The 2011 FAIMER Institute will begin in Philadelphia, starting October 2. The following individuals have been selected to participate: Samar Ahmed, M.B.B.S., M.Sc., M.D., M.H.P.E., Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Rachman Bekti, M.B.B.S., M.D., Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia Champica Bodinayake, M.B.B.S., M.D., University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka Josaphat Byamugisha, M.B.Ch.B., M.Med., Ph.D., Makerere University, …(read more)
The first residential session of the 2011 PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute took place April 2-8 in Coimbatore, India, under the direction of Thomas Chacko. The 2011 PSG-FAIMER Fellows are: Althaf A., M.B.B.S., M.D., T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha, India Kalaiselvan Ganapathy, M.B.B.S., M.D., Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital, Puducherry, India Reneega Gangadhar, M.B.B.S., M.D., Government …(read more)
The first residential session of the 2011 Southern Africa-FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI) took place March 2-8, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa, under the direction of Vanessa Burch and Juanita Bezuidenhout. The 2011 SAFRI Fellows are: Paula Barnard-Ashton, M.Sc., University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa Sara Brair, M.B.B.S., M.D., Al Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan …(read more)
The first residential session of the 2011 GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute (GSMC-FRI) took place June 6-12, 2011, in Mumbai, India, under the direction of Avinash Supe. The 2011 GSMC-FRI Fellows are: Parineeta Bhat, M.B.B.S., M.D., Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India Sanjay Gupta, M.B.B.S., M.D., Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India Anjali Kanhere, M.B.B.S., M.D., People’s College …(read more)
A new report from the London International Development Center (LIDC), “Distance Learning for Health: What Works,” presents findings from a global review of distance learning programs for medical professionals in low- and middle-income countries. The report, authored by Chris Joynes, was launched at the LIDC-3ie seminar “What works in international development? Internet-based medical education: findings …(read more)
The first residential session of the 2011 Brazil-FAIMER Regional Institute took place February 7-18, 2011, in Porto das Dunas, Ceará, Brazil, under the direction of Eliana Amaral and Henry Campos. The 2011 Brazil-FAIMER Fellows are: Jefferson Souza Bernardes, M.S., Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Maceió, Brazil Maria do Horto Fontoura Cartana, M.Sc., Ph.D., R.N., …(read more)
The first residential session of the 2011 CMCL-FAIMER Regional Institute took place February 1-7, 2011, in Ludhiana, India, under the direction of Tejinder Singh. The 2011 CMCL-FAIMER Fellows are: Pankaj Bhardwaj, M.B.B.S., M.D., Era’s Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow, India Deepa Bhat, M.B.B.S., M.D., J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore, India Nandita Chattopadhyay, M.B.B.S., D.C.H., D.N.B., …(read more)
The 8th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), “Continuum of Medical Education: From Undergraduate Learning to Professional Practice—Trends, Issues, Priorities, and Strategies,” took place January 26-30, 2011, at the National University of Singapore, Singapore. The conference, aimed at sharing and learning from international experiences and best practices, included several pre- and post-conference workshops on medical …(read more)
More than one-quarter of the projects awarded in the new Brazilian Ministry of Education Pro-Ensino (Pro-Teaching) project include Brazilian FAIMER community members as authors. This new program is intended to provide scholarships for health professionals to obtain master’s, Ph.D., and post-Ph.D. degrees in education, and to establish a new research agenda in education in Brazil …(read more)
New websites for each of the five FAIMER Regional Institutes as well as a new site for the FAIMER Regional Initiative in Latin America (FRILA) were launched in the second half of 2010. Each website will be managed by local FAIMER faculty. News, announcements, Fellow highlights, and other communications of potential interest to a region …(read more)
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