APMA News - January/February 2025 - 29

CPME update
to accreditation with monitoring and extend
accreditation through October 2029. The
college is in noncompliance with Standard
1B Strategic Planning; Standard 1D Ongoing
Evaluation Process; Standards 2B Relationship
with Parent Institution, 3B Chief Academic
Officer, and 6F Organization; and Standard 5B
Faculty Size.
* Des Moines University College of Podiatric
Medicine and Surgery - At its October 2024
meeting, the CPME elected, based on a
focused evaluation site visit, to approve the
substantive change in location request from
the Des Moines University College of Podiatric
Medicine and Surgery.
College Documents-CPME 120
and CPME 130
CPME has begun the process to revise the
college documents, CPME 120, Standards
and Requirements for Accrediting Colleges of
Podiatric Medicine, and CPME 130, Procedures
for Accrediting Colleges of Podiatric Medicine.
Per the CPME Bylaws, the review of these documents
will be led by an ad hoc advisory committee
comprised of members representing organizations
within the community of interest and will begin
in 2025. As part of the document review process,
CPME surveys the community of interest to obtain
its opinions regarding crucial elements of these
college documents. The survey is designed to
provide baseline information for consideration by
the committee. The survey was disseminated to
the community of interest on November 8, 2024,
and the survey closed January 15, 2025. More
information concerning this process will be shared
as available. Updates to this process can be found
at www.cpme.org/collegerevisions.
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 updates the list as
evaluation dates are confirmed.
The council's residency and fellowship
approval process includes 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
and 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 scheduled to be reviewed to:
Bertus Tempelhoff, CPME assistant director, at
btempelhoff@cpme.org.
Become a CPME Residency
Program 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 CPME 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 the executive director of their CPMErecognized
certifying board.
If you are interested in learning more about
CPME's residency evaluator responsibilities,
please review the ABPM and ABFAS-certified
evaluator criteria, which can be found at www.
cpme.org/residencyevaluators. Feel free
to provide this information to interested and
qualified individuals within and outside of your
institution or organization.
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