Graduate Medical Education, 2008-2009
- Author Affiliations: Division of Graduate Medical Education, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) maintain a database of information on graduate medical education (GME) training programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and of the residents and fellows in them. Every spring this database of residents is updated by adding to it the approximately 19 000 new residents who match into programs through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) as well as from information collected through the AAMC's follow-up report of medical schools. The AMA and the AAMC also jointly administer the annual National GME Census through GME Track, an Internet-based AAMC product. From May 2008 until December 2008 all directors of programs accredited by the ACGME were asked to complete the Census on GME Track. Information about the training programs supplied by the program directors is uploaded to FREIDA Online, an Internet-based public information source on GME …
