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1967 Office of Research in Medical Education (ORME)
Established under the auspices of Academic Affairs within the School
of Medicine
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Dr. Charles W. Dohner appointed ORME Director
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1972 Founding of the WAMI Regional Medical Education
Program [by legislative mandates in Washington, Alaska, Montana and
Idaho] ORME expands to serve the WAMI Region
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1980 ORME attains academic status and becomes the Division
of Research in Medical Education (DRME)
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1982 Affiliation with King Abdulazziz University Faculty
of Medicine, Jeddah, Sauda Arabia
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1984 International Medical Education Office is established
within the DRME with support from the Pew Foundation which established
the Health Sciences China Exchange Program
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1987 Dr. Dohner Elected Founding President of the Society
of Directors of Research in Medical Education
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1989 DRME attains departmental status and becomes the
Department of Medical Education. Dr. Dohner appointed Department Chairman
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1992 DME 25th Anniversary Celebration
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1992 Founding of the NW Center for Clinical Assessment
within DME with support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
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1994 Founding of the Center for Medical Education Research
within DME with support from HRSA
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1994 MEDEX Northwest joins the Department of Medical
Education bringing physicians assistant education into the School
of Medicine.
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1995 DME Teaching Scholars Program Established
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1996 Dr. David M. Irby appointed Acting Department Chairman
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1997 WAMI Evolves into WWAMI: Program Expands to include
Wyoming in the Regional Medical Education Program [by legislative
mandates in Washington and Wyoming]. DME assumes expanded developmental
and evaluative roles in WWAMI Programs
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1997 Dr. Fredric M. Wolf Appointed Department Chairman
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1997 Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics established
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1999 Biomedical and Health Informatics Graduate Program
Established
- 2002 DME changes its name to Department of Medical Education and Biomedical
Informatics (MEBI)
