{"id":394,"date":"2012-07-02T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/?p=394"},"modified":"2016-11-17T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:08:55","slug":"faimer-wfme-collaborate-combined-medical-school-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faimer.org\/news\/2012\/07\/faimer-wfme-collaborate-combined-medical-school-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIMER and WFME to Collaborate on Combined Medical School Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAIMER and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) are pleased to announce their collaboration to develop a directory of the world\u2019s medical schools. According to an agreement signed in March 2012, the organizations will merge their 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. The new resource, developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the University of Copenhagen, will be known as the <i>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The new <i>World Directory<\/i> will offer enhanced information in areas such as enrollment, curricula, and accreditation. 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, to ensure that users of these directories have continuity of the essential service that they provide. <i>IMED<\/i> and <i>Avicenna<\/i> will close when the <i>World Directory of Medical Schools<\/i> is fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faimer.org\/announcements\/faimer-wfme-collaboration-announcement-pr-july-2-2012.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 their collaboration to develop a directory of the world\u2019s medical schools. 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