Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
pmi.edu. The Pima Medical Institute ( PMI) is a private for-profit medical career college that trains students for careers as allied health care professionals with campuses throughout the western United States. [1] PMI is the largest independently owned, private allied health school in the U.S. [2] and is nationally accredited by the ...
The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences opened in 2005, after planning and fundraising to open a new osteopathic medical school in Washington State. In 2007, PNWU received provisional accreditation. In 2008, the first courses began, and the university's main building, Butler-Haney Hall, opened at a cost of $13 million.
The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions ( CAAM-HP) is an accrediting body for the education programmes and schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing and other health professions in the 15 member nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of three MD granting medical schools in the state of Arizona, affiliated with the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix was initially established as a branch campus in 2007, but became an independent medical ...
v. t. e. Higher education accreditation in the United States is a peer review process by which the validity of degrees and credits awarded by higher education institutions is assured. It is coordinated by accreditation commissions made up of member institutions. It was first undertaken in the late 19th century by cooperating educational ...
Accreditation is a process by which medical institutions and programs located in the U.S. and Canada undergo a detailed peer-based assessment of compliance with standards for medical education quality. LCME accreditation is required in most states for licensing students and obtaining federal financial aid and professional education services in ...
According to the US Department of Education, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ( ECFMG) is "the authorized credential evaluation and guidance agency for non-U.S. physicians and graduates of non-U.S. medical schools who seek to practice in the United States or apply for a U.S. medical residency program.
The Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM) is an international medical review and accreditation agency service for medical schools.. The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), part of the United States Department of Education, has listed ACCM as "found to use standards to accredit their medical schools that are comparable to the standards ...