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The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) is an association for medical and healthcare professions teachers, institutions, deans, administrators, researchers and students. Founded in 1972 and originally a European organisation, AMEE now is truly internationl, with members in over 90 countries worldwide. Members can be individuals, institutions, students and national bodies. AMEE is governed by an Executive Committee drawn from European countries and elected by the membership. The day-to-day running of AMEE is carried out by the Secretariat based in Dundee, UK.
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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.
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Conferences
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AMEE Student Task ForceStudents have been taking an increasingly active role in AMEE conferences, in terms of advice on programme content, input to the conference sessions and assistance throughout the event. AMEE offer free registration and a bursary of 500 Euros to up to 25 international students, and free registration and 200 Euros to up to 20 local students who would like to help by packing conference wallets, directing participants, checking tickets and giving assistance to facilitators. Students are able to attend some conference sessions as it fits in with their duties. The local students should take the lead in setting up a Student Task Force to coordinate student activities including setting up a social programme for visiting students. |
EMSA - The Project
Each year since 1973 AMEE has organised an annual conference in a European city. AMEE conferences now regularly attract over 3000 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.