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Other Pediatric Organizations

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APPD Glossary of Pediatric Organizations and Acronyms (pdf)

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
www.acgme.org

Academic Pediatric Association (APA)
www.academicpeds.org

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
www.aap.org

The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
www.abp.org

American Pediatric Society:
https://www.aps1888.org/

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
www.aamc.org

The Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Inc. (AMSPDC)
www.amspdc.org

Child Neurology Society
http://www.childneurologysociety.org/

  • Changes in Child Neurology (CN)/Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDD) Match 8/2011

Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS)
www.pedsubs.org/

  • List of CoPS Subspecialty descriptions:
    http://www.pedsubs.org/SubDes/index.cfm

Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)
www.comsep.org

The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
www.ecfmg.org

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
www.aamc.org/eras

Federation of Pediatric Organizations
www.fopo.org

Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA)
www.ama-assn.org/go/freida

Global Health Education
http://globalhealtheducation.org

  • Global Health Training in GME: A Guidebook, 2nd Edition (link coming soon)

Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association (MPPDA)
https://www.im.org/about/governance/constituent-councils/mppda

National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
www.aamc.org/nrmp

Society for Pediatric Research:
https://www.societyforpediatricresearch.org/

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