Janet Grant PhD, FBPsS, FRCGP (hon), FRCP (hon), MRCR (hon) is WFME special adviser and is Director of CenMEDIC (the Centre for Medical Education in Context) and the FAIMER Centre for Distance Learning. She is emeritus professor of education in medicine at the Open University in the UK. Her interests are in policy research in medical education, regulation, educational development, continuing professional development and curriculum.