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The residencies train physicians specializing in: dermatology, internal medicine, neurology, ophthalmology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, radiology, family medicine, gastroenterology, rheumatology, hematology & oncology, and surgery. All programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ...
Along with corporate parent CharterCARE Health Partners and as a major teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) (only about 50 miles away), this academic medical center has attained fully accredited ACGME teaching programs for more than 40 years.
In 2014, the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced an agreement to pursue a single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs in the United States beginning in 2015. Plans called for the ACGME to accredit all osteopathic ...
Hematology/Oncology: as of 2005, there were 125 ACGME-accredited programs for Hematology-Oncology, while only 12 programs for Hematology alone and 18 for Oncology alone. Geriatrics/Oncology : the American Board of Internal Medicine approved a 3-year combined fellowship training program in medical oncology and geriatrics.
Lutheran General Hospital then opened at its current location in Park Ridge in 1959. [3] The 326-bed hospital building was constructed at a cost of $7.6 million, and included a nursing school. [8] In 1969, the hospital opened a 73-bed alcohol rehabilitation center. [11] In 1976, LGH established a residency training program for internal medicine ...
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), an accrediting body for US and Canadian professional education services, was established at a 1942 conference of members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Medical Association. [6]
"CME credit" is part of special programs offered by other organizations (e.g. the American Medical Association) and is not the purview of the ACCME. The ACCME's mission is to provide those in the medical field with opportunities to maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field.
In 1978, the family practice postgraduate educational program and transitional year residency programs were initiated. It has long been one of the premier family practice residency programs in the Air Force and the nation. Today the accredited program trains 42 residents a year (14-14-14) in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings.