Another Casualty of the cuts
As shortages increase in certain medical specialties, accreditation can be an additional challenge.
Recently, the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center lost accreditation for its cardiology fellowship program.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education dropped the program after determining that the training environment provided inadequate teaching time.
Resident work hours, lack of available staff and teaching physicians, and salaries for faculty all played a role in the problem.
The hospital is hoping to regain its good standing before the decision takes effect next year.
The cardiology training program currently has 13 fellows and will officially close June 30, 2009, unless the hospital remedies the situation.
A new director has been appointed to the training program, and additional faculty and other staff have joined on and they are optimistic they can attain accreditation by June 2009.
Recently, the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center lost accreditation for its cardiology fellowship program.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education dropped the program after determining that the training environment provided inadequate teaching time.
Resident work hours, lack of available staff and teaching physicians, and salaries for faculty all played a role in the problem.
The hospital is hoping to regain its good standing before the decision takes effect next year.
The cardiology training program currently has 13 fellows and will officially close June 30, 2009, unless the hospital remedies the situation.
A new director has been appointed to the training program, and additional faculty and other staff have joined on and they are optimistic they can attain accreditation by June 2009.
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