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The Medical Education Directorate
has oversight for the Army's medical education programs including the Armed Forces
Health Professions Scholarship program (HPSP), Reserve Officer's Training Corps
(ROTC) Medical Delay Program, Health Professions Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP),
First Year Graduate Medical Education (FYGME), Undergraduate Medical Education (UME),
Graduate Medical Education (GME), Financial Assistance Program (FAP), Medical Corps
Specialty Delay Program, and Continuing Medical Education. The Directorate is the
central point of contact/representatives on medical education issues for DOD agencies
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The Navy Medical Department
GME offers a wide range of postgraduate training in a variety of medical
specialties and views the process of professional development through GME as a progressive
maturing sequence for individuals as both physicians and as naval officers. As part
of the learning process, the majority of medical officers serve in an operational/utilization
tour as a general medical officer, flight surgeon, or undersea medical officer following
internship.
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Air Force Medical Service offers individuals the opportunity to attend medical
school under two medical school scholarship programs, the Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship Program (AFHPSP) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences (USUHS). |
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The mission of the Graduate
Medical Education (GME) National Capital Consortium (NCC) educates physicians,
dentists, and other health care professionals who care for soldiers, sailors, airmen,
and marines of all ages and their families. The NCC provides a scholarly environment
and is dedicated to excellence in both education and healthcare. The NCC is dedicated
to instilling in these trainees the ethical values and standards expected of those
devoting their lives to public service. |
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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) The Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education is a private, non-profit council that evaluates
and accredits medical residency programs in the United States. ACGME strives to
improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’
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The American Medical Association
provides information to potential medical students on accredited GME programs, information
on obtaining licensure, and financial aid. The AMA’s
Guidebook for GME Program Directors (76 pages, PDF, 653 KB, requires Adobe®
Reader®) provides residency/fellowship program directors, program coordinators,
institution officials, and others information about AMA and other organizations'
services, products, and activities related to graduate medical education (GME).
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