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Specialized Professional Study
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American Medical Association – Fellowship and Residency Database
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html
Freida Online: Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database. You can view detailed information about residency programs (application requirements, faculty, work schedule among other things) and perform a search using different criteria (specialty, location, and size of program)

http://www.nrmp.org/
National Residence Matching Program site.

Association of American Medical Colleges Academic Medicine
http://www.aamc.org
Has links to U.S. and Canadian medical schools.
(Also includes information on the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, at
http://www.aamc.org/stuapps/admiss/mcat/start.htm)

http://www.ecfmg.org
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate. Includes on-line ordering for Information Booklet, examination dates and deadlines, and ERAS — Electronic Residency Application Service.

Federation of State Medical Boards
http://www.fsmb.org

National Board of Medical Examiners
http://www.nbme.org/

Test of English as a Foreign Language
http://www.toefl.org

USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination)

http://www.ecfmg.org
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate. You can order the Information Booklet on-line, have information on examination dates and deadlines, and on the ERAS — Electronic Residency Application Service.

http://www.usmle.org
Site has general information on the USMLE testing schedule.

http://www.review.com/
The Princeton Review. A test preparatory organization

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