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Panel physicians are medically trained, licensed, and experienced medical doctors practicing overseas who are appointed by the local US embassy or consulate. More than 760 panel physicians perform overseas predeparture medical examinations in accordance with requirements, referred to as technical instructions, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Quality Assessment Program (QAP).
The Quality Assessment Program (QAP) is housed in the Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch. The role of QAP is to assist and guide panel physicians in the implementation of the Technical Instructions; evaluate the quality of the overseas medical examination for U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees; assess potential panel physician sites; and provide recommendations to the U.S. Department of State in matters of immigrant medical screening.

CDC QAP is pleased to announce that the 2012 Panel Physician Training Summit will take place March 14-17, 2012 (with a Welcome Reception the evening of March 13) in Istanbul, Turkey. All panel physicians, panel site staff, U.S. consular section staff, and others involved in U.S. immigrant and refugee medical screening are invited and strongly encouraged to attend. Those in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa are especially expected to attend.

Details on registration and hotel accommodations are available here. For questions, please email cdcqap@cdc.gov.

The Quality Assessment Program (QAP) recently held its fifth Technical Instructions in Practice (T.I.P.s) webinar entitled, The Department of State Medical Forms: What You Need to Know. The webinar was recorded and is now available online; however, you must obtain a free membership to LinkedIn before you can access the recording. Please see the CDC QAP Panel Physicians Group on LinkedIn for more information or contact us via email: cdcqap@cdc.gov

On October 12th, the Quality Assessment Program (QAP) held its fourth Technical Instructions in Practice (T.I.P.s) webinar entitled, “The Link Between Overseas Screening and U.S. Follow-Up.” The webinar was recorded and is now available online. You can access the recording through the CDC QAP Panel Physicians Group on LinkedIn for more information.

The Quality Assessment Program (QAP) recently held its third Technical Instructions in Practice (T.I.P.s) webinar entitled, Tuberculosis Laboratory. The webinar was recorded and is now available online, however, you must obtain a free membership to LinkedIn before you can access the recording. Please see the CDC QAP Panel Physicians Group on LinkedIn for more information.

The CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination recently released the 5th edition of the Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know. Please click here to view the Core Curriculum. Print copies of the Core Curriculum will be available for ordering by the end of October through the same web address.

CDC QAP is pleased to present a new feature: Meet Your Fellow Panel Physicians. Each edition will profile a new panel physician and panel site so that you can get to know your colleagues located throughout the world. Click here to read the inaugural feature on Dr. Marcus Brauer from South Africa.