Brazilian Association of Medical Education / Associacao Brasileira de Educacao Medica (ABEM)

The Brazilian Association of Medical Education (Abem) began its history in 1962 and promoted the first technical-scientific meeting in the area the following year, which would give rise to the Brazilian Congress of Medical Education (Cobem). It is a national civil society with its own legal personality, of public utility. It has institutional members - centers, faculties, schools, institutions and courses linked to medical education -, and individual, honorary and meritorious members. It carries out projects and actions for the development of medical education in Brazil, with regional boards that promote activities in all regions of the country.

Mission:
Develop medical education aimed at training a professional capable of meeting the health needs of the population, contributing to the construction of a more just and egalitarian society.

Vision:
To be recognized as the main protagonist of improvements in Brazilian medical education, representing its associates, and influencing public policies in education and health.

Goals:
• Improvement of medical education through the integration of medical and public health schools in Brazil, with a view to meeting the country's medical needs.
• Improvement of teaching methods in medical education institutions, ranging from the admission process and evaluation of teaching-learning to the study and • improvement of medical education theories.
• Support and improvement of scientific research in the area of ​​specific and related health sciences.
• Continuous improvement of the teaching staff of faculties and schools of medicine and public health, including the promotion of exchanges between national and foreign medical educators.
• Contribution to the continuing education of professionals in the health area, through a process of permanent interaction, which feeds back into curricular programs to adapt them to Brazilian needs.
• Establishment of effective cooperation and participation relations with representative bodies of the student body of affiliated entities.
• Development of studies aimed at establishing minimum requirements for accreditation of hospitals that serve affiliated entities for the purposes of internship and medical residency, in common agreement with the bodies legally in charge of this task, as well as the entities representing the interested parties.
• Improvement of the technical and administrative organization of medical and public health schools, as well as teaching hospitals.
• Relationship with similar institutions of other health professions.
• Presence marked by participation, collaboration and/or criticism before education and health bodies in the country, at the national, state or municipal level.
• Advice, within the possibilities, to associates and entities interested in medical education.
• Defense of the interests of affiliated institutions.