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Policies and Procedures for Residency Education in the Subspecialties
of Neurology
- The initial application for a subspecialty program will not require a site
visit, but will require submission of all application materials and information
and must be signed by the director of the subspecialty program and the director
of the core program in neurology. (Applications for programs in child neurology
must be cosigned by the directors of the accredited programs in both pediatrics
and neurology.) The Residency Review Committee (RRC) for Neurology will take
initial action based on a "paper review" of the program, namely, a review
without a site visit.
- Subsequent review of subspecialty programs will be in conjunction with
the survey and review of the core program in neurology. The subspecialty program
director will complete a separate set of forms for review of the subspecialty
program. In special cases determined by the RRC, a subspecialty program may
be surveyed and reviewed separately. The RRC will also entertain interim requests
and, on occasion, ask for interim progress reports.
- The RRC will designate programs as being accredited or not accredited.
No further delineation of accreditation categories will be utilized. The accreditation
of a program will be directly tied to that of the core. If the core program
(either neurology or pediatrics for child neurology programs) is subsequently
accredited on a probationary basis, this is simultaneously a warning to the
related subspecialty program that accreditation is in jeopardy. Withdrawal
of accreditation of the core program (either neurology or pediatrics for child
neurology programs) will result in a simultaneous loss of accreditation of
the subspecialty program.
- If the core program (either neurology or pediatrics for child neurology
programs) remains in good standing, but the RRC judges the subspecialty program
to be in noncompliance with the applicable program requirements, a warning
will be issued. If these areas of noncompliance are not corrected, accreditation
may be withdrawn from the subspecialty program. The Procedures for Proposed
Adverse Actions and the Procedures for Appeal of Adverse Actions may be utilized
by programs from which accreditation has been withdrawn in an action separate
from withdrawal of accreditation of a core program.
- Inquiries about accreditation of subspecialty programs should be directed
to the Executive Director of the RRC for Neurology.
Effective Date: April, 1998
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