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Medical Education
Lists
Medical schools: http://www.aamc.org/members/listings/msgeoalca.htm
Residency training programs: http://www.acgme.org/adspublic/
Teaching hospitals: http://www.aamc.org/members/listings/thalpha.htm
State medical boards: http://www.fsmb.org/members.htm
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Examinations, credentialing and accreditation
Medical College Admissions Test: http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/
United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE): http://www.usmle.org/
Maintenance of Certification: http://www.abms.org/MOC.asp
Outcome Project: http://www.acgme.org/outcome/implement/rsvpTemplate.asp?rsvpID=36
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General medical education
AMA Council on Medical Education (CME), Chicago , IL
Description: a council of the American Medical Association dealing with medical education issues.
Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2954.html
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Medical schools
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington , DC
Description: represents U.S. and Canadian medical schools and major teaching hospitals.
Tel number: 202/828-0400
Web site: http://www.aamc.org
AMA Section on Medical Schools (SMS), Chicago , IL
Description: section of the American Medical Association.
Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1843.html
AAMC Council of Deans (COD), Washington , DC
Description: represents medical school deans; part of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Tel number: 202/828-0400
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/members/cod/
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), Washington , DC
Description: matches prospective residents with training programs. It is administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges .
Tel number: 202/828-0676, press 2
Web site: www.nrmp.org
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), Chicago , IL , and Washington , DC
Description: accredits U.S. and Canadian medical schools; jointly run by the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Web site: http://www.lcme.org/
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Public health schools
Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington . DC
Description: Membership organization for public health schools.
Tel number: 202/296-1099
Web site: http://www.asph.org/
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Graduate medical education (GME)
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Chicago , IL
Description: a private professional organization responsible for the accreditation of nearly 7,800 residency education programs. AMA is one of the five parents. Web site June 2002.
Tel number: 312/755-5000
Web site: http://www.acgme.org
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Teaching hospitals
Council on Teaching Hospitals (COTH), Washington , DC
Description: Represents the large teaching hospitals: part of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Tel number: 202/828-0400
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/about/coth
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), Oak Brook , IL
Description: an alliance of the clinical enterprises of academic health centers; members pool resources to create economies of scale.
Tel number: 630/954-1700
Web site: http://www.uhc.edu/
Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC), Chicago , IL
Description: an organization of large independent teaching hospitals and health care systems that, in support of high-quality patient care, have made a major commitment to medical education and research.
Tel number: 312/836-3712
Web site: http://www.aiamc.org/
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Continuing medical education (CME)
Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Birmingham , AL
Description: a membership organization that provides professional development opportunities for CME professionals, advocates for CME and the profession, and strives to improve health care outcomes.
Tel number: 205/824-1355
Web site: http://www.acme-assn.org/
Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME), Birmingham , AL
Description: promotes research, evaluation and development of continuing medical education.
Tel number: 205/978-7990
Web site: http://www.sacme.org/
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Brussels , Belgium
Description: part of the European Union of Medical Specialists.
Tel number: +32-2-649.5164
Web site: http://www.uems.net/uploadedfiles/48.pdf
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Medical students and residents organizations
American Medical Student Association (AMSA), Reston , VA
Description: Independent national organization of pre-medical students, medical students, interns and residents.
Tel number: 800/767-2266
Web site: http://www.amsa.org/
Organization of Student Representatives (OSR), Washington , DC
Description: represents medical students ; part of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Tel number: 202/828-0682
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/members/osr/start.htm
AMA Medical Student Section (MSS), Chicago , IL
Description: a section of the American Medical Association.
Tel number: 800/262-3211, ext. 4746
Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14.html
Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), New York , NY
Description: a residents' labor union affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), representing residents in certain hospitals in California , Florida , Massachusetts , New Jersey , New York and Washington , DC .
Tel number: 212/356-8100
Web site: http://www.cirdocs.org
AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS), Chicago , IL
Description: part of the American Medical Association.
Tel number: 800/262-3211
Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/15.html
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Medical education IT
Computer Resources in Medical Education (CRIME), San Francisco , CA
Web site: http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/crime/
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Federal organizations
Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME), Rockville , MD
Description: provides ongoing assessment of physician workforce trends, training issues and financing policies.
Tel number: 301/443-6785
Web site: http://www.cogme.gov/
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Organizations involved in medical education reform
Medical Professionalism Project, Philadelphia , PA
Description: a collaboration that includes the ABIM Foundation, ACP Foundation and European Federation of Internal Medicine.
Tel number: 215/446-3620
Web site: http://www.abimfoundation.org/professional.html
Partnerships for Quality Education (PQE), Boston , MA
Description: fund partnerships to develop new curricula and new models for training future clinicians
Tel number: 617/509-9811
Web site: http://www.pqe.org/
Institute for Improving Medical Education (IIME), Washington , DC
Description: identifies opportunities to improve medical school, residency training and continuing medical education (CME); part of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Tel number: 202/828-0400
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/meded/iime/start.htm
Institute for Improving Clinical Care (IICC), Washington , DC
Description: designed to improve the quality of care of patients in academic settings; part of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Tel number: 202/828-0400
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/patientcare/iicc/
Commonwealth Fund, New York , NY
Description: focuses are improving health insurance coverage, access to care and quality of health care services.
Tel number: 212/535-0400
Web site: http://w w w.cmwf.org
Institute of Medicine (IOM), Washington , DC
Description: information and advice concerning health and science policy to government, the corporate sector, the professions and the public.
Tel number: 202/334-2352
Web site: http://www.iom.edu/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Cambridge , MA
Description: driving the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care.
Tel number: 617/754-4800
Web site: http:// w ww.ihi.org/
National Quality Forum (NQF), Washington , DC
Description: a private membership organization to develop and implement a national strategy for healthcare quality measurement and reporting.
Tel number: 202/783-1300
Web site: http://www.qualityforum.org/
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Seattle , WA
Description: promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.
Tel number: 206/543-8178
Web site: http://www.aamc.org/teachinghospitals.htm
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