-site evaluation of new programs and on-site re-evaluation of
approved programs. Each fall and spring, CPME meets to determine approval decisions. At its fall meeting, the council reviews
programs visited during the previous spring's on-site evaluation
cycle, and at its spring meeting, the council reviews programs
visited during the previous fall's on-site evaluation cycle.
To review the programs currently scheduled for an on-site
evaluation during the fall of 2017, visit www.cpme.org and
select "Approval Information for Residencies." The council
updates the list as evaluation dates are confirmed.
The council's residency approval process includes consideration of third-party comments concerning an institution's
qualifications for either provisional or continued approval.
Comments must be received no later than 15 days prior to
the program's scheduled site visit date. All third-party comments must be signed. Comments are forwarded to the evaluation team, and anonymously to the program director for
response, if appropriate, prior to the visit.
Please submit third-party comments for programs to be
reviewed this fall to CPME Associate Director Nahla Wu at
ngwu@cpme.org.
Or, if you prefer, mail comments to:
Nahla Wu
Council on Podiatric Medical Education
9312 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814

Increasing Residency Positions

* Michael Trepal, DPM (Chair)
* Albert Armstrong, DPM
* Daniel Bareither, PhD
* Marie Blazer, DPM

* Kieran Mahan, DPM
* Sheila McLaughlin, PhD
* Roya Mirmiran, DPM
* Lori DeBlasi, DPM
(ex officio)

The committee met in February and May. As part of the review process, the committee has reviewed the requirements for
college accreditation utilized in numerous professions including allopathic medicine, dentistry, and osteopathic medicine.
The community of interest has provided input on the process
through a survey.
The council will consider drafts of CPME 120 and 130 at its
October meeting. If approved by CPME, the proposed document changes will be disseminated to the community of interest, and one or more public forums could be held during the
winter. Final changes and adoption of the documents could
occur as soon as the April 2018 CPME meeting.
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Approximately one-third of all new residency positions result from the expansion of residencies already approved by
CPME. The council encourages approved residencies with sufficient clinical volume and resources to support additional residents to continue those significant efforts by considering an
increase in positions for the 2018-19 training year.
An institution sponsoring an approved podiatric residency that is considering an increase in positions must receive
authorization from CPME's Residency Review Committee prior to activating the positions. The effective authorization date
of increased residency positions is no earlier than the date on
which the program has both authorization of the increase and
the additional resident(s) in place. Refer to pages 21 and 22 in
CPME 330, Procedures for Approval of Podiatric Medicine and
Surgery Residencies, for a complete description of the process
for considering increases in residency positions. CPME 330
and the Application for Increase in Positions (RRC/CPME 345)
are available on CPME.org under "Residencies."
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