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Higher Education

Higher education is often a required component of working as a health care professional. Finding the appropriate undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program can be a daunting task. The following resources provide information about how to begin, limit or make informed decisions about a higher education program.

Communicating directly with programs of interest will get you the specific results and information that you need to make a decision and to complete the application process. Please use these resources as tools to support the search efforts that will help you to accomplish your professional goals.

Resources
Electronic, print, and multimedia resources are provided to help you to find Higher education resources. These resources are available from professional organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions.  The resources listed may be helpful when looking for an undergraduate or graduate program in a health care related field.

Book

American Psychological Association. (2002). Graduate study in psychology, 2003 (36 th Ed). Washington, D.C.: Author.


Internet

 

American Medical Association (AMA): FREIDA online

 

FREIDA stands for Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database and offers the ability to search over 7,800 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, as well as over 200 combined specialty programs.

 

The FREIDA database is accessible at the following Web address:

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html

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