APMA News - May/June 2019 - 52

CPME Update
Spring Meeting
The Council on Podiatric Medical Education held its spring
meeting at APMA headquarters April 25-27. The recommendations emanating from council committees, which completed
their deliberations at meetings and conference calls held from
February through April, constitute the majority of each CPME
agenda and include the review of the annual reports from the
colleges of podiatric medicine. The Joint Committee on the Review of Specialty Boards (JCRSB) held its meeting in February.
The Continuing Education Committee (CEC), Residency Review Committee (RRC), and the Collaborative Residency Evaluator Committee (CREC) all held meetings in March. The Accreditation Committee and the Budget Planning and Executive
Committees also met in April in Bethesda, MD.
Concerning the review and revision of CPME 120, Standards
and Requirements for Accrediting Colleges of Podiatric Medicine,
and CPME 130, Procedures for Accrediting Colleges of Podiatric
Medicine, and the College Accreditation Eligibility Requirements,
the council determined that based on the nature and scope of
comments received from the communities of interest, the documents will be reopened for comment this spring with an anticipated final adoption by the council at its October meeting.
The CPME Bylaws were revised and adopted at the April
council meeting to address the length of terms for Accreditation
Committee, CEC, RRC, and Nominating Committee members;
to clarify the CPME election procedures; to include a nondiscrimination notice; to increase the number of members on the
CEC; and to increase consistency with the CREC Bylaws. Additionally, the CPME approved a bylaws change concerning the
use of e-ballots. The updated CPME Bylaws are located at www.
cpme.org.
Residency actions at the April CPME meeting included
(please see pages 13-17 of the July 2015 version of CPME 330,
Procedures for Approval of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residencies, at www.cpme.org, for definitions of the following categories of approval):
Sustain to Withdraw Approval-0
Withdraw Approval-0
Probationary Approval-5
Approval-9
Approval with additional information requested-15
Voluntary termination-2

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Documents to be Disseminated for Comment
The JCRSB recently embarked on its review of CPME documents 220, Criteria and Guidelines for Recognition of a Specialty
Board for Podiatric Medical Practice, and 230, Procedures for
Recognition of a Specialty Board for Podiatric Medical Practice. The
council reviewed and approved the revisions at its spring meeting and determined that Draft I of the revised JCRSB documents
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will be disseminated to the communities of interest for comment. Comments will be due by August 15, 2019, and may be
considered for final adoption by the council during its October 2019 meeting. Details can be found at www.cpme.org.
The CEC also commenced its interim review of documents
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 council reviewed and approved the revisions at its spring meeting and determined that Draft I of the
revised CEC documents will be disseminated to the communities of interest for comment. Comments will be due by August
1 and may be considered for final adoption by the council
during its October 2019 meeting. Details can be found at
www.cpme.org.

Council Elections and Appointments
The council elected its officers to be effective at the close of
the council's October meeting. Kieran Mahan, DPM, of Philadelphia, was elected chair, and Keith Cook, DPM, of Newark,
NJ, was elected vice chair.
Alyssa Stephenson, DPM, of Fond du Lac, WI, and Steven
Vyce, DPM, of New Haven, CT, both attended their first CPME
meeting in April as at-large members. Dr. Vyce will serve the
council on an interim basis until the next scheduled election
in October. He replaces Coleen Napolitano, DPM, who served
the council since 2013 and also served on the CEC and RRC.
CPME wishes Dr. Napolitano all the best and is thankful for
her service to the council.
The council also confirmed the following CPME representatives to council committees: Dr. Vyce was confirmed as the
CPME representative on the RRC; Melanie Violand, DPM, was
reconfirmed as a member of the Accreditation Committee; and
Jane Marie Souza, DPM, was reappointed as a CPME representative on the Accreditation Committee.

At-Large Member Positions Open on the Council
CPME's Nominating Committee is seeking applications for
four at-large and two public CPME positions. CPME will hold
a closed ballot election to fill the positions at its October meeting. The positions are for three-year terms renewable up to
three consecutive terms.
The council asks each applicant to describe in writing
how he or she satisfies at least two of the following five eligibility requirements:
Has been active for a period of at least two years as a
director of an approved podiatric residency program.
Has been active for a period of at least two years as an
academic administrator or a full-time faculty member at

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