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The LCME is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association. The committee publishes many guides and standards, [2] including the Directory of Accredited Medical Education Programs. [3] The LCME currently accredits 155 U.S. schools, which includes 4 in Puerto Rico, as well as 17 others in Canada. [4]
MD-granting medical schools are accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education while DO-granting medical schools are accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. There are currently 158 accredited MD-granting institutions, [1] and 37 accredited DO-granting institutions in the ...
The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) is a recognized higher education accreditation organization in the United States specializing in the institutional accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions that offer allied health education programs, and the programmatic accreditation of programs leading to associate degrees or certificates in the medical assistant ...
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 ...
The school first operated in Clearwater, FL in 1993 as Ultimate Learning Center, Inc. [4] In January 2005, Ultimate Medical Academy, LLC acquired the school and expanded its program offerings, including the launch of online programs in 2009. [5] In 2014, Ultimate Medical Academy was granted a charter of the Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor ...
In February 2023, the LCME awarded full accreditation to the medical school, and on March 11, 2024, the NJSBME awarded approval for the medical education program. In 2023-24 U.S. News and World Report ranked the school #79 (tied) among Best Medical Schools: Research. [14]
The medical school has more than 2,450 full-time, part-time and volunteer faculty and 2,530 staff members. Approximately 757 medical students [5] are enrolled at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as well as 120 PhD students. The Class of 2017 has 134 students with 54% women and 53% native New Jersey residents.
In all current combination programs admitting graduating high school students to receive both a bachelors and a medical degree, the medical education portion is four years in length. 80% of the programs are 8 years in length, giving no time advantage to students over the standard process, but 21% offer a compressed 6- or 7-year program.