title: The single graduate medical education accreditation system.
abstract: In 2014, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding, which creates a single accreditation system for graduate medical education. The present article outlines the history of the agreement and the 5-year transition process, which begins July 1, 2015, and ends June 30, 2020.
authors.forename: Boyd R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swartwout
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biszewski
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010021:Osteopathic Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States