New committees to support the governance of WFME
The Review of WFME functions recommended the creation of a Risk Committee (RC) to identify, monitor and develop mitigation strategies for risks, as part of a range of new governance-related measures. The WFME Executive Council endorsed the recommendation to set up the RC. [Read more…] about Report on topics discussed at the WFME Executive Council meeting, April 2021
The following policies in the WFME Recognition of Accreditation programme were ratified at the WFME Executive Council meeting held on 26 and 28 April 2021: [Read more…] about New policies in the Recognition of Accreditation programme
La Conférence Internationale des Doyens des Facultés de Médecine d’Expression Française (CIDMEF) a tenu son Assemblée Générale du 27 au 29 avril 2021. Lire le discours du Professeur David Gordon, Président de la Fédération Mondiale pour l’Education Médicale, ici. [Read more…] about Professor David Gordon spoke at the CIDMEF General Assembly / Le professeur David Gordon a parlé à l’Assemblée générale de la CIDMEF
The WFME Executive Council met on Monday and Wednesday this week, 26 and 28 April. As well as a very lively and productive discussion, the Council also took an up-to-date photo that shows its current membership. [Read more…] about WFME Executive Council meeting – April 2021
WFME representatives collaborated with the World Health Organization on a webinar titled “Will Covid-19 revolutionise medical and health education?” held on 15 April 2021. [Read more…] about WFME on medical education in the COVID-19 context
Rita Sood died on 8 April 2021.
She was a former President of the South East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education, SEARAME, and represented SEARAME on the World Federation Executive Council for many years. Her contributions to the Executive Council were always calm, judicious and greatly valued. [Read more…] about Professor Rita Sood
UPDATE: The conference will be postponed to 2023, due to the uncertainties related to the Covid 19 situation. See the details, including the conference website link in this news item.
We are pleased to announce that WFME will hold the next international conference in Cairo, Egypt, from 26 – 29 October 2022. The event will be hosted by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ain Shams University.
WFME is pleased to announce that the new, third edition of the WFME Standards for Basic Medical Education is now available on our website here. This edition of the standards adopts a new, principles-based approach to allow users of the standards to make their own version of the basic standards appropriate to the local context.
WFME has always emphasised that the standards are a guide to the development and evaluation of medical education in all settings. They are not prescriptive, and not a rule-book. They are intended to be used as a framework to be modified and customised for the local setting. There are many sets of standards in local use which were developed from the first and second editions of the WFME standards for basic medical education. If those local standards remain good and efficient, there is no need for them to be revised.
Dr Ahmed Al Rumayyan was elected as the President of AMEEMR at a recent meeting of the AMEEMR Executive. Dr Al Rumayyan is Dean of the College of Medicine at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh. WFME is very pleased to welcome him to the WFME Executive Council.
