what is AOA?? | Student Doctor Network Forums
May 16, 2010 · The AOA is a member association representing more than 67,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs). The AOA serves as the primary certifying body for DOs, and is the accrediting …
All Things ACGME/AOA Merger | Student Doctor Network
Dec 31, 2016 · There are many questions and concerns regarding the AOA and ACGME merger. Please use the information compiled below to gain a solid understanding of what is occurring and what the …
How important is AOA? | Student Doctor Network Forums
May 10, 2005 · Hi Guys, How important to get AOA membership? I really want to do my residency in the top school (like Havard, stanford....) in a pretty competitive field (e.g radiology). Can i still get match …
AOA (DO) Pain Board | Student Doctor Network Forums
Jun 9, 2010 · AOA and ACGME merged their training programs several years ago and the two AOA pain fellowships that existed prior decided not to seek ACGME certification. Many AOA anesthesia …
What does AOA mean? | Student Doctor Network Forums
Mar 10, 2001 · AOA stands for Alpha Omega Alpha, and is the medical school honor society. I don't know the exact cutoffs, but at med schools that participate in it, somewhere around the top 10% of …
AOA - Really THAT important? | Student Doctor Network Forums
Dec 14, 2017 · Simply put, is it very unfavorable to go to a school without AOA? I am in the process of narrowing down my choices, and a couple of the schools I have been accepted to - schools that I like …
does the importance of AOA differ for different residency specialties ...
Mar 10, 2014 · The % of residents that have AOA for things such as derm/ortho/plastics/etc can easily have 30-40%, where things like IM have around 10-15% AOA. So yeah, it does. Remember that …
AOA: How to become one? | Student Doctor Network Forums
Jan 27, 2008 · I will be in medical school next year, just wonder if there's any general selection criteria for AOA induction. Can't seen to search the term AOA, so here, let me type out alpha omega alpha …
List of schools without AOA. | Student Doctor Network Forums
Dec 29, 2014 · Methodology: I looked on the AOA chapter page and cross-referenced to schools for each state on MSAR. If I saw a school in MSAR not in the AOA chapter page I did a google search …
Beginning of the End to AOA Board Certification
Mar 23, 2017 · What AOA is giving up is its "osteopathic identity" in the AOA Board Certification. What is the point of even having an entire osteopathic profession, when to AOA itself, OMM is now a mere …