WFME – International Medical Education Accreditation

Indian’s National Medical Commission (NMC) Awarded WFME Recognition Status

By Michael Diamond October 2, 2023Accreditation, ECFMG, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

In a very significant development, India's National Medical Commission (NMC) has been awarded Recognition Status by WFME. According to stats.oecd.org, about 46,000 Indian-trained doctors work today in the US medical…

WFME Recognizes Malaysian Medical Council and Philippine Accrediting Agency

By Michael Diamond April 23, 2023Accreditation, WFMENo Comments

On April 5th 2023, WFME announced that the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and Philippine Accrediting Association for Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) had each been recognised for a full term of 10…

Sri Lanka Awarded WFME Recognition

By Michael Diamond April 23, 2023Accreditation, WFMENo Comments

WFME announced on March 7th, 2023 that the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) has been awarded Recognition Status for the full term of 10 years. This brings to 34 the…

New WFME Recognition – Bahrain

By Michael Diamond November 12, 2022Accreditation, Foreign Medical School, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

On Nov 9th, WFME announced the recognition of The Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA) of Bahrain. This brings to 33 the number of accrediting agencies that have been recognized…

ECFMG now accepting NCFMEA as well as WFME recognition

By Michael Diamond October 23, 2022Accreditation, ECFMG, Foreign Medical School, NCFMEA, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

According to the ECFMG website, they have now approved two organizations for the recognition of medical school accrediting agencies. Medical schools accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by either WFME…

Did ECFMG and WFME force India and Pakistan to fix their Medical Education?

By Michael Diamond October 19, 2022Accreditation, ECFMG, Foreign Medical School, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

According to stats.oecd.org, about 46,000 Indian-trained doctors and 12,500 Pakistan-trained doctors currently work in the US, increasing by 850 and 550 respectively each year. That intake - a significant part…

Does WFME recognition guarantee that all international medical school graduates are at the same level?

By Michael Diamond September 20, 2022Accreditation, Foreign Medical School, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

WFME recognition does not guarantee that all medical school graduates are at the same level. When WFME assesses a country's accrediting authority it looks at their quality assurance framework to…

Current status of WFME “recognized” authorities, those in the process, and notable absences

By Michael Diamond September 19, 2022Accreditation, Foreign Medical School, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

On September 3rd, 2022, WFME updated their list of “recognised" accrediting authorities. "Recognition" of an undergraduate medical education accreditation authority is required by 2024 so that graduates of a country's…

Pakistan Medical Council Declared Eligible for WFME program

By Michael Diamond September 12, 2022Accreditation, Foreign Medical School, Undergraduate Medical Education, WFMENo Comments

After completing mandatory requirements, the PMC has been declared eligible for the WFME recognition program. The PMC is the successor to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) which was…

GMDC of Grenada Awarded Recognition Status by WFME

By Michael Diamond September 12, 2022WFMENo Comments

On September 3rd, 2020 WFME announced that the Grenada Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) has been awarded Recognition Status for the full term of 10 years. For more information, see…