The SMU-FAIMER Regional Institute (SMU-FRI), based at Southern Medical University (SMU), Guangzhou, China, is a two-year fellowship program for health professions faculty who have the potential to improve medical education at their schools. Approximately 20 fellowships are offered each year. The fellowship is designed to teach education methods, scholarship, and leadership skills including project management, and to develop an active, supportive professional network among educators.

SMU-FRI is conducted in partnership with the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER^®). By working to advance health professions education in China, SMU-FRI supports FAIMER’s mission of improving global health by improving education.

The SMU-FRI represents a new and progressive approach to faculty development in medical education for China. In partnering with FAIMER, the SMU-FRI will link participants to an international network of health professions educators through FAIMER’s global community of practice.

Since its establishment, SMU-FRI has successfully held a total of nine training sessions in five years, and provided international medical education training for 101 faculty members from 30 universities in China and Southeast Asia Region, including Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

More detailed information about the SMU-FRI fellowship, please visit http://smu.faimerfri.org/

To apply to SMU-FRI, please visit https://faimer-apply.smapply.io/prog/smu/ to apply online.

To request more information on the program, please contact Dr. Li via (+86)020-61647506 or liss@smu.edu.cn

Teaching staff and students joining the 2019 SMU-FRI program

Teaching staff and students joining the 2020 SMU-FRI program

Class teaching by Dr. Ray Wells from the FAIMER US headquarters

Demonstration of the PBL mode

Presentation by Sushmita Shrestha, a fellow in the 2018 SMU-FRI program