APMA News - November/December 2023 - 49

CPME update
CPME Continuing Education
Documents to be Revised
The CE Ad Hoc Advisory Committee met for
the first time on September 17, 2022, to begin
the process of revising CPME 720, Standards
and Requirements for Approval of Providers of
Continuing Education in Podiatric Medicine, and
CPME 730, Procedures for Approval of Providers
of Continuing Education in Podiatric Medicine.
The committee also met virtually in January and
February 2023; in person in March; virtually in May,
July, and August; and in person in September.
The committee will meet again in December
2023, January 2024, and March 2024 to continue
the document revision process. Visit www.cpme.
org/cerevisions for more information.
CPME Specialty Board Recognition
Documents to be Revised
The Specialty Board Recognition Ad Hoc Advisory
Committee held its first in-person meeting on
November 11, 2022, and has continued to meet
throughout 2023 via videoconference and in-person
meetings to revise CPME 220, Criteria and
Guidelines for Recognition of a Specialty Board
for Podiatric Medical Practice, and CPME 230,
Procedures for Recognition of a Specialty Board for
Podiatric Medical Practice. In addition, the SBRC Ad
Hoc Advisory Committee held a listening session
on August 30, 2023, to gather further insight on
three main topics:
1. Requirements for initial or continued recognition
of boards in podiatry
2. Requirements for maintenance of certification/
requirements for board certification of podiatrists
3. Requirements for subspecialty/focused area of
practice recognition
The committee extends its thanks to those who
participated in the listening session and those who
submitted written comments concerning these topics.
The committee met again in November and
will meet in December to continue the document
revision process.
Residency and Fellowship Visits -
Invitation for Comments
As part of the residency and fellowship approval
process, CPME conducts evaluations of new programs
and re-evaluations 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 on-site evaluation,
visit www.cpme.org/onsiteschedule.
The council's residency and fellowship approval
process include consideration of third-party
comments concerning an institution's qualifications
for either provisional or continued approval.
Comments must be received 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 Bertus Tempelhoff, CPME
assistant director, at btempelhoff@cpme.org.
Become a Residency Evaluator
One of the most important components of the
CPME residency approval process is the team
site visit. The site visit is a peer-review process
that helps to enhance the quality of education
by assessing a program's compliance with CPME
standards and requirements. CPME is committed
to ensuring each evaluator possesses appropriate
experience and skills essential to the evaluation
process. CPME residency evaluators must be
certified by one or both of the specialty boards
recognized by the SBRC and should be either
program directors or active faculty members of
CPME-approved residencies.
Prior to participating as a member of a team,
evaluators complete a training program and are
assigned to a team as trainees under the tutelage
of the team chair and the specialty board representatives.
The council pays all expenses incurred
during the site visit and a per diem for each travel
and on-site visit day.
Individuals interested in becoming residency
evaluators should submit a letter of interest and
current curriculum vitae to CREC Coordinator
Jazmine Xu at jxu@cpme.org. CVs will be forwarded
to either the American Board of Foot and Ankle
Surgery (ABFAS) or the American Board of Podiatric
Medicine (ABPM) as appropriate.
If you are interested in learning more about
CPME's residency evaluator responsibilities, review
the ABPM and ABFAS-certified evaluator criteria,
which can be found at www.cpme.org/residencyevaluators.
Please feel free to provide this information
to interested and qualified individuals within
and outside of your institution or organization.
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