Volunteer to Become a CPME Residency Program Evaluator
One of the most important components of the CPME residency approval process is the team on-site visit. The visit is a peer-review process that helps to enhance the quality of education by assessing a program’s compliance with CPME standards and requirements. CPME is committed to ensuring each evaluator possesses appropriate experience and skills essential to the evaluation process. CPME residency evaluators must be certified by one or both of the specialty boards recognized by the Joint Committee on the Recognition of Specialty Boards and must be either program directors or active faculty members of CPME-approved residency programs.
Prior to participating as a member of a team, evaluators complete a training program and are assigned to a team as trainees under the tutelage of the team chair and the specialty board representatives. The Council pays all expenses incurred during the site visit as well as a per diem for each travel and on-site visit day.
Individuals certified by ABFAS:
If you are interested in being nominated to serve as a site visit evaluation team member, please submit your CV along with a letter of interest to Kathy Kreiter, executive director, at [email protected].
Individuals certified by ABPM:
If you are interested in being nominated to serve as a site visit evaluation team member, please submit your CV along with a letter of interest to Stephanie Hook, DPM, executive director, at [email protected].
If you are certified by both ABPM and ABFAS, please send a CV to each board.
Collaborative Residency Evaluator Committee (CREC)
CREC is a collaborative effort of the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, the American Board of Podiatric Medicine, and the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. Each Board represents a specialty area in which residency training occurs. The Committee is responsible for improving the methods by which residency evaluators and team chairs are selected, trained, assessed, and remediated. The Committee consists of nine members, three from each organization, all of whom are selected by their respective group.
CREC Members
- Nancy Chouinard (CPME Staff)
- Randall L. Dei, DPM (ABFAS)
- Stephanie Hook, DPM (ABPM Staff)
- Katherine Kreiter (ABFAS CEO/Executive Director)
- Charles M. Lombardi, DPM (ABFAS)
- Randy Semma, DPM (ABPM)
- Harry Schneider, DPM (CPME)
- Bertus Tempelhoff (CPME Staff)
- Kiana Trent, DPM (ABPM)
CREC Staff
Briana Santos
Residency and Volunteer Program Coordinator