Residency programs must demonstrate substantial compliance with requirements established by the Review Committee for the specialty to be accredited. There are 27 Review Committees, each with specialty-specific program requirements, but all contain a subset of common program requirements (CPR) that all programs, regardless of specialty, must meet. The recently revised CPR reflect the transition from a process-oriented resident education to one of outcomes. While requirements for resources and process remain, their number and scope have been reduced, and specific competency-based requirements have been integrated. .
