According to the January 2011 issue of RRC News Pediatric, 164 fellowship programs – including some pediatric infectious diseases training programs –were reviewed in 2010. The most frequently cited areas are described below.
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164 Subspecialty Programs Reviewed for a Status Decision Total of 493 Citations – 3 citations/program (Table from the January Issue of RRC News Pediatric) |
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1. Scholarly Activities - faculty and fellow scholarly activity lacking |
62 |
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2. Practice Based Learning - no ILP; no evidence of quality improvement project; no curriculum to teach teaching skills |
58 |
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3. Systems Based Practice and Improvement – no/limited didactic and/or experiential; identifying systems errors; training administering subspecialty; faculty oversight |
53 |
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4. Responsibilities of the PD – PIF not complete or accurate |
38 |
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5. Qualifications of Faculty – no ABP certification; no evidence of an ongoing scholarship |
34 |
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6. Evaluation of Fellows – no semiannual written evaluations or evidence of final evaluation stating ability to practice w/o supervision |
34 |
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7. Evaluation of the Program – not done annually; fellows and faculty don’t provide written, confidential evaluation; no evidence of action plan to address deficiencies |
28 |
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8. Evaluation of Faculty – evaluation by fellows does not ensure confidentially |
14 |
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9. Goals and Objectives – not rotation- and level-specific or competency-based |
12 |
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10. Responsibilities of the Faculty – do not devote sufficient time teaching/supervising |
9 |
