Site visit tip: Check your case log data
This blog may only concern general surgery training programs although I would be interested to know if it pertains to other surgical training programs as well.
In 2005, the ACGME required all general surgery training programs to use the ACGME Resident Case Log System. Programs using another case management system before 2005 had to go through a conversion process in order to get their data on the ACGME system.
By August of every year, surgery programs submit their case data to the ACGME, and the organization sends national and program data reports out to the training programs in the fall. (You can find this data by going into ADS and clicking on Case Log Reports.) One of the 10 top citations for surgery programs is case acquisition, so most program directors and coordinators review the data reports in preparation for their site visits.
For you surgery program managers who have not had a site visit since converting your data over to the ACGME Case Log System, you may want to look at those national and program ACGME reports to see how your data was presented. Data that was converted may have been uploaded into the ACGME System incorrectly during the conversion process.
For example, the ACGME uploaded all cases as adult even though many of the cases were originally designated as pediatric. Although you may have addressed concerns with the ACGME at the time of the conversion, you will want to be prepared to address any case acquisition questions since your last site visit, including any issues stemming from the conversion.
I would be interested in knowing if any other programs have a similar situation.
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Ruth Nawotniak
Ruth Nawotniak is cofounder and first president of the National Board for Certification of Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME).
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