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Key Dates for Phase II Specialties Operating under the Next Accreditation System
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Phase II Specialties include Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dermatology, Family Medicine, Medical Genetics, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Transitional Year, and the Institutional Review
Month and Year
ACGME Activities
September 2012
N Beta Testing of Clinical Learning Environment
December 2012
N Milestones are published for all Core Specialties
Spring 2013
N Program Requirements for Phase II specialties
Program and Institutional Activities
Review (CLER) visits begins
categorized into detail processes, core processes, and outcomes
N Site visits for Phase II programs with cycle length of 3, 4, and 5 years are moved into next accreditation model
N Phase II Programs provide data including the
July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014 (Different Intervals throughout year, by specialty)
Spring 2014
annual ADS update, the resident survey, the faculty survey, case log data, and data on scholarly activities
N Final site visits in the current accreditation system are completed for Phase II programs newly accredited or with a short cycle length
N Phase II Programs form Clinical Competence
June 2014
July 2014
Committee and faculty prepares to assess Milestones
N Phase II specialties and subspecialties begin operating under next accreditation system N Phase II Milestones assessments begin for core
July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015 (Year-long) Fall 2014
programs
N Residency Review Committees (RRC) in Phase II specialties review annual data from 2013–2014 (without Milestone data)
December 2014
N Programs submit the first set of Phase I
June 2015
N Programs submit the second set of Phase I
Milestones assessments to ACGME Milestones assessments to ACGME
Fall 2015
N First self-study site visits for Phase II programs
Fall 2015
N RRCs in Phase II specialties annual data from
with a 2015 self-study date 2014–2015
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