Health professions education accrediting agencies
The AMA's Health Care Careers Directory lists information about more than 80 careers in health care and 8,400 educational programs in those fields. These programs are accredited by the organizations listed below.
For more information or to order, contact the AMA at (800) 621-8335 or consult our online catalog. You can also obtain an order form by sending an e-mail to meded@ama-assn.org with the phrase "HCCD" in the e-mail's subject line.
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Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
- Occupational therapist
- Occupational therapy assistant
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
- Pharmacist
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
- Optometrist
- Optometric technician
Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
- Physician assistant
American Academy of Professional Coders
- Medical coder
American Art Therapy Association
- Art therapist
American Board of Genetic Counseling
- Genetic counselor
American Dance Therapy Association
- Dance/movement therapist
- Orthoptist
American Psychological Association Committee on Accreditation
- Psychologist
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technician
American Veterinary Medical Association, Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities
- Veterinary technologist
American Veterinary Medical Association, Council on Education
- Veterinarian
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Low vision therapist
- Orientation and mobility specialist
- Rehabilitation teacher
- Teacher of the visually impaired
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
- Medical transcriptionist
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
- Health care management
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association
- Dietitian/nutritionist
- Dietetic technician
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management
- Health information administrator
- Health information technician
Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
- Respiratory therapist
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
- Physical therapist
- Physical therapist assistant
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- Anesthesia technician/technologist
- Anesthesiologist assistant
- Cardiovascular technologist
- Cytotechnologist
- Diagnostic medical sonographer
- Electroneurodiagnostic technologist
- Emergency medical technician-paramedic
- Exercise physiologist (applied and clinical)
- Exercise science professional
- Kinesiotherapist
- Lactation consultant
- Medical assistant
- Medical illustrator
- Orthotic and prosthetic technician
- Orthotist/prosthetist
- Perfusionist
- Polysomnographic technologist
- Recreational therapist
- Specialist in blood bank technology
- Surgical assistant
- Surgical technologist
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
- Athletic trainer
Commission on Accreditation of Ophthalmic Medical Programs
- Ophthalmic assistant
- Ophthalmic medical technician/technologist
- Nurse
Commision on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association
- Dental assistant
- Dental hygienist
- Dental laboratory technician
- Dentist
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
- Massage therapist
Commission on Opticianry Accreditation
- Ophthalmic dispensing optician
- Ophthalmic laboratory technician
Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
- Physician (osteopathic)
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
- Counselor
- Audiologist
- Speech-language pathologist
Council on Accreditation of the National Recreation and Park Association
- Therapeutic recreation specialist
Council on Chiropractic Education
- Chiropractic physician
Council on Podiatric Medical Education
- Podiatrist
Council on Rehabilitation Education
- Rehabilitation counselor
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
- Magnetic resonance technologist
- Medical dosimetrist
- Radiation therapist
- Radiographer
Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology
- Nuclear medicine technologist
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
- Physician (allopathic)
- Medical librarian
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Clinical assistant
- Clinical laboratory scientist/medical technologist
- Clinical laboratory technician/medical laboratory technician
- Cytogenetic technologist
- Diagnostic molecular scientist
- Histologic technician
- Histotechnologist
- Pathologists' assistant
- Phlebotomist
National Association of Schools of Music
- Music therapist
National Cancer Registrars Association
- Cancer registrar
