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CPME Update
CPME College Document Revisions in Progress
On a regularly scheduled basis, the standards, requirements,
and procedures of the council are reviewed and revised. 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 Accrediting 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:
Michael Trepal, DPM (Chair)
Kieran Mahan, DPM
Albert Armstrong, DPM
Sheila McLaughlin, PhD
Daniel Bareither, PhD
Roya Mirmiran, DPM
Marie Blazer, DPM
Lori DeBlasi, DPM (ex officio)
The committee began meeting in 2016, and Draft I of the
rewrite of CPME publications 120 and 130 was disseminated
to the communities of interest in December 2017. The council
reviewed all comments received concerning Draft I and determined that due to the number and nature of the comments
received, the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee would reconvene
to address the comments and to provide recommendations to
the council at its October 2018 meeting. The Ad Hoc Advisory Committee met via conference call in June to review the
feedback received from the communities of interest and began building Draft II of CPME publications 120 and 130. Once
the committee completes its edits, Draft II will be forwarded
for the council's review and approval and disseminated to
the communities of interest for comment. Final changes and
adoption of the documents could occur as soon as the April
2019 council meeting.

Fall 2018 Residency Visits-Invitation for Comments
As part of the residency approval process, CPME conducts
on-site evaluations of new programs and on-site 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 during the fall of 2018, 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 consid-

eration 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: Nahla Wu, CPME associate director, 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

Residency Document Revisions Scheduled
The council's current schedule includes review of publications related to residency education (CPME 320, Standards
and Requirements for Approval of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Residencies, and CPME 330, Procedures for Approval of Podiatric
Medicine and Surgery Residencies).
The council has assigned an ad hoc advisory committee the
responsibility to review the documents related to residency
training. The committee will begin its review with a meeting at APMA headquarters October 19 and 20.
The Ad Hoc Advisory Committee members broadly represent the community of interest related to residency education
and have been selected with the belief that they will provide
thoughtful analysis and insight into the needed evolution of
residency training, in coordination with the goals and the interests of the profession.
The review process will be guided by the results of an online survey designed to gather information and data from the
podiatry community of interest. All APMA members are encouraged to take the survey, available at www.cpme.org/residency
adhoc. The council anticipates the review process will take
12-24 months.
The results of the comprehensive review will be transmitted to the council. Before any substantive changes become final, the council will disseminate all proposed document revisions for comment to the community of interest. The council
will afford the community of interest at least four months to
comment on the proposed changes and will take into account
any comments received on the proposed changes. If the council determines that additional document revisions are needed
based on review of the comments received, the additional revisions will be forwarded to the community of interest for another period of at least four months.
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