Termuhlen Paula M, O-Yurvati Albert H, Stella Joseph J
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2016 Oct 1;116(10):676-82. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2016.132.
In early 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine agreed to a memorandum of understanding describing a single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the United States. Although there are many benefits, such as consistent quality of graduate medical education, alignment of competency standards, alignment with policymakers' expectations, unification of voices on graduate medical education access and funding issues, and visibility of osteopathic medicine, there are also many challenges in creating a uniform system of graduate medical education. The authors review the pathways to initial certification for both the American Board of Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery and discuss recertification and maintenance of certification.
2014年初，毕业后医学教育认证委员会、美国骨科协会和美国骨科医学院协会达成了一项谅解备忘录，描述了美国毕业后医学教育的单一认证系统。尽管有诸多益处，比如毕业后医学教育质量的一致性、能力标准的统一、与政策制定者期望的契合、在毕业后医学教育准入和资金问题上声音的统一以及骨科医学的知名度提升，但创建一个统一的毕业后医学教育系统也存在诸多挑战。作者回顾了美国外科委员会和美国骨科外科委员会的初始认证途径，并讨论了再认证和认证维持问题。
