{"id":1152,"date":"2017-04-06T01:31:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2017-04-06T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T12:47:04","slug":"directory-organizations-recognizeaccredit-medical-schools-dora-updated-reflect-wfme-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/2017\/04\/directory-organizations-recognizeaccredit-medical-schools-dora-updated-reflect-wfme-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Directory of Organizations that Recognize\/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA) Is Updated to Reflect WFME Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAIMER\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/resources\/dora\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Directory of Organizations that Recognize\/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA)<\/a> is an online resource that provides information on the organizations typically responsible for establishing national standards for medical education and accrediting medical schools in their countries. The directory currently lists accreditation authorities in more than 100 countries, and includes details on duration and levels of accreditation, evaluation standards and processes, and links to specific regulatory agencies. DORA has been recently updated to reflect recognition by the <a href=\"http:\/\/wfme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)<\/a> Programme for Recognition of Accreditation Agencies. This recognition by WFME does not imply that all medical schools operating in this country are currently accredited by the agency. Users should refer to the accrediting agency directly for information regarding the accreditation status of specific medical schools.<\/p>\n<p>The WFME recognition program was designed to provide a transparent and rigorous method of ensuring that the accreditation of medical schools is held to a high, internationally accepted standard. Since the program\u2019s inception, seven agencies have successfully undergone the process and been recognized by WFME, and approximately 20 applications from other agencies are currently in progress. For more information on the WFME recognition program, click <a href=\"http:\/\/wfme.org\/accreditation\/accrediting-accreditors\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIMER\u2019s Directory of Organizations that Recognize\/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA) is an online resource that provides information on the organizations typically responsible for establishing national standards for medical education and accrediting medical schools in their countries. 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