International Medical Education Directory

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The International Medical Education Directory (IMED) was a public database of worldwide medical schools. The IMED was published as a joint collaboration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). [1]

Through its program of certification, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) assesses the readiness of international medical graduates to enter residency or fellowship programs in the United States that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "support the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) as it promotes international health professions education through programmatic and research activities." These activities include:

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The information available in IMED was derived from data collected by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) throughout its history of evaluating the medical education credentials of international medical graduates. Using these data as a starting point, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) began developing IMED in 2001 and made it publicly available in April 2002. [1]

In April 2014, IMED was merged with the Avicenna Directory to create the World Directory of Medical Schools. [2] The World Directory is now the definitive list of medical schools in the world, as IMED and Avicenna were discontinued in 2015. [3]

The Avicenna Directory project was a public database of worldwide medical schools, schools of pharmacy, schools of public health and educational institutions of other academic health professions. The Avicenna Directory was maintained by the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) in the years 2008-2015.

The World Directory of Medical Schools (WDMS) is a public database of institutions that provide medical education. There are 2,800 operational medical schools listed in the directory. The Directory is published as a collaboration of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).

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  1. 1 2 "World Directory of Medical Schools | About". www.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. ↑ "FAIMER | World Directory of Medical Schools". www.faimer.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  3. ↑ "International Medical Education Directory (IMED) To Be Discontinued by Mid-2015". www.faimer.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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