About

The Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) represents the over 200 teaching hospital members of the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM).  Our members are teaching hospitals and health systems dedicated to excellence in graduate podiatric medical education and accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME).  COTH was established to provide representation and services related to the needs and concerns of podiatric residency programs.

• To strengthen and support the education and training of residents and faculty in participating institutions through programs, education, administrative resources, and services designed to meet the needs of residency program directors, coordinators, teaching faculty, and residents in postdoctoral podiatric medical education;
• To oversee and administer the AACPM CASPR and CRIP programs;
• To serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas on matters pertaining to current conditions in postdoctoral podiatric medical education.;
• To support residency development activities and to assist, where feasible, in the establishment of new podiatric residency programs;
• To coordinate activities involving podiatric teaching hospitals, students, residents and the colleges of podiatric medicine.

The Administrative Board of the Council of Teaching Hospitals is made up of elected representatives from across the United States.  The Board administers the Centralized Application Service for Podiatric Residencies (CASPR) as well as the Centralized Residency Interview Program (CRIP).  The COTH Administrative Board also represents the interests of COTH members in the deliberations of the AACPM through representation to the Association’s board of directors.

COTH provides members with residency development resources, best practices, peer networking opportunities, professional development offerings, and learning networks that exclusively support clinical teaching environments. COTH assists its members to understand the impact new and existing standards and policies have on their patients, trainees, and institutions.

Membership in the COTH is by institution, not by individual application. All faculty members of a member institution enjoy the benefits of membership in COTH.

Benefits include:

• Resident Rescue Fund coverage for your program to partially cover placement and relocation costs incurred by your residents to transfer to a new program for residency completion, in the event your program is forced to close;
• complimentary participation in the Centralized Residency Interview Program (CRIP); professional and organizational growth for you and your team:
• • two complimentary faculty registrations to the CRIP CME Workshop and reduced registration fees for additional participants,
  • significant discounts for all faculty development conferences and workshops sponsored by COTH;
• access to the wealth of content on the Member section of COTHweb.org such as:
  • GME funding information,
  • faculty and program development resources,
  • national program director’s compensation survey results,
  • newly graduated DPM competency surveys,
  • support in the conduct of residency programs including best practices and compliance;
• communications specifically tailored to residency training and graduate medical education;
• participation in webinars and briefings on medical education and research;
• networking & collaboration:
  • member-based committees focused on key issue affecting residency programs,
  • connect and interact with peers through the Message Board;
• assistance from the Resident Rescue Fund should a COTH member program close during a resident’s training period.

To join or for additional information, please use the Contact Us section of this website.