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Just got an e-mail about this; thought I'd share:
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Hi Folks,
I confirmed today that the Yale surgical program has LOST its ACGME
accreditation beginning in July 2003 (these things are done a year ahead of
time). Supposedly, poor teaching and excessive work hours were two of the
reasons cited, but no confirmation on that yet.
We were able to get a few reporters to pick up this story, so look out for
an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education soon. This will probably
get picked up by a lot of other papers as well since this is Yale we are
talking about. Its a program that has been losing residents over the past
few years because of poor working conditions. Considering the ACGME doesn't
crack down this hard on virtually anyone, this is really quite a striking
development.
Yale has a chance to redeem themselves by next year, and get their
accreditation back, but all my sources feel its unlikely to happen.
Incredible!
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(copied e-mail follows)
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Hi Folks,
I confirmed today that the Yale surgical program has LOST its ACGME
accreditation beginning in July 2003 (these things are done a year ahead of
time). Supposedly, poor teaching and excessive work hours were two of the
reasons cited, but no confirmation on that yet.
We were able to get a few reporters to pick up this story, so look out for
an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education soon. This will probably
get picked up by a lot of other papers as well since this is Yale we are
talking about. Its a program that has been losing residents over the past
few years because of poor working conditions. Considering the ACGME doesn't
crack down this hard on virtually anyone, this is really quite a striking
development.
Yale has a chance to redeem themselves by next year, and get their
accreditation back, but all my sources feel its unlikely to happen.
Incredible!
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