As part of the educational process, you are required to have a log of cases completed during your training. The guidelines to log cases, applies to all fellows. Please use this as a reference guide to allow consistent documentation of surgical cases performed. While the document “POSNA case log guidelines” is directed at fellows logging into New Innovations, the case examples can also be applied to logging cases into ACGME.
For those of you at programs that are ACGME accredited, you are required to log cases through the ACGME website/ADS system. If you cannot access the case log system through ACGME, please contact them directly for instructions.
For fellows training at POSNA accredited programs (i.e. the program is NOT ACGME accredited), you will log cases on the New Innovations website. You are required to log cases from August 1, through July 31 of your fellowship year. Fellows at POSNA accredited programs are required to LOG 250+ CASES (not CPT codes) to meet the requirements for fellowship completion. Please review the case log instructions to ensure appropriate case entry.
At the conclusion of your fellowship year, POSNA will review and verify your case logs. You will also be asked to complete an anonymous program evaluation. The evaluation form will be distributed in July, prior to the official end of your training. Please note that evaluations will not be shared with fellowship directors until after your fellowship has concluded. Upon completion of your case logs and submission of the program evaluation, you will receive your POSNA Certificate of Completion, recognizing your successful training in pediatric orthopaedic surgery.
Grievances & Violations
Both applicants and fellowship programs are committed to the rules and outcomes of the match program. Violations of the match process (such as accepting a position outside of the match from a program inside the match) will be heard by the POSNA fellowship match grievance committee and sanctions may be levied against the fellowship program and/or the applicant.
Code of Conduct
The pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship match is part of a single match process through the SF Match and therefore subject to the AAOS Board of Specialty Societies guidelines. To make the application process as equitable as possible, programs and applicants must abide by the BOS Code of Conduct and may be subject to sanctions for violations of match guidelines. Programs and applicants must sign that they agree to the Code of Conduct and Match Sanctions to begin the match process with SF Match. Programs and applicants should not allow or arrange for non-interview program visits during the match cycle period (i.e., between when the SF Match site opens for applications and when the match is announced). Please contact the Fellowship Training/Qualifications for Practice committee with any questions.
