WFME President Professor Ricardo León-Bórquez met with Dr Russell D’Souza to be appointed a member of the International Council of the Department of Education of the International Chair in Bioethics (a World Medical Association Cooperating Centre, formerly in official agreement with UNESCO).
WFME at the IFMSA Cameroon (CAMSA) webinar
WFME participated in a workshop organised by IFMSA representatives from Cameroon (CAMSA) to discuss on accreditation of local medical schools.
New membership of the WFME Recognition Committee
Members of the WFME Recognition Committee met over Zoom on 13 February 2023. Since Professor Stefan Lindgren’s tenure as chair had ended, the aim of the meeting was to elect a new chair and to discuss the current committee’s membership.
WFME at the Asian Accreditation Agencies Forum 2023
Professor Ricardo León-Bórquez in his new role of the WFME President was given the honour to present as the keynote speaker at the Asian Accreditation Agencies Forum held on 11 and 12 January 2023 in Thailand. The Forum is a platform for accrediting agencies of the region to exchange experience and best practices.
New WFME Leaders
WFME is starting the new year 2023 with a new President, Professor Ricardo Leon, and a new Vice-President, Professor Geneviève Moineau – building on the extraordinary work of the Past-President Professor David Gordon and past Vice-President Professor Ducksun Ahn.
Geneviève Moineau elected as next Vice-President of WFME
The World Federation for Medical Education is very pleased to announce that Geneviève Moineau has been elected as the next Vice-President of WFME. She will take office in January 2023 simultaneously with the new President, Ricardo León-Bórquez, for an initial four-year term.
BQA awarded Recognition Status
WFME is pleased to announce that the Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA) in Bahrain has been awarded Recognition Status by the World Federation of Medical Education. The agency has been recognised for the full term of 10 years.
The WFME Executive Council met in Ferney-Voltaire, France, to report on and review its policies
On 26 and 27 October 2022, members of the WFME Executive Council met at the WFME office in Ferney-Voltaire, France, after more than two years of online meetings. One objective of the meeting was to report on activities and progress related to the main three focus areas of WFME expertise: the Recognition of Accreditation programme, […]
Two more agencies awarded WFME Recognition Status
Two accrediting agencies have been awarded Recognition Status by the World Federation of Medical Education – National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) and Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA). These agencies operate in Spain and Kazakhstan. Both agencies have been recognised for the full term […]
