The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) has over 200 teaching hospital members. Our teaching hospital members are hospitals and health systems dedicated to excellence in graduate podiatric medical education and are accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME).

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

AACPM teaching hospital membership is institutional. All faculty members of a member institution enjoy the benefits of membership.

Benefits include:

• Resident Rescue Fund coverage for member podiatric residency programs to partially cover placement and relocation costs incurred by its residents to transfer to a new program for residency completion, in the event the member’s podiatric residency program should be forced to close;
• complimentary participation in the Centralized Residency Interview Program (CRIP);
• professional and organizational growth;
• access to the wealth of content on the AACPM Teaching Hospital member website such as:
  • GME funding information,
  • faculty and program development resources,
  • 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.

To join or for additional information, please use the Contact Us form.

The Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) represents the teaching hospital members of the AACPM through elected representatives from eight geographic regions, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Association of Podiatric Medical Students (APMSA).  COTH provides representation and services related to the needs and concerns of podiatric residency programs. COTH also represents the interests of COTH members in the deliberations and decisions of the AACPM through its two voting representatives to the AACPM board of directors.

The COTH provides administrative oversight of the Centralized Application Service for Podiatric Residencies (CASPR), as well as the Centralized Residency Interview Program (CRIP).

• 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.