The 2010 International Conference in Medical Education (ICME) will be held December 5-7 at the Yas Island Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The theme of the conference is “Beyond Flexner: A Roadmap for Excellence in Health Professions Education,” in celebration of the centenary of the Flexner Report. Discussion topics will include accreditation, admissions, …(read more)
Health care professionals and health professions educators are invited to attend the 6th Congress of the Asian Medical Education Association (AMEA), to be held March 23-26, 2011, at International Medical University (IMU) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pre-congress workshops will be held on March 23. The theme of the congress is “Trends in Medical Education,” and …(read more)
A diverse group of experts in Human Resources for Health (HRH) took part in an international meeting on medical education for universal health care systems held in Brasilia, Brazil, on July 19, 2010, as part of the Secretariat of Labor and Education Management for Health’s (SGTES) three-day EXPO SGTES conference. The purpose of the meeting …(read more)
The third annual conference of the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) was held July 22-24 at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference, themed “Making Education Matter,” focused on health professions education and health care delivery, and attracted local and regional experts as well as guests from the United Kingdom, …(read more)
On February 11, participants at the 2010 Medical Education Meeting (Jornadas de Educación Médica 2010) held at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), witnessed the launch of an organization devoted to medical education research in Latin America. The new Mexican Association of Medical Education Research (AMIEM) seeks to: promote the formation and development of human …(read more)
The 2nd National Conference on Health Professions Education (NCHPE) will take place September 16-17, 2011, in Vellore, India. The theme for the conference is “Health Professions Education—Toward Meeting the Health Care Needs of India.” While health professions education in India has grown faster than the population, inequalities in the health care system persist and access …(read more)
The 2nd Quality Assurance in Medical Education Symposium took place May 30-31, 2010, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. FAIMER Associate Vice President for Education and Co-Director of the FAIMER Institute William Burdick, M.D., M.S.Ed., was among the symposium’s invited …(read more)
The 14th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions was held May 15–19, 2010, in Miami, Florida. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Conference, which has been held biennially since 1985, when it was founded by Professor Ian Hart (Ottawa, Canada) and Professor Ronald Harden (Dundee, …(read more)
The 11th Thai Medical Education Conference, “Globalization and Medical Education,” was hosted by the Faculty of Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 27-29, 2010. The conference provided an opportunity for participants to discuss medical education strategies and processes with a view toward improving healthcare services in South East Asia. The focus of discourse …(read more)
On May 11 and 12, 2010, Stellenbosch University held its fourth annual Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, hosted by the university’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. The goal of the conference was to explore all facets of teaching and learning at Stellenbosch University in an “open, supportive, and intellectually stimulating atmosphere,” as …(read more)
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