Accreditation standards of osteopathic and allopathic medical schools: Could they affect educational quality?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 724-728

  Wood, Douglas L ^a   Hahn, Marc B ^b,c  

^a SOMA   (United States)

^b American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALLOPATHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649882666     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a8c296     Document Type: Short Survey

References (2)

1. Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. Accreditation of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine: COM Accreditation Standards and Procedures. Chicago: American Osteopathic Association, July 2007. Available at: (http://www.osteopathic.org/pdf/SB03- Standards of Accreditation July 2008.pdf). Accessed January 29, 2009.
2. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Functions and Structure of a Medical School: Standards for Accreditation of Medical Education Programs Leading to the M.D. Degree. Available at: (http://www.lcme.org/ functions2007jun.pdf). Accessed February 9, 2009.