Programs, Institutes and Universities
Graduate Education
U.S. Army Command Continuing Medical Education has oversight for the Army's medical education programs including the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program (HPSP), Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) Medical Delay Program, Health Professions Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP), First Year Graduate Medical Education (FYGME), Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), Financial Assistance Program (FAP), Medical Corps Specialty Delay Program, and Continuing Medical Education. The Directorate is the central point of contact/representatives on medical education issues for DOD agencies and numerous national medical organizations.
The Navy Medical Department GME offers a wide range of postgraduate training in a variety of medical specialties and views the process of professional development through GME as a progressive maturing sequence for individuals as both physicians and as naval officers. As part of the learning process, the majority of medical officers serve in an operational/utilization tour as a general medical officer, flight surgeon, or undersea medical officer following internship.
Air Force Medical Service offers individuals the opportunity to attend medical school under two medical school scholarship programs, the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
The mission of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) National Capital Consortium (NCC) educates physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals who care for soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines of all ages and their families. The NCC provides a scholarly environment and is dedicated to excellence in both education and healthcare. The NCC is dedicated to instilling in these trainees the ethical values and standards expected of those devoting their lives to public service.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is a private, non-profit council that evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States. ACGME strives to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation.
The American Medical Association provides information to potential medical students on accredited GME programs, information on obtaining licensure, and financial aid. The AMA’s Guidebook for GME Program Directors (76 pages, PDF, 653 KB, requires Adobe® Reader®) provides residency/fellowship program directors, program coordinators, institution officials, and others information about AMA and other organizations' services, products, and activities related to graduate medical education (GME).
Continuing Education
U.S. Army Command Continuing Medical Education has oversight for the Army's medical education programs including the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program (HPSP), Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) Medical Delay Program, Health Professions Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP), First Year Graduate Medical Education (FYGME), Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), Financial Assistance Program (FAP), Medical Corps Specialty Delay Program, and Continuing Medical Education. The Directorate is the central point of contact/representatives on medical education issues for DOD agencies and numerous national medical organizations.
Navy Medicine Manpower Personnel Training & Education Command (NMMPT&E) Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor CME credit hours for Navy Continuing Medical Education activities offered by Medical Treatment Facilities or other Navy commands. The CME Department at NMMPT&E, under the direction of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), serves as the central administrator for the Navy-wide Continuing Medical Education Program. These CME activities encompass the entire spectrum of Navy Medicine and are offered locally at various Navy commands worldwide.
Air Force Medical Service offers individuals the opportunity to attend medical school under two medical school scholarship programs, the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) provides a variety of Distance Education and Training opportunities for all Marines active, reserve, and retired, as well as government employees and family members. CDET’s online learning management system, MarineNet, provides both military and civilian education to all Marines wherever they are stationed, while our worldwide seminar program supports the Officer Professional Military Education (PME) Distance Education Programs (DEP). Programs are conducted through a network of satellite campuses, learning resource centers, and video teletraining (VTT) centers.
Office of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (CHE) sponsors, directly or jointly, activities in continuing education for members of the Federal health care delivery system to ensure that high standards of health care are maintained within Federal health care services. The office of CHE establishes activities for non-Federal civilian health professionals in disciplines where the body of knowledge is available primarily within the Federal services medical domain and when that knowledge will contribute to the health of the nation, other countries, or the global community.
MedPix is sponsored by the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at USUHS, and offers free Category 1 CME for physicians and CHE for nurses. This Diagnostic Radiology Education Program consists of a series of weekly clinical case presentations of both simple and complex diagnostic challenges, including common and unusual disease manifestations. Physicians earn 1 hour of Category 1 Credit for every 4 cases completed and nurses earned 1 CNE Credit for every 4 cases completed.
American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education (CME) offers a variety of opportunities for medical professionals to earn CME credits, including online CME programs, AMA-sponsored CME seminars, published articles, medically related advanced degrees, board certification/recertification and maintenance of certification. Information on all of AMA’s CME opportunities is available on the AMA website.
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredits and recognizes institutions and organizations which offer continuing education by developing criteria for CME programs and methods to measure effectiveness of CME.