The Continuing Education Committee (CEC) is responsible for recommending to the Council approval of providers of continuing education in podiatric medicine. CEC reviews applications, petitions for continued approval, evaluation reports, progress reports, requests for reconsideration, and annual reports when concerns have been identified through staff review. The Committee may recommend to the Council minor or emergency modifications in policies, standards, requirements, and procedures and recommend to the responsible ad hoc advisory committee modification of policies, standards, requirements, and procedures relative to the areas of responsibility of the Continuing Education Committee.
The composition of the Continuing Education Committee shall include three representatives of approved providers of continuing education in podiatric medicine (selected by the Council), two representatives from the podiatric practice community (selected by the Council), one representative from state boards for examination and licensure (the Council may request that the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards recommend a potential representative), one representative from the American Society of Podiatric Executives (hereinafter referred to as “ASPE”) and at least two Council members (one of whom should be a public member). ASPE shall be requested to provide a list of names from which the Council chair shall select an appointee for the Committee. The members of the Committee are appointed by the Council chair and confirmed by the Council.
The Continuing Education Committee shall have two official meetings a year. Additional meetings may be called when necessary by the chair of the Committee or by a majority of Committee members. Such additional meetings are subject to the approval of the Council chair. Between meetings, an e-ballot may be initiated by the chair of the Committee or staff members. For substantive issues of great urgency that arise between meetings of the Committee, a video/conference call may be initiated by the chair of the Committee with the approval of the Council chair or by the Council chair.
A committee member who is affiliated in an official capacity with, or who has a financial interest in, or receives compensation from a college of podiatric medicine, residency program, fellowship program, certifying board, or provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine shall remove him/herself/themself from all deliberations when his/her/their institution, organization, or program is being considered. A committee member shall remove themselves from any deliberation, discussion, and voting on any matter pertaining to a program, institution, or organization for which he/she/they have served as an on-site evaluator until an accreditation/approval action has been taken by the Council.
All requests and submissions from continuing education providers to the CEC must be made using the CPME Portal.
Continuing Education Committee Members
Alyssa Stephenson, DPM (Chair) (CPME member)
Podiatrist
Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
Rosemay Michel, DPM (practitioner representative)
Fayetteville, NC
Ebony Love, DPM (approved provider representative)
Director of Continuing Medical Education
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Judith Manzi, DPM (Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards representative)
TPMG Senior Physician
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Santa Clara, CA
Kerry Simm (approved provider representative)
Administrator of Continuing Education
National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Bellefonte, PA
Oleg Petrov, DPM (approved provider representative)
Director of Continuing Education
AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago
Chicago, IL
Lara Beer-Caulfield (American Society of Podiatric Executives representative)
Director of Continuing Education
William L. Goldfarb Foundation
Camp Hill, PA
Amanda Soelle (CPME member)
Consultant
AJS Consulting, LLC
Madison, WI
William A. Yoder, DPM (practitioner representative)
Oak Creek, WI
Continuing Education Committee Staff
Sandra Saylor
CPME Associate Director