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Council of Pediatric Subspecialties
List of Potential Issues to be Addressed (Created September, 2006)

  1. Fellowship Training
    1. Fellowship Application Process
    2. Debt Burden by Trainees
    3. Fellowship Stipend Support
    4. Core Competencies
    5. Scholarship Oversight Committees / Scholarship During Fellowship
    6. Attracting Residents into Fellowships
    7. Interaction with the ACGME and the Pediatric RRC
    8. Leadership Training
    9. Career Development
    10. New ACGME Requirements
      1. Common Requirements
      2. Subspecialty-Specific
    11. Program Information Forms (PIFs)
    12. Interaction with the ABP
    13. Fellowship Director Leadership Training
  2. Maintenance of Certification
  3. Workforce and Pipeline
    1. Promote Pediatrics Subspecialty Career at Medical Student Level
  4. Speaking with One Subspecialty Voice
  5. Funding of CoPS
  6. Organizational Principles and Governance
  7. Communication Plan for CoPS
  8. Transitional Care (Children and Adolescents à Adult)
  9. Work Life Balance
  10. Career Development
    1. Academic Career
    2. Other Careers
  11. Faculty Development – Teaching Skills
  12. Develop and Share a Core Curriculum for Subspecialty Training
  13. Develop and Share Evaluations of the Core Competencies
  14. Leadership Training
  15. Division Chiefs/ Section Chiefs
  16. Subspecialty Reimbursement
  17. Advocacy with Payors
  18. Developing Cross Cutting Core Issues Across Subspecialties
  19. Diversity of Workforce
  20. Support for Research
  21. Subspecialty-Specific Continuing Medical Education Courses