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AACOM: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
AAD: American Academy of Dermatology
AAFP: American Academic of Family Physicians
AAHC: Association of Academic Health Centers
AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges
ACA: Affordable Care Act
ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ACOFP: American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
AD&D: Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
ADLS: Advanced Disaster Life Support
AMA: American Medical Association
AMOPS: Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
AOA: American Osteopathic Association
AODME: Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators
BCHM: Bio-Chemistry
BLS: Basic Life Support
BSC: Basic Science Correlation Session
CAC: Critical ACCESS Hospital
CCP: Clinical Case Presentation
CE: Clinical Education
CHC: Community Health Center
CIS: Clinical Integration Session
CMDA: Christian Medical and Dental Association
CME: Continuing Medical Education
CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COBRA: Continued Health Insurance Coverage
COCA: Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
COGME: Council on Graduate Medical Education
COMLEX: Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination
COPTI: Council of Osteopathic Postdoctoral Institutions
CPHP: Colorado Physician Health Program
CSOM: Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine
DME: Direct Medical Education
DOCARE: Non-Profit Medical Outreach Program
DSA: Designated Student Assignment
EMB: Embryology
EPA: Entrustable Professional Activity
FACOI: Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists
FCLM: Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine
FMLA: Family Medical Leave Act
FSA: Flexible Spending Account
GAO: Government Accountability Office
GME: Graduate Medical Education
GRG: Grand Rounds Group
GTA: Genito-Urinary Teaching Associate
HLC: Higher Learning Commission
HPSA: Health Professional Shortage Areas
HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration
HAS: Healthcare Spending Account
IME: Indirect Medical Education
INFO: Informatics
IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems
IOM: Institution of Medicine
IRB: Institutional Review Board
IPE: Interprofessional Education
KBIT: Knowledge Based Inference Tool
LA/LHA: Legislative (Health) Advisor
LCME: Liaison Committee on Medical Education
LGT: Large Group Tutorial
MACRA extension: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
MCM: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
MSEC: Mountain States Employers Council
MSK: Muscular/Skeletal
MUTA: Male Urinary Teaching Associate
NBOME: National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
NCES: National Center for Educational Statistics
NHSC: National Rural Health Association
NPI: National Provider Identifiers
NRHA: National Rural Health Association
OME: Osteopathic Medical Education
OMM: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
OMS: Osteopathic Medical Student
OPP: Osteopathic Principles and Practices
OPTI: Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution
PALS: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
PBD: Pathology
PCM: Primary Care Medicine
PCRE: Primary Care Residency Expansion
PD: Phase Director
PDCC: Phase Directors Curriculum Committee
PE: Physical Exam
PER: Post Exam Review
PGY: Post Graduate Year
PHYS: Physiology
PIP: Performance Improvement Plan
PRA: Per Resident Amount
PRS: Pathology Review Session
PTA: Presentation to the Attendee
RBRVS: Resource Based Relative Value Scale
REN: Renal
RHC: Rural Health Clinic
RTT: Rural Training Track
RUQ: Relative-Value Update Committee
SD: Student Doctor
SOAP Notes: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
SOAP: Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program
SP: Standardized Patient
SPC: Student Performance Committee
StARC: Students at Academic Risk Committee
THC: Teaching Health Center
USERRA: Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
USMLE: United States Medical Licensing Examination
WWAMI: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho Family Medicine Residency Network