Page Morahan, Founding Co-Director of the FAIMER Institute, created a 2015 calendar featuring images from her photo expedition to the Galapagos in February 2014 with the National Geographic Society. The calendar is available for purchase in two formats: wall and desktop/CD case. All proceeds support FAIMER.
In June 2014, the GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute welcomed its 10th class of Fellows and celebrated this important milestone at Seth G.S. Medical College in Mumbai, India. GSMC-FAIMER, the first of FAIMER’s Regional Institutes to be developed, was launched in 2005. A total of 175 health professions educators from seven countries have participated in the fellowship program, …(read more)
FAIMER President and CEO John Norcini, Ph.D., was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) during an Awards Ceremony at the Annual Academic Meeting of the AoME on October 22, 2014, at The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in the United Kingdom. Honorary Fellowship is the highest award of …(read more)
On October 5, FAIMER welcomed an incoming class of 15 Fellows to the 2014 FAIMER Institute, which is currently underway in Philadelphia. The 2014 FAIMER Institute Fellows are: Tashfeen Ahmad, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan Ngwa Nelson Balingwe, M.Sc., St. Francis School of Health Sciences, Cameroon Abebe Bekele, M.D., M.Med., Ph.D., Addis …(read more)
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) and Wiley-Blackwell have identified funding of up to £2,000 for Medical Education to support a 2015 Travelling Fellowship. The aim of the Fellowship is to provide financial support to an individual or a research group to facilitate gaining further experience/training/knowledge that will enable strengthening of health …(read more)
An article authored by FAIMER President John Norcini and several other FAIMER staff members was the subject of a recent Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) podcast by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The article, titled “The Relationship Between Licensing Examination Performance and the Outcomes of Care by International Medical School …(read more)
We are pleased to announce that FAIMER Fellow and faculty member Rashmi Vyas, M.B.B.S., M.D., M.H.P.E., has joined our staff in Philadelphia, as Cross Cultural Educationalist. Dr. Vyas is a 2003 FAIMER Institute Fellow. She serves on the faculty of the FAIMER Institute in Philadelphia, as well as the CMCL FAIMER, GSMC-FAIMER, and PSG-FAIMER Regional …(read more)
FAIMER is pleased to announce the selection of seven winners of its second annual Projects That Work competition. A representative of each project will be sponsored by FAIMER to attend the 2014 annual meeting of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH), to be held November 19-23 in Fortaleza, Brazil. Winners will discuss their work …(read more)
ECFMG employee Ryan Hall recently traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, as a participant in the Temple University School of Media and Communication 2014 South Africa Study Away Program. Hall was one of 11 Temple students to complete the four-week program, which was set up as an elective course in foreign journalism to mark the 20th …(read more)
There is still time to register for International Medical Education (IME) Day 2014! “Global Student Exchanges: How Can They Work for Everyone?” is the title of this year’s IME Day, to be held on October 22, 2014, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern Time in the United States (UTC – 4). The keynote speaker …(read more)
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