The Royal College hosts the annual International Medical Educators Leaders Forum (IMELF). In September 2011 the forum will take place in Quebec City.
The Royal College delivers the Saudi Arabian Conference on Medical Education in collaboration with the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. The February 2012 conference takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Australia
The Royal College is engaged in a tri-partite alliance with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. This partnership focuses on research and development in areas of shared interest in medical education.
Haiti
The Royal College delivers simulation training — the Acute Critical Events Simulation course — to health professionals in Haiti as part of an international altruistic partnership to improve front-line care.
La Francophonie
The Royal College participates in the annual Conférence Internationale Des Doyens De Faculté De Médecine D'Expression Française (CIDMEF). At the 2011 conference, the Royal College presented the CanMEDS framework and provided an overview of the Royal College’s accreditation standards and system.
Chile
A team from the Royal College has been invited by the Pontifical Catholic University in Santiago, Chile to review up to eight residency training programs using Canadian standards. These reviews will be completed on a cost-recovery basis by the end of 2011.
India
The Royal College is exploring opportunities with medical organizations in India about how we might help Indian authorities implement national standards for the evaluation and assessment of postgraduate medical trainees.
Oman
The Royal College has signed an agreement with the Oman Medical Specialties Board to develop a lasting educational partnership. The Royal College has sent teams of expert reviewers to Oman to review a number of postgraduate training programs on a cost-recovery basis. Discussions continue on opportunities for building on this partnership.
Saudi Arabia
The Royal College is discussing with educational authorities and a number of medical education institutions in Saudi Arabia about how Canadian standards — such as the CanMEDS competencies — could be adopted within the Saudi Arabian medical education system.
The Royal College has signed agreements with the Saudi Commission on Health Specialties and medical education organizations in Saudi Arabia to facilitate the transfer of Canadian expertise and standards in postgraduate medical education to Saudi Arabian educators. Saudi Arabia is looking to implement (with modifications that reflect local needs and realities) enhanced standards in medical education and residency training that draw upon Canadian standards, experience and advice.
Discussions continue with Saudi Arabian officials and organizations about how we can broaden and deepen the partnership between Canada and Saudi Arabia in the areas of medical education and postgraduate training.
China
The Royal College is exchanging knowledge with a number of Chinese organizations involved in medical education and postgraduate medical training. We are exploring how we might offer them Canadian expertise and standards in postgraduate medical education, as well as the Royal College’s simulation training expertise.
