The consensus was that no, a case report can not be resubmitted because it would have been reviewed. The Board felt it would be appropriate for the Committee to address this issue and make a recommendation. The committee recommended making the case report evaluation anonymous. Send the application packet minus the case reports for evaluation then evaluate the case reports. Due to the small number of applications this may not work well.
Evaluate case reports without identification then send the rest of the packet.
The Board agrees that the second choice would be the best way to reduce bias. The entire packet would have to be evaluated because of the appeals process. There was not a consensus among the Appeals Committee. Dr. Herdt requested that the Appeals Committee resolves the issue and present the Board with a unified decision, this will then be e-mailed to the Board for a vote within two weeks. The Secretary will then send a letter to Dr. Fascetti.