Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2010

Keywords

World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), Quality assurance, Undergraduate medical education

Comments

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Abstract

Preparing a medical school for institutional review can be a challenging undertaking for any institution requiring an understanding of the international standards being used and adequate preparation and planning (MacCarrick et al. in Med Teach 32(5):e227–e232, 2010). This series examines each of the nine standards developed by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME, 2003) with practical advice on their use in both self-review and independent accreditation processes. The WFME standards and their purpose are described and the use of these standards to ‘drive’ the quality improvement agenda in undergraduate medical education is also discussed

Disciplines

Education | Medicine and Health Sciences

Citation

MacCarrick G. A practical guide to using the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) standards. WFME 1: mission and objectives. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2010;179(4):483-7

PubMed ID

20706800

DOI Link

10.1007/s11845-010-0541-z