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| Program | Application Opens | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| CMCL-FAIMER Regional Institute | Apply Now | OCT 15, 2008 |
| FAIMER Institute | Apply Now | DEC 31, 2008 |
| Southern Africa-FAIMER Regional Institute | Apply Now | NOV 1, 2008 |
| Brazil-FAIMER Regional Institute | Apply Now | NOV 24, 2008 |
| PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute | OCT 15, 2008 | JAN 15, 2009 |
| GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute | DEC 15, 2008 | MAR 15, 2009 |

Sixteen international health professions educators who represent academic institutions from 14 countries around the world will arrive in Philadelphia on October 5, 2008, to begin their first session as Fellows of the 2008 FAIMER Institute.
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More than 20 FAIMER Institute alumni from five African countries (South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Uganda, and Ethiopia) and four FAIMER faculty members (from the United States, United Kingdom, and Malaysia) joined the 2008 Southern Africa-FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI) Fellows at the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) meeting of about 300 health professions educators at Stellenbosch University on June 19-21, 2008.
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Following the success of the past five Asia Pacific Medical Education Conferences (APMEC), the Medical Education Unit of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, will once again organize and host the next meeting, the 6th APMEC, from February 19-22, 2009 at the LT 27 (Lim Seng Tjoe Lecture Theatre) National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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FAIMER’s first Regional Institute, the GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute, turned four years old in June 2008, as Seth G.S. Medical College in Mumbai, India once again welcomed 16 new Fellows for the beginning session of their two-year program, and welcomed back Fellows from the 2007 class as they began their second on-site session.
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The Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in collaboration with the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), is hosting an International Congress on Implementation of WFME Standards in Curricula of Undergraduate Medical Education.
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The 6th Biennial Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association on Problem-Based Learning in Health Sciences (APA-PHS) will take place October 15-16, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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