AMEE Berlin 2002 Programme

Welcome from President of AMEE
Dear AMEE Members and Conference Participants:
On behalf of AMEE I should like to welcome you to the Berlin 2001 Conference. The
AMEE annual conference is a focal point of the year, where members and non-members
alike can meet to share ideas and to discuss problems and challenges facing them in
their efforts to develop and improve medical and health care professions education in
their institution. This year we have over 650 participants from 45 countries, more than
ever before. Many are regular AMEE conference attendees, but every year we are
pleased to see so many new faces who are keen to participate in what has become a
major meeting in the medical education calendar.
The main topic of this Conference “Medical Education and Standards at a Time of
Change” fits very much in time and space. The international community devoted to
improving medical education is looking for standards that could guarantee the training
of professionals to meet health and social needs across country boundaries; therefore to
find ways of overviewing those standards from a transnational standpoint, without
losing sight of local needs, is more than timely at the beginning of the third millennium.
The city of Berlin has undergone spectacular changes in just a few short years and is
still adapting to new times, new roles and new circumstances. Berlin offers a suitable
context in which to present views and experiences on medical educational changes and
reminds us of the ever-adapting attitude that we all should demonstrate in order to
advance and progress in the field.
The Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum of the prestigious Humboldt University of
Berlin Medical School will be our meeting point and our inspiration to continue the
work of the many important scientists on which the foundations of Medicine have been
built. On behalf of us all I want to express my gratitude to the University for hosting
the Conference.
The Berlin Conference programme holds exciting plenary sessions; workshops for
innovation and learning how to think about strategies to achieve our goals; all led by
well-known and respected educators in Medicine and health care. Large group sessions
will focus on specific issues and challenges. Short communications and posters, close
to 400 in total, will give us the opportunity to present our views and work, to discuss
them and finally to interact.
Your attendance at the AMEE 2001 Berlin Conference is your own success and I wish
you, AMEE friends, a most productive and enjoyable meeting.
Margarita Barón-Maldonado
President of AMEE
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