Accreditation CommitteeMPPDAMarch 23rd, 2015

AgendaSuccesses, Pitfalls, Challenges with 2 New Programs~ Colorado & Puerto Rico!

Lisette Lugo (PR) & Daniel Reirden (CO)

ACGME ~ Thoughts from Data/Site Visits/Citations

Annual Survey – top 3 pitfalls

Milestones & CCC’s

How to make it real?

Other items (? Post interview communication…time permitting)

Data Resource Book 2013-14

Accreditation ~ 79 Programs

1 initial accreditation

1probationary accreditation

75 continued accreditation

2 future withdrawal

ACGME annual survey…% Compliant Mean (1-5)

Provided Data Re: Practice Habits

59% 3.4

Education (not) compromised by service obligations

71% 3.9

Satisfied with feedback after assignments

71% 3.9

Ideas re: Milestones, CCC’s, Survey?

Post-interview Communication

commentsI appreciate the Johns Hopkins program's decision to abide by these standards, and it did not sway my preferences in one way or another.

In the midst of other programs showing interest, it initially made me unsure about Hopkins' interest in me as an applicant

THIS IS THE BEST IDEA EVER OMG. I really like that programs are doing this. I wouldn't believe anything you said about me anyway, so this spares me the mental work of assuming you're all liars. Several thumbs up.

I appreciate the standardized approach to post interview communications

post interview communication makes me uncomfortable and makes me roll my eyes at the program that is contacting me. It strikes me as juvenile and unprofessional. If I were at hopkins, I'd be proud to say that my program didn't participate in that sort of thing.

I appreciate that you did this, but it was frustrating when other programs didn't follow the ABIM guidelines and I had no idea where I stood. Nevertheless, I think it's a good idea.

I like that the program maintained transparency and integrity.

Yale

commentsThis is a great ideal to strive for, but it was definitely confusing as an applicant when half of programs had a no communication policy and the other half were sending recruitment mail. … It was very hard on me as an applicant overall to figure out the proper way to respond to programs or not and I wish that ultimately all programs had a no communication policy.

I agree with the principle that all programs should not communicate after interviews. It really only makes applicants feel like they need to game the system and not express their true preferences. But I worry if some programs do it and some programs don't. It was nice to get the assurance from some places even if I knew others were consciously not sending recruitment communications and I appreciated that they did not.

Post-interview communication influenced my rank list in a negative way - I tended to move those programs down. While generally flattering, it was very confusing to figure out how to trust them, and anxiety producing to figure out how to respond back. I much prefer no contact from PDs (especially when that is expressly stated at the interview).

Other Thoughts?