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Professional development and leadership resources for osteopathic medical educators, administrators and researchers.  

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Crush Med School Debt: Federal Programs to Fix Your Financial Future

Don't crash out! CRUSH your med school debt. But there are federal programs designed to help you cut through it or eliminate it entirely. Join us for Crush Med School Debt, a one-hour webinar on how the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) can work for you.

Date:  July 22, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Don't crash out! CRUSH your med school debt. Med school debt is real, and it hits different when you're trying to build a career in medicine. But there are federal programs designed to help you cut through it or eliminate it entirely. Join us for Crush Med School Debt, a one-hour webinar on how the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) can work for you through loan repayment and scholarship programs built specifically for current and future health care professionals.

Online and free to attend.

Who should be there?

  • Pre-med students
  • Medical students (MD and DO)
  • Med school faculty, staff, and advisors
  • Primary care clinicians
  • Medical association leaders and representatives

What will you walk away with?

  • A clear understanding of NHSC loan repayment and scholarship programs
  • Know how to qualify and what to expect
  • Answers ask them live during Q&A

Your debt doesn't have to define your path forward. Come find out how to crush it.

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Leadership Institute

The AACOM Leadership Institute offers leadership development opportunities to leaders and aspiring leaders in the osteopathic medical and medical education community. 

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Councils & Committees

AACOM provides opportunities for osteopathic medical educators to collaborate, contribute to and influence the future of medical education.

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Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship

Learn how advocacy can impact OME, osteopathic medicine and the health of patients and communities through the OHPF.  

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UME GME Task Force Steering Committee has 3 focus areas, 6 Action Groups and 3 subgroups

UME-GME Task Force

This initiative is to develop solutions in three major focus areas: the transition to residency, graduate level osteopathic training and strengthening the model of osteopathic training.

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NAOME Fellowship

Be recognized for your contributions to osteopathic undergraduate and graduate medical education and collaborate to shape the future of OME, as a member of AACOM’s selective academic fellowship program.

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Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators

AOGME Fellowship

The Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME) Fellowship recognizes those who have made specific contributions to osteopathic graduate medical education.  

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Job Connection

Find a job or post a job for the OME community!  AACOM's Job Connection also offers career coaching, resume writing, reference testing for a fee and a free career learning center. 

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UME-GME Digital Resource Library

This digital library contains resources on osteopathic training, Osteopathic Recognition, accreditation, evaluations, technology tools and more.
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