The recognition of licenses for medical doctors in Europe is handled very differently. While there is for doctors within the EU an automatic recognition according to the EU directive 2013/55/EU, the recognition of doctors who come from outside the EU is not regulated and standardised. In the Issue 366 of University World News Global Issue ii is described that the […]

The AMSE workshop under the title “What makes a medical school academic? A quality assurance initiative by AMSE” has been accepted. Detailed information concerning date, place and registration will follow.

We are very pleased to hear that Valerie Wass, member of the Executive Committee of AMSE, has been awarded the prestigious Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Gold Medal Award 2015 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to medical education. As one of only two women on the Medical School Council (MSC) until her retirement, […]

We are very pleased to present our new, refreshed website with a more modern look. It allows a clearer navigation and will make it easier for readers to find information about AMSE.

AMSE has applied for a workshop at the AMEE conference in Glasgow, 5-9 September 2015. Moreover AMSE will be present with an own stand at the exhibition area. Detailed information will follow.

Summary of the joint symposium, 13-14 September in Berlin The background of the AMSE-MFT joint symposium in Berlin, 13-14 September, 2014, was the “uncontrolled” increase of public and private medical schools, franchise-crossborder models of medical schools, differences in medical programmes, in the quality assurance procedures and the automatic recognition of physician licenses across Europe according […]

We are very sorry to hear that Petr Hach died on 24 May 2014. Petr Hach was President of AMSE from 2001 to 2004, taking over the chair at short notice from Professor Antonio Campos. His calm and scholarly leadership of AMSE over three years, from the Annual Conference in Ghent in 2001 to the […]

Professor Peter Dieter was elected as the next President of AMSE at the General Assembly held on 31 January 2014. AMSE extends its enthusiastic congratulations to Professor Dieter on his election. The General Assembly was held over a telephone conference and the internet. Sixteen full members of AMSE participated, and the General Assembly also confirmed […]