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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hmmmm. Don’t think I can disagree with that assessment. . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> George Mychaskiw [mailto:gmychaskiw@yahoo.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 28, 2012 3:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Notman<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gddonfl; coopern@ohio.edu; hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Hlthpol] AOA, ACGME Move Toward Unified Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Responsible growth and funding set asides for GME in both primary and specialty areas would have been a good start. Modernization of anachronistic AOA GME (and CME, for that matter) policies would have been another. The pre-clinical money
machine is an unsustainable business model and it was only a matter of time before the system broke. Of course, since this initiative pretty much will destroy the US market for Caribbean schools, expect a "Caribbean gold rush" of hastily assembled DO schools
owned by the Carib's trying to protect their investment. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bottom line, my hazy crystal ball sees amalgamation of AOA residency programs and schools into MD if they can pass the ACGME/LCME muster, respectively. Those that don't, get relegated to being non-physician manipulators. It's California
1962 all over again, but a nationwide fatal injury this time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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On Oct 28, 2012, at 1:32, Mark Notman <<a href="mailto:Mark.Notman@hc.msu.edu">Mark.Notman@hc.msu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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What choice did the profession have?<br>
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To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gmychaskiw@yahoo.com">gmychaskiw@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:gmychaskiw@yahoo.com">gmychaskiw@yahoo.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu">hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu</a>"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you!! I, for one, cannot imagine why we would want to do this; seems like the beginning of the end for DOs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Gail Dudley, DO,MHA, FACOFP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: George Mychaskiw <<a href="mailto:gmychaskiw@yahoo.com">gmychaskiw@yahoo.com</a>><br>
To: Cooper, Nancy <<a href="mailto:coopern@ohio.edu">coopern@ohio.edu</a>>; hlthpol <<a href="mailto:hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu">hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Hlthpol] AOA, ACGME Move Toward Unified Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">It would be interesting for one of the fellows to do a policy brief on this. On casual look, it seems to be a good idea, but the potential for unintended consequences is high. I have
never known the ACGME to be very touchy feely on these things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:17 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3F3F3F">Posted Oct. 24, 2012</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3F3F3F">The AOA, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
have entered into an agreement to pursue a <b>single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs</b> in the United States beginning in July 2015. During the coming months, the three organizations will work toward defining a process,
format and timetable for ACGME to accredit all osteopathic graduate medical education programs currently accredited by the AOA. The AOA and AACOM would then become organizational members of ACGME.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3F3F3F">Currently, ACGME accredits over 9,000 programs in graduate medical education with about 116,000 resident physicians, including over 8,900 osteopathic
physicians. The AOA accredits more than 1,000 osteopathic graduate medical education programs with about 6,900 resident physicians, all DOs.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3F3F3F">The transition to a unified system would be seamless so that residents in or entering current AOA accredited residency programs will be eligible to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#3F3F3F">Among the topics of discussion for the three organizations will be:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">Modification of ACGME accreditation standards
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">to accept AOA specialty board certification as meeting ACGME eligibility requirements for program directors and faculty;</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">Programs in graduate medical education currently accredited solely by AOA will be recognized by ACGME as
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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">Participation by AOA and AACOM
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">in accreditation of programs in graduate medical education accreditation to be solely through their membership and participation in ACGME.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#576170">"Americans deserve a health care system where continuously improving the quality of care and the health of our patients is the driving force," stresses
AOA President Ray E. Stowers, DO. "A unified accreditation system creates an opportunity to set
<b>universal standards for demonstrating competency </b>with a focus on positive outcomes and the ability to share information on best practices."</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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