Professional Societies

Professional Societies
AAMC : Association of American Medical Colleges

This society addresses every aspect of medical education in United States. Annual meetings are held in November. Sessions of Research in Medical Education (RIME) are published as supplement version of Academic Medicine. WFME : World Federation for Medical Education

The federation, whose head office is located in University of Copenhagen, Denmark, tries to unite global network of medical education. Regional associations are:

AMSA: Association of Medical Schools in Africa
PAFAMS (Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools)
AMEEMR: Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
AMEE : Association of Medical Schools in Europe
SEARAME: South East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education
AMEWPR : Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region

IIME : Institute for International Medical Education This institute was founded in 1999 to collect global information and to develop the global minimum essential (core) requirements. CAME : Canadian Association for Medical Education Ottawa Conference, world-wide meeting of medical educational research, is held every other year either Ottawa or other places alternatively. In 2002, it will be held from July 13 to 16 in Ottawa. ASME : The Association for the Study of Medical Education

Professional association related to every aspect of medical education in the UK. STFM : Society of Teachers of Family Medicine This society aims at developing teachers of family medicine under cooperation with AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians). SGIM : Society of General Internal Medicine This society addresses research and education on hospital care and primary care. Official journal is JGIM．Educational resources are also available．