The Fiscal Control Board (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 called on the UPR to reduce its administrative costs.
In a series of tweets, JFC stated that a full analysis is needed to determine the factors that led to the Accreditation Board for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announcing that accreditation will expire next year.
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“The Fiscal Control Board provided all funding for ASEM (Medical Center) in accordance with the requirements of the government budget and approved all necessary additional funding, including $ 8 million in fiscal year 2020 for neurological equipment and other needs. ASEM also has additional capital expenditures of $ 50 million. for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, of which he spent only $ 1 million, “JCF said in a series of tweets.
✔️ Loss of accreditation to the School of Medicine’s neurosurgery training program is unacceptable. A full analysis must be done to determine the factors that led to it, despite several years of testing. pic.twitter.com/Cde3xZCdLF
– Financial Supervision and Board of Directors for Puerto Rico (@FOMBPR) April 20, 2021
Last week, the representatives of the didactic sector in front of the UPR University Council denounced that the JCF reductions are responsible for the accreditation problems of the residency program for neurosurgery.
In its statements on Tuesday, the Council said that the UPR’s fiscal plan does not envisage cuts to the RCM’s Department of Surgery. “Instead, UPR needs to reduce administrative duplication on eleven campuses. The fiscal plan did not include budget cuts to academic programs and invests more in college,” JCF argued.