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Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/métodos , Internato e Residência/organização & administração , Medicina Osteopática/educação , Médicos Osteopáticos/educação , Competência Clínica , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Médicos Osteopáticos/estatística & dados numéricos , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Sociedades Médicas/normas , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The authors report updates on osteopathic graduate medical education training programs and positions for the 2011-2012 academic year. American Osteopathic Association Match trends and information on training slots are also examined.
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Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/métodos , Medicina Osteopática/educação , Médicos Osteopáticos/educação , Sociedades Médicas , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Since the 1970s, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) has provided a means for osteopathic physicians to apply for approval of their postdoctoral training in programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Osteopathic physicians who trained in ACGME programs need this approval to meet AOA licensure and board certification requirements. The AOA approves ACGME residency training with several different approval processes. Approval of the first year of postdoctoral training occurs through Resolution 42, specialty approval (for specialties in which the first year of training is part of the residency), or federal or military training approval. For residency training, the AOA verifies successful completion of an ACGME training program before approving the training. The AOA is using customer surveys and online applications to improve the review process for applicants.
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Acreditação , Internato e Residência , Medicina Osteopática/educação , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina , Especialização , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Since 1999, all postdoctoral training programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have been required to be part of an Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) consortium. Various AOA tools, such as the revised OPTI Annual Report and OPTI Administrative Handbook, provide assistance to colleges of osteopathic medicine in meeting the accreditation standards for OPTI membership and developing a study to examine all OPTI operations. The revised OPTI Annual Report is modeled after the OPTI Standards Inspectors Worksheet (ie, Standards Crosswalk). Onsite inspections in 2008 and 2009 using the new scoring tool highlighted several OPTI commendations for research and faculty and curriculum development. Responses to the 2009 OPTI Annual Report-a survey of OPTI operational questions-found commonalities in several OPTI operations.
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Acreditação/métodos , Currículo , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Medicina , Medicina Osteopática/educação , Acreditação/normas , Pesquisas sobre Atenção à Saúde , Humanos , Medicina Osteopática/métodos , Sociedades Médicas , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Since 1999, all postdoctoral training programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have been required to be part of an Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) consortium. The AOA is improving OPTI operations by revising the OPTI Annual Report, by providing provisional status for new OPTIs, and by using the Residency Management Suite software program (New Innovations Inc, Uniontown, Ohio). The revised OPTI Annual Report is being modeled after the OPTI Standards Inspectors Worksheet (ie, Standards Crosswalk). Onsite inspections using the new scoring tool in 2008 highlighted OPTI best practices by demonstrating that OPTIs received commendations for faculty and curriculum development. Inspections have also shown that OPTIs with accreditation awards of 4 or 5 years are more likely than other OPTIs to be composed of 4- or 5-year postdoctoral training programs.
