National Committee on Foreign Medical Education andAccreditation
Spring 2016 Meeting
April 21-22, 2016
Hilton Old Town Alexandria
Grand Ballroom
1767 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Thursday, April 21st
8:00 AMDoors Open to the Public
8:30 AMWELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dr. Martin Crane, Chairman, NCFMEA
Dr. Jennifer Hong, Executive Director, NCFMEA
REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR EACH COUNTRY
Briefing by Department Staff
Remarks by Country Representatives
Questions from the Committee and Discussion
Opportunity for Public Comment
Executive Session: Discussion and Vote (Closed to the public)
9:00 AM Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM)
Country:St. Kitts and Nevis
Type of Review:Special Report
Committee Readers:
Karl Golnik, Andrea Reid
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Country Representatives:
Dr. Anthony Peacock, M.D. FAAP, Honorable Secretary, ACCM
Professor Clive Lee, MD, PhD, ScD, FRCSI, FRCSEd C Eng, FIEI, HRHA, ACCM
9:45 AMBREAK
10:00AMCaribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP)
Country:Grenada
Type of Review:Redetermination
Committee Readers:
William McDade, Deborah Powell
Department Staff:
Rachael Shultz, Ed.D.
Country Representatives:
Mrs. Lorna M. Parkins, Executive Director, CAAM-HP
11:00AMBREAK
11:15AMPakistan Medical and Dental Council
Country:Pakistan
Type of Review:Update Report
Committee Readers:
Alice Coombs, Thomas A. Cavalieri
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Country Representatives:
12:00PMLUNCH
1:00PMAustralian Medical Council
Country: Australia
Type of Review: Redetermination
Committee Readers:
Rad Agrawal, Christie Youssef
Department Staff:
Valerie Lefor
Country Representatives:
2:00PMBREAK
2:15PMMinistry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT)
Country: Dominican Republic
Type of Review: Special Report
Committee Readers:
N. Lynn Eckhert, Sam Lievano
Department Staff:
Chuck Mula
Country Representative:
Dra. Rosa Adelina Céspedes Garrido, Director of the Department of Medical Education (MESCyT), Dominican Republic
Lic. José A. Hazìm Torres, Rector, Central University of the East (UCE), Dominican Republic
Dra. Odile Camilo, Vice Academic, Iberoamerican University, UNIBE, Dominican Republic
Peter S. Leyton, Legal Advisor, MESCyT, Law firm of Ritzert & Leyton
Dr. Raymudo Jiménez, Dean of the Faculty of Health Science, Technology Institute of Santo Domingo, INTEC, Dominican Republic
3:00PMSpecial Information Session and Q&A
Agencia per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU Catalunya)
Agency Representatives:
Dr. Martí Casadesús, Director, AQU Catalunya (The Catalan University Quality
Assurance Agency)
Dr. FrancescCardellach, Faculty of Medicine Dean, The University of Barcelona
4:00PMClosing Remarks
Committee will resume in Executive Session on April 22nd
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