The AFMRD has been invited to submit a formal position paper to the ACGME regarding Sections I-V of the Common Program Requirements. (This does not include the section on Duty Hours. We have already provided your feedback around that topic.)  In order to develop this position paper, we need input from you, our members. Here is a link to the ACGME Common Program Requirements.

Please complete this survey by Wednesday, October 19.

The following are the specific questions asked of us by the ACGME:

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* 1. What areas currently addressed in Sections I-V should be common across all specialties without the option of additional requirements for individual specialties?

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* 2. Should the ACGME develop a truncated set of Common Program Requirements that would be applied to all fellowship programs?  Please include any specific recommendations you may have regarding how Common Program Requirements for fellowships might differ from the existing Common Program Requirements.

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* 3. What issues or topics that are, or should be, common to all specialties are missing from the current Requirements? Include any specific recommendations you may have regarding how to address these issues/topics in the Requirements.

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* 4. Please provide any other comments or suggestions you have related to Sections I-V of the Common Program Requirements.

Thank you for your comments.

The AFMRD Board of Directors

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