May 12, 2016Thursday graduate medical educationosteopathic medical educationsingle GME accreditation Let’s work together Single GME update: Successes, challenges and a solution Get the latest information on the transition to a single accreditation system, including updated stats and details about a new assistance program.
April 10, 2016Sunday graduate medical educationscope of practice Protecting patients AOA convenes coalition to address assistant physician legislation Five states have introduced or adopted bills licensing medical school graduates to deliver medical care without completing residency training.
March 11, 2016Friday graduate medical educationsingle GME accreditation ‘Just Do It’ Video series: Program director on benefits, challenges of ACGME accreditation Want to know what ACGME accreditation could mean for your program? An internal medicine residency program director shares insights.
Jan. 15, 2016Friday advocacygraduate medical educationprescribing opioidsscope of practice Advocacy in action DO leaders work to enact policy changes at state level Physicians and state osteopathic associations advance initiatives on scope of practice, GME and drug abuse.
March 27, 2015Friday graduate medical educationveteransVeterans Affairs The VA wants you Veterans Affairs needs more DOs, Secretary McDonald says The new head of the Department of Veterans Affairs shares his plans for rebuilding the VA and info about new opportunities for DOs.
Aug. 29, 2014Friday graduate medical educationsingle GME accreditation Eye on Reform Lack of accountability stunts GME progress, says DO on IOM committee “The GME system is not aligned with the direction that American health care is going,” says Barbara Ross-Lee, DO, who helped prepare the IOM’s GME report.
April 2, 2014Wednesday graduate medical educationpatient care Being prepared What does it mean to train practice-ready primary care physicians? Primary care residency program leaders have nuanced views on the meaning of the phrase practice-ready physicians.
Aug. 2, 2013Friday graduate medical educationmedical specialtiesosteopathic medical educationpsychiatry ‘Wide-open field’ A beautiful mind: Psychiatry attracts those intrigued by the human psyche Psychiatrists need to be great listeners and have tremendous curiosity about patients’ lives.
July 21, 2013Sunday graduate medical educationHouse of Delegates Local Approach House encourages states to seek alternate sources of GME funding Policy paper outlines a number of paths states can explore to seek graduate medical education dollars.
July 20, 2013Saturday graduate medical educationHouse of Delegatessingle GME accreditation Ongoing Discussion AOA House calls for protections in any unified GME accreditation system Resolution aims to safeguard the “unique distinctiveness” of osteopathic medicine.