Other Resources




Other Resources

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GENERAL INFORMATION

FREIDA Online - Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive DatabaseAccess
http://www.ama-assn.org/go/freida
"FREIDA Online is a database containing information on approximately 8,200 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and over 200 combined specialty programs. By defining and prioritizing various selection criteria you can select several programs or key in on a specific program for viewing. For AMA student and resident members FREIDA Online provides a mailing label service."

NRMP - National Resident Matching Program
http://www.aamc.org/nrmp
"The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME)."

ERAS - Electronic Residency Application Service
http://www.aamc.org/eras
"ERAS is a service which transmits residency applications, letters of recommendation, MSPE's, transcripts, and other supporting credentials from medical schools to residency program directors using the Internet."

San Francisco Match
http://www.sfmatch.org
"The San Francisco Match handles applications for residencies in Ophthalmology, Child Neurology, Neurotology & Plastic Surgery."

Urology Match
http://www.auanet.org
The American Urological Association handles applications for Urology residency programs.

AAMC - Association of American Medical Colleges
http://www.aamc.org
The AAMC is a nonprofit association representing the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals; and 94 academic and professional societies. The AAMC provides support and services for the NRMP and ERAS.

Washington University/BJH/SLCH Graduate Medical Education Consortium
http://aladdin.wustl.edu/gme/gme.nsf
"There are multiple links to different BJC residency and fellowship programs under Departmental Programs."

CareerMD.com
http://www.careermd.com
"This is produced by Career Publications, Inc. Program directors pay for the opportunity to have their program descriptions included in the web site; students may also find the articles on personal statements and interview preparation to be informative."

Alpha Omega Alpha
http://www.alphaomegaalpha.org
This is the home page of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

American Medical Association (AMA)
http://www.ama-assn.org/

Careers in Medicine
http://www.aamc.org/careersinmedicine/
Careers in medicine is a four-phase course designed to assist you in understanding your options for choosing a specialty and selecting and applying to a residency program to meet your career objectives. Careers in Medicine can be used as both a self-managed course and/or combined with career/specialty guidance programs provided by your medical school. CIM is a program run by the AAMC. Contact the Career Counseling Office (362-6251) to receive your unique, one-time access code.

USMLE
http://www.usmle.org
Home of the Boards

Transitional Year Program Directory
http://www.ahme.org
"This is an annual publication of the Association for Hospital Medical Education. It lists most of the available Transitional programs, their contact information plus very useful information about the program which complements the information found in FREIDA."