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HMI’s Tom Aretz honored at Asia-Pacific medical education conference

Posted February 4, 2008 | 1:51 PM (EST)

hmi_staff_tom-aretz.jpgH. Tom Aretz, MD, HMI Vice President of Global Programs, was honored recently by colleagues at the fifth-annual Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference held in Singapore. Dr. Aretz became the third recipient of the MILES Award (Mentoring, Innovation, and Leadership in Educational Scholarship).

The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of global medical education and academic medicine, is given by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS). During the conference, Dr. Aretz also gave the keynote address, on medical education in the face of changes in the global health care landscape.

Dr. Aretz has been a frequent collaborator with NUS faculty on programs designed to help develop health care educators in the Asia-Pacific region. See this feature from the January/February 2007 edition of HMI WORLD to learn more.

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