Sixteen international health professions educators who represent academic institutions from 14 countries around the world arrived in Philadelphia on October 5, 2008, to begin their first session as Fellows of the 2008 FAIMER Institute. The FAIMER Institute fellowship program is designed for international health professions educators who have the potential to play key roles at… Continue reading 2008 FAIMER Institute
The 2008 Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference was held August 30 – September 3 in Prague, Czech Republic. Approximately 2,100 participants from more than 70 countries attended this international conference. The program consisted of a variety of session formats, including workshops, specialized courses, short communications, and posters. The beautiful city of Prague… Continue reading 2008 Association for Medical Education in Europe Conference
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… Continue reading SAFRI Session Held in Conjunction with South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) Meeting, June 2008
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… Continue reading 6th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference: February 19-22, 2009
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. The new Fellows… Continue reading 2008 GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute
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. The Congress will take place November 7-9, 2008, on Kish Island, Islamic Republic of Iran. Themes… Continue reading International Congress on Implementation of WFME Standards in Curricula of Undergraduate Medical Education: November 7-9, 2008
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. The theme of the conference, organized in conjunction with the University of Malaya, is “PBL: Challenges and Opportunities.” A pre-conference workshop will be held October 13-14, focused on PBL case… Continue reading 6th Biennial Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association on Problem-Based Learning in Health Sciences: October 15-16, 2008
A call for research proposals focused on incentives to attract and retain qualified health workers to underserved areas within low and middle income countries has been issued by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the Human Resources for Health Department of the World Health Organization (WHO). The Alliance for Health Policy and… Continue reading Call for Research Proposals: Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the Human Resources for Health Department, World Health Organization
A new class of 16 Fellows attended the PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Coimbatore, India, April 16-21, 2008. They were joined for the final two days of their program by the returning class of 2007, who participated in their second residential session April 20-23. This occasion marked the… Continue reading 2008 PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute
FAIMER Institute faculty member Vanessa Burch, M.B.Ch.B., M.Med., Ph.D., has been named Professor and Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cape Town. A 2001 FAIMER Institute Fellow, Dr. Burch has been a member of the FAIMER Institute faculty since 2005. Prior to joining the faculty, she spent two years as a Global Faculty… Continue reading Vanessa Burch, M.B.Ch.B., M.Med., Ph.D., Named Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cape Town
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