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1st MEETING OF THE MEDINE NETWORK BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, MAY 2005. MEDINE Task Force Objectives Report from Task Force on Quality Assurance Standards (WFME/AMSE) by Hans Karle. RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATIONS. World Federation for Medical Education (WFME).
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1st MEETING OF THE MEDINE NETWORK BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, MAY 2005 MEDINETask Force ObjectivesReport from Task Force onQuality Assurance Standards(WFME/AMSE)byHans Karle
RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATIONS • World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). • Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE). WFME May 2005
OBJECTIVE I • Work to enhance overall standards of medical education in Europe through sharing of ideas, dissemination of best practice, and quality assurance, in conjunction with other European agencies such as ENQA and the regional ERA and making use of the work already carried out by the WFME. WFME May 2005
OBJECTIVE II • Analyse how to adapt the WFME standards to the European context of medical education and to the Bologna process in order to establish minimum requirements for accreditation at medical schools in Europe. WFME May 2005
OBJECTIVE III • Produce a set of quality assurance standards for medical education in Europe, building on and adapting existing work such as the WFME Global Standards, as framework for institutional self-evaluation and for accreditation of undergraduate medical education programmes. WFME May 2005
PHASES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION • Basic Medical Education (undergraduate) • Postgraduate Medical Education • Continuing Medical Education (CME) (Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of Medical Doctors) WFME May 2005
TIMELINES • Year 1: Collection of information about existing accreditation methodologies, assessment systems and standards in European medical education. • Year 2: Analysis of previous data and comparison with international standards in medical education defined by WFME and IIME. • Year 3: Proposals for quality assurance standards for basic medical education, postgraduate medical training and continuing medical education (CME) for institutional self-evaluation and accreditation of undergraduate medical education programmes. WFME May 2005
ACTUAL PLANS • Establishment of Task Force Guiding principles: • Effective group • Geographic coverage • Expertise • Location of secretariat • Secretarial financial support WFME May 2005