Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B8-15.001 - Abbreviations and Definitions
Current through Reg. 47, No. 249; December 28, 2021
As used in this chapter:
(1) "AAMC" means Association of American
Medical Colleges.
(2) "ACGME" means
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(3) "AMA" means American Medical
Association.
(4) "Applicant" means
a foreign medical school which applies to the Department for
certification.
(5) "Board" means
State of Florida Board of Medicine.
(6) "Clinical Clerkship" means an organized
supervised educational experience involving the examination and care of
patients in the practice of medicine, which is an integral part of the clinical
component of the medical curriculum and which takes place in a teaching
hospital or an acceptable equivalent health care facility.
(7) "Dean" means a university or college
administrative official acting as chief academic officer in the supervision of
a school or faculty.
(8)
"Department" means State of Florida Department of Health.
(9) "ECFMG" means Educational Commission for
Foreign Medical Graduates.
(10)
"FLEX" means Federation Licensing Examination.
(11) "FMGEMS" means Foreign Medical Graduate
Examination in the Medical Sciences.
(12) "Foreign Medical School" means a medical
school outside the United States.
(13) "LCME" means Liaison Committee on
Medical Education.
(14) "M.D.
Degree" means an abbreviation for Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine, an
academic degree conferred by a college/university on one having satisfactorily
completed a medical school curriculum established for preparation for the
practice of medicine. Other degrees (example M.B.) are used as equivalent in
some countries.
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