APMA News - November/December 2022 - 36

CPME update
Fall CPME Meeting,
Adopted Residency
Documents, and More
Fall Meeting 2022
The Council on Podiatric Medical Education held
its fall meeting October 21. The recommendations
emanating from council committees, which
completed their deliberations at meetings and
conference calls held in September and October,
constitute the majority of each CPME agenda and
include the review of progress reports from the
colleges of podiatric medicine. The Continuing
Education Committee (CEC), Continuing
Education Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, and the
Residency Review Committee (RRC) held their
meetings in September, and the Accreditation
Committee, Budget Planning and Executive
Committees met in October.
The council updated the CPME Bylaws to add
the definition of a consultant. An additional bylaw
revision approved at the meeting and eligible for
adoption at the spring CPME meeting includes
updating the number of representatives on the RRC
to include two representatives from the American
Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
Council of Teaching Hospitals instead of one and including
two at-large representatives from residency
programs instead of one. The council also updated
CPME Policies and Miscellaneous Documents, specifically
the section on Accreditation and Evaluation
Fees and Other Assessments, which will go into effect
on May 1, 2023. The updated CPME Bylaws and
the CPME Policies and Miscellaneous Documents
can be found at www.cpme.org/bylaws and www.
cpme.org, respectively.
CPME Self-Study
The council has begun work on the CPME SelfStudy,
which was last updated in October 2017
and is due for review every five years. During the
summer of 2022, the council sent a survey to
the community of interest for its assessment of
how well the council is functioning. The council
reviewed the survey responses and began work on
the 2022 self-study during the October meeting.
Residency Documents Adopted
Following a comment period for the community
of interest, CPME has adopted revisions to CPME
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publications 320, Standards and Requirements
for Approval of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Residencies, and 330, Procedures for Approval
of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residencies,
with the exception of Appendix C, Milestones, in
CPME 320.
The council elected to defer its decision related
to Appendix C. CPME will survey the community of
interest related to the required use of milestones
in residency training and will revisit this issue at its
April 2023 meeting.
The newly approved documents will have an
implementation date of July 2023. The council
will provide live and virtual training for program
directors throughout 2023. The revised documents
and dates and locations of training will
be disseminated widely and will be published
on CPME.org.
Fellowship Document Revisions
At the October meeting, the council approved
Draft I of CPME publications 820, Standards and
Requirements for Approval of Podiatric Fellowships,
and 830, Procedures for Approval of Podiatric
Fellowships. These documents will be disseminated
for comment to the community of interest
for at least 60 days. The council will review the
comments and determine next steps and possible
adoption of these documents at its spring
2023 meeting.
Interim Review of College Documents
The interim review of CPME publications 120,
Standards and Requirements for Accrediting
Colleges of Podiatric Medicine, and 130,
Procedures for Accrediting Colleges of Podiatric
Medicine, takes place three years following
completion of the last comprehensive review
(completed in 2019) and is conducted by the
Accreditation Committee. The committee began
the interim review process during the summer of
2022 and finalized initial edits during its October
meeting. The council reviewed the proposed
edits at its October meeting and approved Draft I
to be disseminated to the community of interest
for comment.
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