CHICAGO, January 14, 2015
– The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
announced that the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) are now
ACGME member organizations. The measure took effect January 1 and is a
critical step toward implementation of a single accreditation system
for all graduate medical education (GME) programs in the U.S.
The
single accreditation system will allow graduates of allopathic (MD) and
osteopathic (DO) medical schools to complete their residency and/or
fellowship education in ACGME-accredited programs and demonstrate
achievement of common Milestones and competencies. Currently, the ACGME
and AOA maintain separate accreditations systems for allopathic and
osteopathic educational programs.
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