To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing today to support some of the changes and wish that the rules would read this way:

For the comments 1 and 2, I believe that the Supervisor should be required to approve the acceleration for the individual resident.  Mechanically the requirement would remain 3400 hours and 2000 hours respectively.  Yet, the supervisor could petition the board when the resident reaches 2800 & 1300 hours to recommend the resident be approved at 3000 and 1500 hours.  Not all residents are prepared for an early release of hours, but most/many will and therefore should be allowed to become fully licensed.

3. I think this change is critical as sometimes its difficult to manage schedules to ensure the "When" of a supervision hour occurs and all hours by a resident should be counted even if illness/vacation etc delay a supervision appointment.  Also, a smart resident will increase their supervision in the beginning of residency when its truly needed, and relax the supervision frequency near the end of residency.  They should be granted the opportunity to do what's best and right for their needs.