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ASPIRE: international recognition of excellence in medical education

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 385; Issue: 9964 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60058-7

1474-547X

Ronald M. Harden, Trudie Roberts,

Global Health and Surgery

To transform medical education,1Frenk J Chen L Bhutta ZA et al.Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world.Lancet. 2010; 376: 1923-1958Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2940) Google Scholar present practice needs to be examined more rigorously. However, as many colleagues in medicine know, education receives little emphasis compared with other areas of medicine in terms of the attention and value placed on it in league tables, such as the Times Higher Education world rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. To readdress this balance and to highlight and encourage excellence in medical education, the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)2Association of Medical Education in EuropeExcellence in education—the 21st century teacher.http://www.amee.org/conferences/amee-past-conferences/amee-2014Google Scholar has developed the ASPIRE to Excellence initiative. This global programme aims to recognise excellence in medical schools in three areas: student assessment, student engagement, and social accountability. Other areas are also in development to be added to the initiative. We would like to bring this initiative to the attention of the readers of The Lancet and to encourage medical schools, who have achieved excellence in one or more of these areas, to apply for the recognition they deserve.Details about this initiative and the criteria that represent best practice are listed on the AMEE ASPIRE website. The closing date for the next round of applications is Jan 31, 2015. We look forward to receiving applications.We declare no competing interests. To transform medical education,1Frenk J Chen L Bhutta ZA et al.Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world.Lancet. 2010; 376: 1923-1958Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2940) Google Scholar present practice needs to be examined more rigorously. However, as many colleagues in medicine know, education receives little emphasis compared with other areas of medicine in terms of the attention and value placed on it in league tables, such as the Times Higher Education world rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. To readdress this balance and to highlight and encourage excellence in medical education, the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)2Association of Medical Education in EuropeExcellence in education—the 21st century teacher.http://www.amee.org/conferences/amee-past-conferences/amee-2014Google Scholar has developed the ASPIRE to Excellence initiative. This global programme aims to recognise excellence in medical schools in three areas: student assessment, student engagement, and social accountability. Other areas are also in development to be added to the initiative. We would like to bring this initiative to the attention of the readers of The Lancet and to encourage medical schools, who have achieved excellence in one or more of these areas, to apply for the recognition they deserve. Details about this initiative and the criteria that represent best practice are listed on the AMEE ASPIRE website. The closing date for the next round of applications is Jan 31, 2015. We look forward to receiving applications. We declare no competing interests. Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world100 years ago, a series of studies about the education of health professionals, led by the 1910 Flexner report, sparked groundbreaking reforms. Through integration of modern science into the curricula at university-based schools, the reforms equipped health professionals with the knowledge that contributed to the doubling of life span during the 20th century. Full-Text PDF