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Fall 2006
Vol. 16, Number 3
ACGME Rejects IDSA/HIVMA Request on Oversease Fellowships
The council overseeing graduate medical education has denied a request by IDSA and the HIV Medicine Association to change the requirements for training programs to make it easier for infectious diseases fellows to receive accredited training at institutions in the developing world.
The Society had contacted the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to argue that overseas training can be especially important and relevant for infectious diseases trainees. (See “IDSA Addresses Barrier to ID Fellowships in Developing World,” IDSA News, Summer 2006.) ID physicians can get experience treating diseases in the developing world that cannot be had in the United States. Overseas training can also give ID fellows the opportunity to help in these resource-limited settings.
Unfortunately, ACGME has denied IDSA’s request for more flexible requirements that would allow fellows to train overseas as part of an accredited program. The Society will continue to work with ACGME to make accredited training in the developing world a possibility for ID fellows. Watch future issues of IDSA News for more information.
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