Welcome to the website for the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment. If you are a medical assisting program director seeking accreditation for your program or a medical assisting education program surveyor, you will find a great deal of useful information and resources here to help you do your work.

The accreditation process involves the activities of four main entities:

The AAMA Endowment

The American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment is not-for-profit corporation that provides funding for two purposes:

• The awarding of scholarships to students in medical assisting education programs
• The accreditation of medical assisting education programs.
  
  

The Medical Assisting Education Review Board

The Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB), an autonomous unit within the Endowment, evaluates medical assisting programs according to Standards adopted by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The MAERB then recommends programs to CAAHEP for accreditation. Additionally, the MAERB fulfills these functions:

• Regularly reviewing Standards for medical assisting education accreditation
• Development and revision of the core Curriculum for Medical Assistants
• Conducting accreditation workshops for medical assisting educators
• Conducting workshops and conferences for medical assisting program surveyors
• Providing medical assisting educators with current information about CAAHEP accreditation laws, policies and practices.
  
  

The Accreditation Department

The AAMA Accreditation department provides staff support to the MAERB in the following activities:

• Developing and implementing strategic plans and policies
• Developing meeting agendas
• Monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements
• Developing and interpreting accreditation standards
• Coordinating accreditation workshops
• Coordinating the recruitment and training of volunteers
• Editing reports and coordinating revisions

The department also provides assistance to programs undergoing accreditation.

CAAHEP

CAAHEP is a nonprofit, allied health education organization whose purpose is to accredit entry-level, allied health education programs. For more information, go to www.caahep.org.