The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommends
that all US medical schools procure a national background check
on applicants upon their conditional acceptance to medical school.
The rationale for performing criminal background checks on accepted
medical school applicants is based on a number of issues, including..
The AAMC has initiated an AMCAS-facilitated national background
check service, through which Certiphi Screening, Inc. (a Vertical
Screen® Company) will procure a national background report on
early decision program applicants at the point of acceptance and
all other applicants at the point of acceptance after January 1st.
In addition, beginning in May of each year, a national background
report will be procured for a subset of applicants who are on a
participating school's alternate list; medical schools will not
receive such reports until the point of acceptance. The AAMC has
initiated this service in order to recognize the desire of medical
schools to procure appropriate national criminal history reports,
and to prevent applicants from paying additional fees at each medical
school to which they are accepted.
During the AMCAS 2010 application year, participating medical schools
may continue to require applicants to undergo a separate national
background check process, if required to do so by their own institutional
regulations or by applicable state law. Many medical schools not
participating may also require applicants to undergo a separate
national background check process.
For the 2010 entering class, the following medical schools will
be participating:
(This list may change per the medical school's decision)
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine |
| Albany Medical College |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Baylor College of Medicine |
| Boston University School of Medicine |
| Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University |
| Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of
Medicine & Science |
| Creighton University School of Medicine |
| Dartmouth Medical School |
| Drexel University College of Medicine |
| East Tennessee State University |
| Florida International University COM |
| George Washington University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences |
| Georgetown University School of Medicine |
| Howard University College of Medicine |
| Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University |
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
|
| Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
|
| Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine |
| Mayo Medical School |
| Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine |
| Medical College of Wisconsin |
| Meharry Medical College |
| Mercer University School of Medicine |
| Michigan State University |
| Morehouse School of Medicine |
| Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine |
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine |
| Saint Louis University School of Medicine |
| State University of New York Upstate Medical University |
| Stony Brook University School of Medicine |
| Temple University School of Medicine |
| The Commonwealth Medical College |
| The University of Toledo College of Medicine |
| Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Tulane University School of Medicine |
| UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson |
| Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine |
| University at Buffalo State University of New York School
of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences |
| University of Alabama School of Medicine |
| University of California - Davis School of Medicine |
| University of California Irvine College of Medicine |
| University of California Los Angeles David Geffen SOM |
| University of California San Diego School of Medicine |
| University of California San Franciscio School of Medicine |
| University of Central Florida College of Medicine |
| University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
| University of Cincinnati College of Medicine |
| University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine |
| University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of
Medicine |
| University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
| University of Louisville School of Medicine |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey
Medical School |
| University of Miami School of Medicine |
| University of Michigan Medical School |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine |
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine |
| University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| University of Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry |
| University of South Alabama College of Medicine |
| University of South Carolina School of Medicine |
| University of South Florida College of Medicine |
| University of Utah School of Medicine |
| University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| University of Virginia School of Medicine |
| University of Washington School of Medicine |
| Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
| Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
| Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine |
