The Board of Fiscal Control (JCF) described as unacceptable the loss of accreditation of the Neurosurgery Residency Program of the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).
He also urged the UPR to reduce its administrative expenses.
In a series of tweets, the JFC raised the need for a full analysis to determine the factors that led to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announcing that accreditation will expire next year.
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“The Fiscal Control Board awarded all funds to ASEM (Medical Center) as per government budget requirements and approved all additional funds required, including $ 8 million in fiscal year 2020 for neurological equipment and other needs. ASEM more has an additional $ 50 million in capital expenditures for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, of which it has only spent $ 1 million, ”the JCF said in a series of tweets.
✔️ Loss of accreditation to the Faculty of Medicine’s neurosurgery training program is unacceptable. A thorough analysis needs to be done to determine the factors that led to this despite several years of parole. pic.twitter.com/Cde3xZCdLF
– Financial supervision and board of directors of Puerto Rico (@FOMBPR) April 20, 2021
Last week, representatives of the teaching sector before the University Board of the UPR denounced that the cuts of the JCF are responsible for the problems of accreditation of the Neurosurgery Residence Program.
In its remarks Tuesday, the Board argued that the UPR’s fiscal plan does not contemplate cuts to the RCM’s Department of Surgery. “Instead, the UPR needs to reduce administrative duplication in eleven venues. The fiscal plan did not include budget cuts to academic programs and invests more in faculty,” the JCF argued.