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That's it. I'm deferring and/or reapplying. I can't handle two matches. J/k. That is a pretty big bummer though. A combined match was/is the most attractive part of the merger, for me.
I haven't seen any official declaration about it on the AOA website: http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/Pages/ACGME-single-accreditation-system.aspx
AOA, ACGME Move Toward Unified Accreditation for Graduate Medical Education Programs
The AOA, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) have entered into an agreement to create a single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs in the United States beginning in July 2015. During the coming months, the three organizations will work toward defining a process, format and timetable for ACGME to accredit all osteopathic graduate medical education programs currently accredited by the AOA. The AOA and AACOM would then become organizational members of ACGME.
The agreement follows more than a year of advocacy work by the AOA to preserve DOs' access to ACGME programs.
It also shows that the unification process timeline hasn't been changed, either: http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/Pages/acgme-policy-timeline.aspx
Timeline: AOA Response to ACGME Changes
Timeline of requests by the AOA to address the ACGME's proposed common program requirements:
July 2013 ​ The AOA to present Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to its Board.
June 2013 ​ The ACGME to present draft MOU to its Board.
April/May 2013 Next meeting of the AOA/ACMGE Joint Task Force.
March 12, 2013 AOA/ACGME monthly staff meeting.
March 4, 2013 AOA Board of Trustees meets to discuss the status of the proposed GME accreditation system.
​Feb. 25, 2013 Tentative date for the next meeting of the AOA/ACGME Joint Task Force.
Feb. 2-4, 2013 ACGME Board of Directors meeting. We anticipate a draft MOU will be presented to their Board at this time.
Timeline of requests by the AOA to address the ACGME's proposed common program requirements:
July 2013 ​ The AOA to present Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to its Board.
June 2013 ​ The ACGME to present draft MOU to its Board.
April/May 2013 Next meeting of the AOA/ACMGE Joint Task Force.
March 12, 2013 AOA/ACGME monthly staff meeting.
March 4, 2013 AOA Board of Trustees meets to discuss the status of the proposed GME accreditation system.
​Feb. 25, 2013 Tentative date for the next meeting of the AOA/ACGME Joint Task Force.
Feb. 2-4, 2013 ACGME Board of Directors meeting. We anticipate a draft MOU will be presented to their Board at this time.