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NCOPE continues to monitor the evolving coronavirus<\/span>\u00a0disease (COVID-19) from the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a>,\u202fthe\u00a0World Health Organization<\/a>,\u202flocal and national government statements\u00a0and its potential impact to residency program education and academic programs.<\/p>\n While we at NCOPE continue our work as usual, all staff are currently working remotely.\u00a0 As a cloud-based organization with a strong infrastructure, we are prepared to manage NCOPE business continuity virtually.\u00a0 We anticipate no impact to our accreditation services and are confident in our ability to continue serving our customers, with little interruption.\u00a0 You can continue to call or email us for any of your needs.<\/p>\n NCOPE staff have whatever they need to work remotely if needed and to continue doing their jobs securely. We have increased channels of internal communication, and as always, prioritize communication with you, our education and residency community, so you can remain focused on your business challenges and goals.<\/p>\n We have received multiple questions regarding\u202fNCOPE’s response to programs that experience operational disruptions (e.g. university closures, clinical site restrictions, etc). NCOPE supports the efforts of residency programs and institutions to determine the best alternatives for residents and graduate students to complete their program\/degree requirements and recognize COVID-19 will likely disrupt normal operations.\u00a0 NCOPE\u2019s expectations are that programs continue to provide opportunities for knowledge and skills to be developed, and that programs are confident in the competencies of their graduates\/residents to enter the workforce.\u00a0 To assist residency programs, we have generated a guidance document<\/a> to address common issues being faced by many organizations, which can be accessed by CLICKING HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Please note that external regulatory requirements beyond\u00a0NCOPE\u00a0should be considered as you engage in contingency planning. To better assist you in that planning, we also strongly encourage you to consult with your university, institutional accrediting agency, and state\u2019s regulatory\/licensure guidelines as well as United States Department of Education policies.\u202f The following resources may help you in your planning:<\/p>\n Academic\/Residency Programs<\/p>\n United States Department of Education<\/p>\n This situation is evolving, and we will continue to monitor the situation as one of our top priorities. NCOPE will continue to develop additional information and resources.\u00a0 Please feel free to share this information with anyone in your program\/institution find appropriate and continue to check back for updates.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t hesitate to contact\u00a0Chris Robinson, clinical resource director\u00a0(crobinson@ncope.org)<\/a>\u202for\u00a0Robin Seabrook,\u00a0executive director\u00a0(rseabrook@ncope.org)<\/a>\u202fif you have specific questions.<\/p>\n Updated 4\/1\/2020 to add additional resource links.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Position Statement on O&P Education” url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wb3N0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIxMzQyIn19@” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%208%%” icon_color=”#0085bd” _builder_version=”4.0.7″ _dynamic_attributes=”url,link_option_url” header_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wb3N0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIxMzQyIn19@” hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Guidance for Residents, Residency Directors\/Mentors, and Administrators” url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIxMzU3In19@” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%208%%” icon_color=”#0085bd” admin_label=”Residency Resource Blurb” _builder_version=”4.0.7″ _dynamic_attributes=”url,link_option_url” header_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIxMzU3In19@”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Guidance for Students, Educators and Administrators” url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIyMjkyIn19@” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%208%%” icon_color=”#0085bd” admin_label=”Educator Resource Blurb” _builder_version=”4.0.7″ _dynamic_attributes=”url,link_option_url” header_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjIyMjkyIn19@” hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCOPE continues to monitor the evolving coronavirus\u00a0disease (COVID-19) from the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),\u202fthe\u00a0World Health Organization,\u202flocal and national government statements\u00a0and its potential impact to residency program education and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Updated 3\/18\/2020 - 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time<\/em><\/p> NCOPE continues to monitor the evolving coronavirus<\/span>\u00a0disease (COVID-19) from the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a>,\u202fthe\u00a0World Health Organization<\/a>,\u202flocal and national government statements\u00a0and its potential impact to residency program education and academic programs.<\/p> While we at NCOPE continue our work as usual, all staff are currently working remotely.\u00a0 As a cloud-based organization with a strong infrastructure, we are prepared to manage NCOPE business continuity virtually.\u00a0 We anticipate no impact to our accreditation services and are confident in our ability to continue serving our customers, with little interruption.\u00a0 You can continue to call or email us for any of your needs.<\/p> NCOPE staff have whatever they need to work remotely if needed and to continue doing their jobs securely. We have increased channels of internal communication, and as always, prioritize communication with you, our education and residency community, so you can remain focused on your business challenges and goals.<\/p> We have received several questions regarding\u202fNCOPE<\/b>\u202fresponse to programs that experience operational disruptions (e.g. university closures, clinical site restrictions,\u00a0etc).\u00a0NCOPE\u00a0supports the efforts of\u00a0residency\u00a0programs and institutions to determine the best alternatives for\u00a0residents and\u00a0graduate\u00a0students to complete their\u00a0program\/degree requirements if the current conditions disrupt normal operations.\u00a0 NCOPE\u2019s expectations are that programs continue to provide opportunities for knowledge and skills to be developed, and that programs are confident in the competencies of their graduates\/residents\u00a0to enter the workforce.<\/p> Please note that external regulatory requirements beyond\u00a0NCOPE\u00a0should be considered as you engage in contingency planning. To better assist you in that planning, we also strongly encourage you to consult with your university, institutional accrediting agency, and state\u2019s regulatory\/licensure guidelines as well as United States Department of Education policies.\u202f The following resources may help you in your planning:<\/p> Academic\/Residency Programs<\/p> United States Department of Education<\/p> This situation is evolving, and we will continue to monitor the situation as one of our top priorities. Please feel free to share this\u00a0information\u00a0with anyone\u00a0in\u00a0your program\/institution find appropriate.<\/p> Don\u2019t hesitate to contact\u00a0Chris Robinson, clinical resource director\u00a0(crobinson@ncope.org)<\/a>\u202for\u00a0Robin Seabrook,\u00a0executive director\u00a0(rseabrook@ncope.org)<\/a>\u202fif you have specific questions.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,116,111],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-education","category-governance","category-residency-education"],"yoast_head":"\nNCOPE Office<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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