{"id":219,"date":"2015-04-07T17:42:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T17:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/?p=219"},"modified":"2016-12-01T13:59:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:59:10","slug":"international-medical-education-directory-imed-discontinued-mid-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/2015\/04\/international-medical-education-directory-imed-discontinued-mid-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>International Medical Education Directory (IMED)<\/em> To Be Discontinued by Mid-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As previously announced, it is expected that FAIMER\u2019s <em>International Medical Education Directory<\/em> (<em>IMED<\/em>) and <em>IMED<\/em> Subscription Service will be discontinued by mid-2015. The <a href=\"http:\/\/wfme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Federation for Medical Education<\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/wfme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WFME<\/a>) also expects to discontinue its <em>Avicenna Directory<\/em> by mid-2015. At that time, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdoms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/em><\/a> will become the definitive list of medical schools in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/em> was launched in April 2014 by FAIMER and WFME. Developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the University of Copenhagen, the <em>World Directory<\/em> is a result of a March 2012 agreement to merge <em>IMED<\/em> and WFME\u2019s <em>Avicenna Directory<\/em> to produce a single comprehensive resource on undergraduate medical education worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>During the transition to the new <em>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/em>, <em>IMED<\/em> and the <em>Avicenna Directory<\/em> remain available to ensure that medical regulatory authorities and other users of these directories have continuity of the essential service that they provide. Please monitor the FAIMER website for updates on this transition.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the <em>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/em>, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdoms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.wdoms.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously announced, it is expected that FAIMER\u2019s International Medical Education Directory (IMED) and IMED Subscription Service will be discontinued by mid-2015. The World Federation for Medical Education(WFME) also expects to discontinue its Avicenna Directory by mid-2015. 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