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American Medical Association (AMA)


515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Telephone: (312) 464-4513
Fax: (312) 464-5830
Email: listed by individual
Website: www.ama-assn.org

The AMA was founded over 150 years ago. Its Mission Statement notes that its strategic agenda remains rooted in a commitment to standards, ethics, excellence in medical education and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and the patients it serves. AMA's work includes the development and promotion of standards in medical practice, research, and education; strong advocacy agenda on behalf of patients and physicians; and the commitment to providing accurate, timely information and discourse on matters important to the health of America. The AMA strives to serve as the voice of the American medical profession.

This is a large, detailed website with many offerings. The initial page presents the broad topics of Ethics, Education, Science, Accreditation; Policy and Advocacy; Consumer Health Information; access to JAMA, Archives specialty journals, and AMNews; and topical medical news updates.

Of particular interest to the Program Director:

  1. Under the title page section "Ethics, Education, Science, Accreditation" one will find "FREIDA Online." This is a database containing information on approximately 7,500 graduate medical education programs accredited by the American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). This is a very important site and it is imperative that program directors provide accurate information and check their listing periodically to ensure accuracy. FREIDA lists detailed information for those programs that provide updated data to the AMA:

    1. General Information: program length, description, number of residents per year.
    2. Application Information: applications and applicant:enrollee ratio, number of interviews offered, and the interview period.
    3. Program Faculty: numbers of full- and part-time, volunteer faculty, percentage of female faculty, and ratio of full-time faculty to residents.
    4. Educational Environment and Features: a listing of various educational offerings and areas for each program.
    5. Policies and Board Information: policies (substance abuse, physical disability, supervision of medical students, etc.), and specialty board completion and success rate.
    6. Program Benefits: a comprehensive evaluation of benefits offered.

    In addition, FREIDA provides Summary Statistics for Emergency Medicine as a whole on such areas as general program information, residents (including percent female and IMG), faculty, work hours, and the work environment and compensation.

    Lastly, a section on Physician Workplace Information displays current information about the physician marketplace. The source of this information is survey results of recent GME graduates about their employment-seeking experiences. Additional information about the work environment is reported by physicians in the workplace for two years.

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