Membership
Levels of membership in ACP are Affiliate, Medical Student, Associate, Member, Fellow (FACP), and Master (MACP). Fellowship and Mastership in ACP are the organization's way of noting outstanding achievement in internal medicine. Fellows are recommended by their peers, endorsed by their local chapter leadership, and reviewed by a national credentials subcommittee. Masters are nominated from among the Fellows of ACP for annual election to this highly selective group. ACP Affiliate membership is available to physician assistants who are Fellow Members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
With the exception of physician assistants, membership in ACP is restricted to physicians and medical students interested in internal medicine. Board certification in internal medicine is not required. However, potential members must be "board eligible."
Internists complete a three-year internal medicine training program after medical school, focusing on how to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases primarily affecting adults. Those wishing to become subspecialty internists can then complete one to three years of additional training in such fields as cardiology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, geriatric medicine, infectious diseases, and hepatology.
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