The Fiscal Control Board (JCF) described the loss of accreditation of the University of Puerto Rico’s (UPR) Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) Neurosurgery Residency Program as unacceptable.
He also called on the UPR to reduce administrative burdens.
In a series of tweets, the JFC stated that a full analysis is needed to determine the factors that led the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to announce that the accreditation will expire next year.
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The Fiscal Control Board allocated all funds for ASEM (Medical Center) according to government budget requirements and approved all necessary additional funds, including $ 8 million in fiscal 2020 for neurological equipment and other needs. ASEM also has an additional $ 50 million capital expenditures for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years, of which it has spent only $ 1 million, ” the JCF said in a series of tweets.
✔️ Loss of accreditation in the School of Medicine neurosurgery training program is unacceptable. A full analysis must be made to determine the factors that led to this despite several years of probation. pic.twitter.com/Cde3xZCdLF
– Financial Oversight & Mgmt Board for Puerto Rico (@FOMBPR) April 20, 2021
Last week, representatives from the education sector for the University Board of the UPR denounced that the JCF cuts are responsible for the accreditation problems of the Neurosurgery Residency Program.
In its statements on Tuesday, the Council said the UPR’s tax plan does not provide for cuts in the RCM’s Surgery Department. “Instead, the UPR should reduce administrative duplication on 11 campuses. The tax plan did not include cuts to academic programs and invested more in the faculty,” said the JCF.