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TAGME Update
May 5th, 2008
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR TAGME
2008 FALL OPEN ASSESSMENT
Saturday, September 27, 2008
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
TAGME will offer opportunities to take the Monitored Assessment for certification in the Fall of 2008. "Open" means that coordinators from any of the clinical specialties that have been approved for TAGME certification will be able to register for certification at various monitored assessment sites across the United States. The Application Information and the Registration Form are included on this website. Additional information can be found on the TAGME website: http://tagme.org.
OPEN ASSESSMENT SITES
| Charleston, West Virginia | ||
| Atlanta, Georgia | Chicago, Illinois | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | Cleveland, Ohio | Rochester, Minnesota |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Columbia, South Carolina | San Antonio, Texas |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
| Madison, Wisconsin | ||
| Miami, Florida |
Applications must be postmarked by June 6, 2008 to qualify for the Fall Open Assessment. Requirements for certification include:
- Three years on-the-job experience in orthopaedic surgery
- Attendance at one national meeting that focuses on GME in the past three years
- Participation in a site visit or internal review within the past three years
- Personal professional development within the past three years, including presentations at national, state, institutional, or departmental level; poster presentations or manuscripts published
A supportive verification form from the program director is also required: the application fee is $250.00.
THE TAGME CERTIFICATION PROCESS CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS
PART I: The Monitored Assessment includes a series of true/false, yes/no, or multiple choice questions taken from ABOS and ACGME guidelines and documents
- Institutional requirements
- Common program requirements
- Glossary of Terms
- Orthopaedic Surgery program requirements
- Competencies
- Acronyms commonly used by Graduate Medical Education
Part I of the certification process will take place on September 27, 2008 at the locations listed above.
PART II: The Work Effort Product is designed to assess the applicant's knowledge of the function of his/her program and determine their ability to access information and knowledge of orthopaedic-specific requirements. The Work Effort is basically a document that is e-mailed to the applicant and can be downloaded and completed in the comfort of one's own surroundings. The deadline for return of the Work Effort Product is September 27, 2008.
The application schedule is as follows:
- Applications are now being accepted for the Open Assessment: application deadline is June 6, 2008.
- Approved applicants will receive Work Effort Product by e-mail no later than June 20, 2008.
- Monitored Assessment will take place: September 27, 2008
- Deadline for return of Work Effort Product: September 27, 2008
Upon successful completion of both required parts of the process, the names of successful candidates are recommended for certification to the TAGME Board of Directors and certification is then officially awarded.
The next opportunity to apply for the certification process will be September 1-November 30 2008 for the Monitored Assessment offered at the 6th Annual ARCOS meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ARCOS meeting is tentatively scheduled for February 24-27, 2009.
For more information about TAGME and the certification process, please visit the TAGME website www.tagme.org, or e-mail your questions to gdriver@usouthal.edu.
There are currently 27 orthopaedic surgery coordinators who have successfully completed C-TAGME certification requirements!
Best regards!
Gail Driver, C-TAGME
University of South Alabama - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chair: ARCOS Task Force for Certification of Program Administrators in Orthopaedic Surgery
Download the Open Assessment Registration Form (pdf)
Download the 2008 TAGME OPEN ASSESSMENT Application and Information (pdf)
The above letter of correspondence may be downloaded here.