Members of the Core Committee were selected for their involvement, expertise and commitment to educational innovation and creative thinking. Their reputation and experience allow them to influence the medical education globally. They were entrusted with the task of defining the "Global Minimum Essential Requirements" (GMER) that include the knowledge, skills, professional attitudes and behavior that each graduate must possess at graduation from medical school regardless of where they are trained. The concept of "essential requirements" may be viewed as a three-tiered structure composed of global (established by the Committee), national and local competencies that addresses the specific needs in social and cultural context where a physician is educated and will practice. CHAIRMAN President China Medical Board of New York, Inc. Clinical Professor School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego Full biography Immunology, Medical Education Policy FORMER CHAIRMAN Former Director Residency Review Committee Activities Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Chicago Full biography Pathology, Medical Education Director of Education Programs Harvard Medical International Boston Full biography Pediatrics, Medical Education Former/Visiting Professor, Department of Anatomy College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Arabian Gulf University Visiting Professor, Medical Education Gulf Medical College Ajman, United Arab Emirates Full biography RECENT NEWS: Dr. Bandaranayake has recently served as curriculum consultant at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius Institute of Health, Pamplemousses, Mauritius Anatomy, Medical Education Former Director, Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Sanitat i Seguretat Social Institut d'Estudis de la Salut Barcelona Full biography PERSONAL NOTE FROM DR. BOSCH: "On the event of the Ottawa-2004 Conference that took place in Barcelona, a very nice thing happened to me. The China Medical Board of New York offered a dinner to a selected group of distinguished persons in my honor and presented me a set of valuable gifts. IIME joined in the celebration and I was handed an extraordinarily flaterring diploma. I was most touched by all of it. It just happen to coincide the conference with my 70th birthday and my full retirement from the University" Physiology, Experimental Endocrinology, Medical Education, Public Health Professor of Microbiology and Public Health Former Dean (1995-2003) Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mexico City President Panamerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools Full biography Public Health, Pediatrics Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Medicine Medical College of Georgia RECENT PUBLICATION: The Road Less Traveled - Attracting Students to Primary Care. New England Journal of Medicine 351:630-632, 2004 Internal Medicine Distinguished Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care Dean Emeritus Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Full biography Medical Education Research, Quality Assurance Academic Director, Phase I Medicine University of Durham, Stockton Campus Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees Former Professor Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences The University of Newcastle Full biography Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology), Medical Education, Epidemiology, Public Health Postgraduate Dean Director, Centre for Medical Education University of Dundee SCOTLAND Full biography Medical Education Research, Endocrinology Executive Director Association of Canadian Medical Colleges Ottawa RECENT NEWS: In 2002, Dr. Hawkins received the Ronald V. Christie Award of the CAPM in recognition of outstanding contributions to academic medicine. In 2003 he was the laureate awardee of the Atlantic Provinces Chapter of the ACP and he was commissioned a colonel in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. President African Association of Medical Education Dean Emeritus Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town Full biography Trauma Surgery, Radiology, Tropical Medicine, Medical Education Former President Academia Nacional de Medicina, Santa Fe de Bogota Director, Educational Resources Panamerican Federation of Associations of Medical Schools Honorary Chairman, Dept. of Surgery Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá Professor, School of Medicine University of the Andes Honorary Professor of Surgery and Doctor Honoris Causa, National University of Colombia Full biography Surgery (General and Cardiothoracic), Medical Education Department of Child Health University of Ghana Medical School Pediatrics Associate Professor Internal Medicine and Medical Education Director, Michigan Global REACH The University of Michigan Health Care System University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Michigan Full biography Internal Medicine, Medical Education Research President General Practitioners/Family Physicians Associations, Thailand Dean, Faculty of Medicine of Rangsit University Phyathai Full biography Pediatrics, Tropical Medicine Professor of Internal Medicine First University Hospital School of Medicine Sichuan University Chengdu Full biography RECENT NEWS: Dr. Wan delivered a presentation entitled "Global Minimum Essential Requrements in Medical Education and its Implementation in China" on the "7th Conference on Medical Education for Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Region" on August 6th, 2004 Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medical Education Director Institute for International Medical Education White Plains, New York Professor School of Public Health and Social Medicine Warsaw Full biography   Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Medical Education, Public Health Vice Director, Bureau of Education, Sichuan Province Professor of Pediatrics, Sichuan University Medical Center Chengdu Full biography   Pediatrics, Medical Education SPECIAL CONSULTANT Professor Emeritus Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Information University of Washington School of Medicine Medical Education Research SPECIAL CONSULTANT Professor of Physiology Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College Shanghai Full biography   Physiology, Medical Education Policy and Organization

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