About AMEE
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AMEE Publicity Leaflet.pdf
History and Structure
AMEE was founded in 1972 in Copenhagen, to foster communication among medical educators and to help promote national associations for medical education throughout Europe. AMEE is the European regional association of the World Federation for Medical Education and a member of the WFME Executive Council. Several European national medical education associations are corporate members of AMEE. Over the past decade AMEE has developed steadily both in size and in the sphere of its activities and is now a worldwide association with members and contacts in over 90 countries. In 2000 AMEE became recognised as a Scottish Charity.
What does AMEE do?
AMEE helps teachers, doctors, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students keep up to date with developments in the rapidly changing world of medical and healthcare professions education. AMEE's activities include the annual conferences, Publications including Medical Teacher and AMEE education guides, courses such as ESME, ESMEA and ESTEME, projects including MedEdWorld, BEME and MedEdCentral, and Special Interest Groups.
Conferences
Each year since 1973 AMEE has organised an annual conference in a European city. AMEE conferences now regularly attract over 1800 participants from around the world and the event has become the major gathering for all interested in medical and healthcare professions education to get together to network, share ideas and hear the best of what's happening in medical education throughout the world. It's not necessary to be an AMEE member to attend the conferences, although members do receive a discount on registration. For further information on past, current and future conferences please see the conferences page.
Medical Teacher - the journal of AMEE
Medical Teacher is a peer-reviewed journal, listed in Medline and published ten times a year by Informa Healthcare. It publishes reports of innovation and research in medical education, case studies, commentaries and practical guidelines and BEME Guides, as well as a range of popular features to help readers keep up to date with the rapidly developing area of medical and healthcare professions education. AMEE members receive Medical Teacher as part of their membership subscription. For more information about the journal visit the Medical Teacher webpage.
AMEE Education Guides, Occasional Papers & BEME Guides
AMEE's Education Guides are designed as practical, how-to-do-it guides on important topics such as problem-based learning, outcome-based education, portfolios in student assessment, and a wide range of other topics. In the BEME Guide Series, the reports of the Best Evidence Medical Education systematic reviews are published. AMEE members receive a discount on purchases of Guides. Further information can be found on the Publications page.
Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Programme
The ESME Programme has been designed in the context that all doctors in any branch of medicine or field of practice are likely to have some teaching responsibilities for undergraduates, postgraduates, peers, other healthcare workers or patients. ESME provides an entry-level teaching qualification for teachers who are engaging in medical education for the first time, or who have been given some new responsibilities or assignment relating to teaching. ESME courses are offered at major medical education meetings, including AMEE. For more information visit ESME Programme page.
Essential Skills in Medical Education Assessment (ESMEA) Course
This course is aimed at participants new to assessment who wish to gain basic understanding and skills in assessment. No prior knowledge or experience is necessary. It is a broad based course, giving a general overview, but participants can expect to gain understanding of the underlying principles of assessment and experience in designing assessments, writing test material and standard setting. Further information is available on the ESME Assessment webpage.
Essential Skills in Technology Enhanced Medical Education (ESTEME) Course
This course introduces participants to essential principles and methods for selecting and using technology to enhance medical education. It aims at giving participants a basic understanding and initial skills to help them select, develop, and integrate appropriate technologies in their curricula. Further information is available on the ESTEME webpage.
Research Essential Skills in Medical Education (RESME) Programme
RESME is a course that introduces participants to some essential principles and methods of research in medical education, including phrasing a research question, methodology of research and research designs. Further information is available on the RESME webpage.
MedEdWorld
a global online medical education community
MedEdWorld: making teaching and learning more effective.
MedEdWorld is an international network through which organisations, medical schools and individual teachers and students across the world can share ideas, experiences and expertise and through which they can collaborate in the further development of medical education.
MedEdWorld provides a gateway for the sharing of information, identifying good practice, accessing learning resources and providing international collaborative learning opportunities for students and faculty.
MedEdCentral
MedEdCentral is an online medical education resource currently under development, that includes medical education terminology, publications, institutions, medical schools, associations and individuals. The database may be accessed by anyone. Built around the Wiki principle, registered users may contribute to many areas of the site, and may suggest additions to others. Further information is available on the MedEdCentral webpage.
Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME)
AMEE is a founder member of the BEME Collaboration which aims to promote Best Evidence Medical Education through the dissemination of information that assists evidence-based decisions, the publication of high-quality systematic reviews in medical education and the creation of a culture of the use of evidence to inform practice. Five BEME systematic reviews have now been published and nine more are in progress. Further information is available on the BEME webpage.
Special Interest Groups
AMEE's newest project includes setting up Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on key topics in medical education, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. It is intended that anyone may register to join a SIG group and participate in online discussion or face-to-face in groups at AMEE conferences. For information visit the Special Interest Groups webpage.