Avicenna Directories

The Avicenna Directory project was a public database of worldwide medical schools, schools of pharmacy, schools of public health and educational institutions of other academic health professions.[1] The Avicenna Directory was maintained by the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)[2] in the years 2008-2015.[3]

In 2013, the Avicenna Directory was merged with the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) to create the World Directory of Medical Schools. This new directory was launched in April 2014.[4]

The project was named after Avicenna, a Muslim Persian physician and philosopher born near Bukhara in the 10th century.

  1. ^ "Avicenna homepage – University of Copenhagen". Avicenna.ku.dk. 2012-07-19. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. ^ "WHO | World Directory of Medical Schools". Who.int. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  3. ^ "Avicenna Archives | FAIMER News". FAIMER News. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  4. ^ "World Directory of Medical Schools | About". www.wdoms.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.