World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)

(World Federation for Medical Education/WFME) WFME came into existence in September 1972 at a meeting in Copenhagen, when its Constitution was signed by representatives of the Regional Associations for Medical Education, by the representative of the Director-General of the World Health Organization, by the President of the World Medical Association, and other witnesses.

The Constitution was drawn up by a WFME Planning Group which met in Mainz in April 1972 with the support of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. The concept of WFME originated much earlier, at a meeting of medical educators in New Delhi in 1966.

The Constitution was revised in 1988, in 1994, and further amended in April 2014.

A History of the First Forty Years is available through the link below.

Links to international networks on medical education and accreditation:

• World Federation for Medical Education (WFME);
• The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – ENQA;
• The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE);
• The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN);
• Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (AQAAIW) ;
• Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA);
• IREG;
• The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE);
• The Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE);
• The Assocation of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE);
• ORPHEUS (Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System.) is an association of European biomedical and health science faculties and institutions;
• European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance (EASPA);
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) India;
• European Quality Assurance Agency (EQAA);
• Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR).