Graduate medical education

Graduate Medical Education (GME) refers to any type of formal medical education, usually hospital-sponsored or hospital-based training, pursued after receipt of the M.D. or D.O. degree in the United States This education includes internship, residency, subspecialty and fellowship programs, and leads to state licensure and board certification.^[1]^[2]

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Medical education in the United States

Stages	Pre-medical Medical school Clerkship Sub-internship Internship Residency Fellowship Board certification Licensure Continuing medical education

Pathways	Medicine (MD) Osteopathic Medicine (DO) International medical graduate

Degrees	Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine MD-PhD Comparison

Exams	MCAT USMLE Step 1 2CK 2CS 3 COMLEX Level 1 2CE 2PE 3

Regulatory bodies	Association of American Medical Colleges American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine National Resident Matching Program National Matching Service Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Liaison Committee on Medical Education Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education American Osteopathic Association American Medical Association

Lists	Medical schools Specialty colleges

Reformers	Abraham Flexner William Osler William Stewart Halsted Andrew Taylor Still

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