Biennial Program Evaluation Report

Biennial Program Evaluation Report
Statement of Purpose

The Neurohospitalist Society fellowship accreditation committee reviews and accredits neurohospitalist fellowship programs to ensure a standard level of educational quality and to promote training opportunities for neurohospitalists.

Biennial Program Evaluation Report

A biennial program evaluation report (BPER) must be submitted by May 1 every two years. This report substitutes for the annual status report in alternating years. Use the form below and upload the required documents.

ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE: $2000

Please review the institutional and core program requirements before submitting your biennial program evaluation report:
Institutional requirements
Core program requirements

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For more information, please contact the Accreditation Commitee at accreditation@neurohospitalistsociety.org.
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Institutional Requirements

Sponsoring Institution: Neurohospitalist fellowships must be overseen by a Sponsoring Institution that maintains institutional accreditation with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Canadian Excellence in Residency Accreditation (CanERA). Programs seeking accreditation must provide a letter, signed by the Designated Institutional Official or representative, stating the Sponsoring Institution’s ACGME or CanERA accreditation is current, and that the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) or Postgraduate Education Committee has knowledge of the Neurohospitalist fellowship and has approved its application for accreditation as relevant to the Sponsoring Institution.
Name of sponsoring institution:
Upload letter, signed by the Designated Institutional Official or representative, stating the Sponsoring Institution’s ACGME or CanERA accreditation is current, and that the GMEC or Postgraduate Education Committee has knowledge of the neurohospitalist fellowship and has approved its application for sponsorship as relevant to the Sponsoring Institution.

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Upload a copy of the professional liability insurance policy provided by the sponsoring institution for its clinical fellows. The insurance policy must be occurrence based or provide extended reporting endorsement coverage.

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Sponsoring Department: The sponsoring institution must have a department that takes primary responsibility for the neurohospitalist fellowship. The fellowship director must be a member of this department.
Department that takes primary responsibility for the neurohospitalist fellowship:
Is the neurohospitalist fellowship director a member of this department?

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Stop. The neurohospitalist fellowship director must be a member of the department taking primary responsibility for the fellowship.

Fellowship director’s program evaluation report
Upload the fellowship director’s biennial program evaluation report here. The program evaluation should address the curriculum, outcomes (including fellows’ achievement of educational objectives, fellows’ careers, and quality and safety of patient care), written evaluations by fellows of both the program and faculty, faculty and fellow well-being, recruitment and retention, diversity, and scholarly work including engagement in patient safety, quality improvement, and medical education.

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List the members of the program evaluation committee, including their name, degree, and role on the committee (e.g., core program faculty, medical educator, trainee, etc.).
Upload the program evaluation committee’s report here. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis (or similar) identifying areas for improvement is required.

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Policies
Since the initial accreditation or last biennial program evaluation report, have there been any changes to the program’s policies regarding supervision, moonlighting, or diversity, equity, and inclusion?

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Supervision: The program must provide a written policy regarding fellow supervision.
Upload the program’s policy regarding fellow supervision. This policy must explain how the level of supervision facilitates increasing responsibility over the course of the fellowship to prepare graduates for independent practice. While the level of supervision may evolve during the fellowship, fellows must be supervised throughout the entirety of the program.
Moonlighting: The program must provide a written policy regarding fellow moonlighting.
Upload the program’s policy regarding moonlighting. The policy must specify that moonlighting can never be required, and may not impede a fellow’s ability to meet the goals and objectives of the training program. The program’s policies regarding moonlighting must be consistent with the Sponsoring Institution’s moonlighting policy.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The program must provide a written policy describing practices that promote an equitable and inclusive learning and work environment.
Upload the program’s policy regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. This policy should describe practices that promote an equitable and inclusive learning and work environment. This must include fellow recruitment practices that value diversity.

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Biennial Program Evaluation Report

Core Program Requirements

Fellows

Length of the program, size of program, curriculum, evaluation, and graduation requirements:

Fellowship director’s program evaluation report

Policies

The Learning and Work Environment