MU internal medicine department is put on probation
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MU internal medicine department is put on probation

Date: September 30, 2010
By: Sherman Fabes
State Capitol Bureau

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A representative from the University of Missouri's medical school says that the possibilty of losing accreditation is not even an issue.
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Description: "It's impossible to consider that the internal medicine department would not be fully accredited as it is right now."

That's what communications director for the M-U school of medicine, Rich Gleba, said after the program was put on probation.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education put the program on a one year probation.

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Description: "The ACGME's primary concern with internal medicine department was in reference to duty hours and those duty hours issues have been corrected by the hiring of additional staff as well as the adjusting of schedules."

The national accreditation group will be back in May to determine if the sanctions should be lifted or not.

From the Capitol, I'm Sherman Fabes.

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A spokesman for The University of Missouri says students in the internal medicine department are are not danger of becomining ineligble for board certification. Sherman Fabes has more from the Capitol.
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Wrap: M-U made it explicit that the proabationary period was not a threat to the program's accreditation.

Communications director for the school of medicine, Rich Gleba said, the primary concern was work hours and the school took care of the issue.

Losing accreditation would not allow its residents to become board certified. 

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Description: "That would be an amazing thing for it to happen. That doesn't happen. It's not gonna happen here."

The A-C-G-M-E will be back in May to determine if the sanctions should be lifted or not.

From the Capitol, I'm Sherman Fabes.