{"id":295,"date":"2014-04-04T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/?p=295"},"modified":"2016-11-16T20:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:19:15","slug":"faimer-wfme-announce-launch-world-directory-medical-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/2014\/04\/faimer-wfme-announce-launch-world-directory-medical-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIMER and WFME Announce the Launch of the <em>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAIMER and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)<\/a> are pleased to announce an important milestone in their collaboration to develop the <i>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/i>. The <i>World Directory<\/i> is now available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdoms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.wdoms.org<\/a>. This new resource, developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the University of Copenhagen, is the result of a March 2012 agreement to merge the organizations\u2019 respective directories\u2014FAIMER\u2019s <i>International Medical Education Directory<\/i> (<i>IMED<\/i>) and WFME\u2019s <i>Avicenna Directory<\/i>\u2014to produce a single comprehensive resource on undergraduate medical education worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The merger of <i>IMED<\/i> and the <i>Avicenna Directory<\/i> has combined FAIMER and WFME\u2019s existing data sets and streamlined their data collection efforts. The new <i>World Directory<\/i> offers enhanced information such as enrollment and curriculum data for schools that offer multiple medical programs or tracks. In the future, additional features, such as information about program recognition or accreditation, will be added to meet the needs of medical regulatory authorities, certifying bodies, and researchers. The availability of current, high-quality information on undergraduate medical education in the form of a centralized resource will advance research on the quality of medical education and efforts to improve medical education, with the ultimate goal of improving public health.<\/p>\n<p>During the transition to the new <i>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/i>, <i>IMED<\/i> and the <i>Avicenna Directory<\/i> will remain open for a year, to ensure that medical regulatory authorities and other users of these directories have continuity of the essential service that they provide. The <i>World Directory<\/i>, however, will take over as the definitive list of medical schools in the world, and <i>IMED<\/i> and <i>Avicenna<\/i> will be discontinued in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/announcements\/wdoms-press-release-apr42014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">full press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIMER and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) are pleased to announce an important milestone in their collaboration to develop the World Directory of Medical Schools. The World Directory is now available at www.wdoms.org. 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