Useful Links
Resources for Health Professions Educators
FAIMER is pleased to provide these links as a resource for those interested in health professions education and global health. This portion of the FAIMER website will be added to and revised on an ongoing basis. We welcome your feedback on the usefulness of these links and recommendations for additions. To send us your suggestions, click here.
- Research Tools
- Networking for Researchers
- Educational Tools
- Academic Centers for Teaching and Learning
- Other References
Research Tools
Bibliographic Databases – Use the following websites to search academic journal content by subject. Websites marked “OA” indicate an emphasis on Open Access resources, for which full text is freely available.
- Bioline International OA
- BioMed Central (BMC): The Open Access Publisher OA
- BIREME/PAHO Virtual Health Library
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) OA
- Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) OA for developing economies
- HighWire Press, Stanford University OA for developing economies
- medIND, Biomedical Journals from India
- OpenMED, National Informatics Centre, India
- PubMed
Bibliographic Directories – The following websites contain lists of academic journals for the health professions. Websites marked “OA” indicate an emphasis on Open Access resources, for which full text is freely available.
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research Free Medical Journals OA
- Health Sciences Online
- LivRe Portal to Free Access Journals (Brazil) OA
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- Stanford School of Medicine LaneConnex Global Health Portal
Survey Tools – The following websites provide web-based software for surveys.
Networking for Researchers
Educational Tools
Curriculum Planning, Assessment, and Teaching Strategies – The following websites provide resources for educator development, course design, and planning.
- ACGME Outcome Project
- ALPS Reflect
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Knowledge Media Laboratory
- Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Medical Doctors – WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement (PDF)
- Designing a Teaching Portfolio, Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (PDF)
- Faculty Mentoring Guide, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education (FAME) Course
- Institute for International Medical Education (IIME) Global Minimum Essential Requirements in Medical Education
- International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Web Seminars
- National Board of Medical Examiners Item Writing Manual
- Postgraduate Medical Education – WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement (PDF)
- The Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education Digital Portfolio
- The South East Asia Regional Association of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME): WFME's Initiatives for Quality Improvement
- WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement – Basic Medical Education (PDF)
- WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement – Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Medical Doctors (PDF)
- WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement – Postgraduate Medical Education (PDF)
Teaching Materials – The following websites provide access to tools that can be used in the classroom, such as textbooks, lectures, and digital teaching modules.
- AAMC MedEdPortal
- African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) Training and Health Learning Materials
- Baylor College of Medicine Online CME
- BMJ Learning
- Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health
- Education Scholar Fee Required
- Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX) Latin America only
- Free Books 4 Doctors
- Free Medical Journals
- Global Health eLearning Center
- Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)
- Knowledge Weavers, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- PAHO Virtual Campus of Public Health (Campus Virtual de Salud Pública)
- Pearson Custom Library: Allied Health
- Pearson Custom Library: Pearson Custom Education
- Supercourse
- The Residents' Teaching Skills Website, University of California, Irvine
- Tufts OpenCourseWare
Team Based Learning
- Team-Based Learning (TBL)
- Team-Based Learning Collaborative
- Team Learning in Medical Education An Internet Resource Sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine
- Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Team-Based Learning (TBL)
Academic Centers for Teaching and Learning
- Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
- Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education (FAME) Course
- Institute on Medicine as a Profession
- Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
- Program for Faculty Development, McMaster University
- Teacher and Educational Development (TED), University of New Mexico School of Medicine
- The Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
Other References
The following websites provide other information for health professions educators.
- Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME)
- Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
- Clinical Genetic Education Resources
- International Handbook of Research in Medical Education
- MedEdCentral
- MedEdWorld
- The Network: TUFH list of Education Consultants