North America
LCME
: Liaison Committee on Medical Education
This organization offers accreditation authority for the M.D. program in Canada
and the US. It is supported by the
AMA and
AAMC.
NRMP: National Resident Matching Program
A non-profit corporation conducting a match that is designed to optimize
the rank ordered choices of students and program directors each year.
ACGME
: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
A private professional organization responsible for the accreditation of
nearly 7,800 residency education programs.
ACCME
: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
An organization to offer the service of voluntary accreditation to those
providers of continuing medical education.
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