Save the Date Your Single GME accreditation questions answered Learn about the progress of the Single Graduate Medical Education accreditation system in this upcoming webinar. Feb. 13, 2018Tuesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics single GME accreditation Stay up to date on the critical issues facing residents. The AOA is hosting a Single GME webinar answering common questions you may have at 6 p.m. Central on Tuesday, February 20. Moderators, Boyd Buser, DO, AOA past president, and Heather Ivy, DO, Oklahoma Osteopathic Association resident trustee and resident advisor on the AOA Board of Trustees, will provide thorough updates on the following topics: Progress of AOA programs transitioning to ACGME accreditation AOA board certification eligibility Osteopathic Recognition (OR) AOA fellowship eligibility The AOA’s commitment to protecting residents during the transition. Upon signing up for the webinar, residents will have the opportunity to submit questions for the moderators to address. You can register here. For additional reading: Single GME: Halfway through the transition ACGME offers new single GME accreditation transition resources Single GME update: Profession protects residents during transition More in Training DOs hope that new research will lead to universal use of COMLEX for DOs The research found positive correlations between performance on COMLEX and American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE)/American Board of Surgery (ABS) exams, which means residency programs can confidently use applicants’ COMLEX scores to predict future ABSITE/ABS exam performance. COCA seeks comments on proposed amendments to COM accreditation standards The COCA seeks comments from the osteopathic medical profession and the public at large on the proposed amendments. Previous articleThe road to PyeongChang took years of hard work—for Olympic physicians too Next articleICYMI: community health, kratom and diversity in medicine
DOs hope that new research will lead to universal use of COMLEX for DOs The research found positive correlations between performance on COMLEX and American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE)/American Board of Surgery (ABS) exams, which means residency programs can confidently use applicants’ COMLEX scores to predict future ABSITE/ABS exam performance.
COCA seeks comments on proposed amendments to COM accreditation standards The COCA seeks comments from the osteopathic medical profession and the public at large on the proposed amendments.