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The '''Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faimer.org/|title=Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER)|website=faimer.org|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> ('''FAIMER''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] whose mission is to "support the [[Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates]] (ECFMG) as it promotes international health professions [[education]] through programmatic and research activities."<ref name=aboutFAIMER>{{cite web | title = FAIMER : About Us | url = https://www.faimer.org/about.html| access-date = 2021-05-08}}</ref> These activities include:<ref>{{cite web | title = FAIMER : About Us – Activities | url = http://www.faimer.org/about.html | access-date = 2021-05-08}}</ref>

*"Creating Educational Opportunities for Health Professions Educators that support the exchange of educational expertise, acquisition of new methodologies in teaching and assessment, and pursuit of advanced degrees in health professions education.
*Discovering Patterns and Disseminating Knowledge about the relationship between health professions education and [[health care]], and the impact of physician workforce and migration issues on the functioning of [[health care system]]s.
*Developing Data Resources to develop and maintain accurate, publicly available information that promotes an understanding of the world's health professions education systems today, and how they should look tomorrow."

One of the data resources developed by FAIMER was the [[International Medical Education Directory]] (IMED), a free web-based listing of [[medical school]]s recognized by the appropriate government agencies in the countries where the medical schools are located.<ref>{{cite web | title = FAIMER : Data Resources : International Medical Education Directory (IMED) | url = http://www.faimer.org/resources/imed.html | access-date = 2011-11-28}}</ref> The directory is now discontinued and has been replaced by the [[World Directory of Medical Schools]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[World Directory of Medical Schools]] |url =https://www.wdoms.org/about/ |title=About |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>

==History==
FAIMER was established in 2000 by the [[Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates]] (ECFMG).<ref name=aboutFAIMER/> FAIMER launched the [[International Medical Education Directory]] (IMED) in 2002. In 2004, two new directories were approved: the Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA) and the Postgraduate Medical Education (PME) Project. In 2014, FAIMER and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) announced the launch of the [[World Directory of Medical Schools]] by merging the organizations' respective directories: FAIMER's [[International Medical Education Directory]] (IMED) and WFME's [[Avicenna Directories|Avicenna Directory for medicine]],<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://www.ecfmg.org/news/2012/08/21/faimer-and-wfme-to-collaborate-on-combined-medical-school-directory/
|title = FAIMER and WFME to Collaborate on Combined Medical School Directory
|access-date = 8 May 2021
|publisher = [[ECFMG]]
|date= 21 August 2012
}}
</ref> which is used by the ECFMG to determine eligibility of [[international medical graduates]] for the USMLE examinations and ECFMG certification. 
<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.ecfmg.org/news/2015/06/30/update-world-directory-of-medical-schools-replaces-international-medical-education-directory-for-purposes-of-determining-eligibility-for-ecfmg-certification-and-usmle/
|title=Update: World Directory of Medical Schools Replaces International Medical Education Directory for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for ECFMG Certification and USMLE
|date=30 June 2015
|access-date=8 May 2021
}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.faimer.org/ FAIMER website]

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