AGP Fellowship Accredition
What?
The Academic Pediatric Association (APA) has undertaken to provide consultation and potential accreditation of academic general pediatrics (AGP) fellowship programs.
Why an Accreditation Program?
- Ensure that future faculty are equipped with the fundamental skills to succeed in academic pediatrics.
- Enhance the quality and consistency of academic general pediatric fellowships.
- Allow for individuality of programs, yet enable them to achieve core goals and objectives.
- Promote more recognition of AGP fellowships.
- Encourage more residents to select academic general pediatrics as a career choice.
What is the background of this project?
The discipline of Academic General Pediatrics (AGP) is increasingly recognized within pediatric departments in the United States as an important source of teachers, clinical epidemiologists, health services researchers, education researchers, and health care policy experts.
In 2004, a consensus conference sponsored by the American Board of Pediatrics Foundation proposed the development of an accreditation process for AGP fellowship training programs to strengthen the discipline and ensure the success of AGP in pediatric departments. To develop a curriculum for AGP Fellowships, the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) obtained a grant from the Bureau of Health Professions. A process for program review and consultation has been developed and piloted with seven volunteer AGP Fellowship programs and the core curriculum have been published in Academic Pediatrics, 2007. Vol 7, pp. 340-347 and 328-339.
Who is eligible to apply?
Programs eligible for APA Accreditation are:
- Dedicated to the teaching of scholarly skills to fellows in general pediatrics, including academic general pediatrics, hospital medicine, community pediatrics, health services research, health policy and related pediatric disciplines
- Training program of at least 2 years duration
- Not a purely clinical training program
- Not eligible for ACGME accreditation
What are the steps to apply for consultation and/or accreditation?
- Decide whether your program is eligible to apply.
- Carefully review:
- Download a copy of the Program Description Form .
- Decide whether your program can meet the accreditation requirements.
- Decide whether you wish to apply immediately, or would like a consultation visit to help you develop a plan to meet accreditation standards.
- Call the APA Office for answers to any questions (703) 556-9222.
- Submit your application by September 1 to assure review before the following July. Cover letter
- A site visit will be scheduled to discuss your program's compliance with accreditation standards. Accreditation Site Visit
Consultation Site Visit - Accreditation, if approved, will begin on July 1, 2009 at the earliest.
- Accreditation Evaluation
Note: In some cases, provisional accreditation based on careful review of the written application may precede a site visit.
| Fee Schedule: | |
| Initial Application Fee: | $3,000 |
| Annual Registration Fee: | $2,500 |
| Consultation Visit: | $3,000 + expenses |
Annual Schedule of Submission and Review
July 1: Applications accepted for next accreditation cycle
September 1: Final date for submission of applications to be considered for next accreditation cycle
January 1: Beginning of annual site visit period
June 30: Accreditations take effect for the current cycle
APA Accreditation Project Committee
Louis M. Bell, M.D., Committee Chair, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Ray baker, M.D., Children's Hospital Medical Center
Constance D. Baldwin, Ph.D. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Daniel L. Coury, M.D., Columbus Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University
Paul M. Darden, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina
Thomas G. DeWitt, M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Marge Degnon Academic Pediatric Association
Benard P. Dreyer, M.D., New York University School of Medicine
Stephen Ludwig, M.D., The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Mary Ottolini, M.D., M.P.H., Children's National Medical Center
Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Terri Turner, M.D., M.P.H., Baylor College of Medicine
If you have any question please contact:
Louis M. Bell, M.D., Committee Chair
THE ACADEMIC GENERAL PEDIATRIC FELLOWSHIP ACCREDITATION PROGRAM: ACCEPTING THE SECOND ROUND OF APPLICATIONS
The Academic General Pediatric Accreditation Committee (AGPAC) is pleased to report that it is reviewing a group of new applications in the second year of the program.
As an APA Core activity, the program is designed to strengthen fellowship training in Academic General Pediatrics (AGP) by establishing an accreditation process which has curriculum guidelines and program standards for fellowship training. Through the process of accreditation we hope to enhance education and thereby attract the "best and brightest" residents to the discipline of AGP. Importantly AGP programs come in many stripes and colors and include programs focused on health services research, clinical effectiveness, quality and safety, community pediatrics, environmental health, and hospital medicine.
In anticipation of the 2010 PAS meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia please join me in congratulating our newly accredited programs as of July 1, 2009.
- The Baylor College of Medicine's Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Training Program
- The Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship Program
- New York University's Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Program
- UC Davis Primary Care Outcomes Research Fellowship
- University of Rochester's Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Program
- SUNY Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship Program at Stony Brook
One program recently gave us exciting feedback about how the APA accreditation turned out to be a tremendous help in their negotiations with their Department Chair and "may lead to an expansion of fellowship program". This is exactly the type of early result that we were hoping to achieve.
In addition, please look for the PAS Workshop, "How to Build an Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Program", Sunday, May 2, 2010, 8:00 - 11:00 AM, lead by Neha Shah, MD and colleagues.
Finally, AGPAC will review an additional five applications for this cycle.
Applications are still being accepted. Information concerning the accreditation program and all documents required for an application can be found on the website (www.academicpieds.org) under the 'Education' section. Any questions please contact Lou Bell, MD (215-590-1964 or belll@email.chop.edu) or any of the members of the committee.
Members of AGPAC are:
Lou Bell (chairperson), belll@email.chop.edu
Constance Baldwin, Constance_Baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu
Dan Coury, dcoury@chi.osu.edu
Paul Darden, paul-darden@ouhsc.edu
Marge Degnon, marge@academicpeds.org
Tom Dewitt, tom.dewitt@cchmc.org
Benard Dreyer, bpd1@nyu.edu
Steve Ludwig, ludwig@email.chop.edu
Mary Ottolini, mottolin@cnmc.org
Peter Szilagyi, peter_szilagyi@urmc.rochester.edu
Teri Turner, tturner@bcm.tmc.edu
Program Chair
Louis M. Bell, MD
belll@email.chop.edu
