The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation is a committee within the
US Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...
. It is responsible for assessing the accreditation standards of non-US medical schools and determining if those standards are "comparable" with US standards.
/ref> The Committee does not license or accredit foreign medical schools directly.
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Medical education in the United States
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