Glossary of Abbreviations
AAEM — American Academy of Emergency Medicine
AAMC — Association of American Medical Colleges
ABEM — American Board of Emergency Medicine
ABMS — American Board of Medical Specialties
ACEP — American College of Emergency Physicians
ACGME — Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACOEP-RSO — American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
Resident Student Organization
AMA — American Medical Association
AOA — Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society or American Osteopathic Association
APD — Associate/assistant program director
ASC-EM — Advising Students Committee in Emergency Medicine
CaRMS — Canadian Resident Matching Service
COMLEX — Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination
CORD — Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine
CV — Curriculum Vitae
DDx — Differential diagnosis
ECFMGTM — Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ED — Emergency department
EM — Emergency medicine
EMIG — Emergency Medicine Interest Group
EMRA — Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association
EMTALA — Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
ERAS. — Electronic Residency Application Service
eSLOE — Electronic Standardized Letter of Evaluation
IMG — International medical graduate
LoR — Letter of Recommendation
MODS — Medical Operational Data System
MSPE — Medical Student Performance Evaluation
NBME — National Board of Medical Examiners
NCAT-EM — National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in EM
NPP — Non-physician provider
NRMP — National Resident Matching Program
OASIS — Online Applicant Status and Information Systems (for IMGs)
O-SLOE — Off-service Standardized Letter Of Evaluation
PD — Program Director(s)
SAEM — Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
SLOE — Standardized Letter Of Evaluation
SOAP — Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program
Step 2 (CK) — USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge exam (Commonly referred to as simply Step 2, since Step 2 CS was discontinued in 2021)
USMLE — United States Medical Licensing Examination
VSLO — Visiting Student Learning Opportunities
COMMON SYNONYMS
Clerkship: away rotation, audition rotation, externship, sub-internship, sub-I
