Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C.

What Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C. does

Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C. (AMFEM) is a non-profit civil association incorporated in 1957 in Mexico City, operating as the primary national association for medical schools and faculties in Mexico. It serves a membership of 100+ public and private medical schools (including UNAM, Tec de Monterrey, Universidad Anáhuac, Universidad de Monterrey, and Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango) plus individual medical educators and clinical instructors across the country. Its mission centers on accreditation support, curriculum modernization, faculty professionalization, and advocacy on training conditions for medical students and residents.

Name

Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C.

Legal name

Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C.

Website

https://amfem.edu.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina, A.C. (AMFEM), founded 1957, is a Mexican civil association serving 100+ medical schools and faculties through membership dues, the Moodle-based EducAMFEM LMS, an annual international congress, diploma programs, and policy advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Professional Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAC

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Medical education association
• Professional development programs
• Continuing medical education
• Medical school accreditation
• Healthcare workforce training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City (Ciudad de México)

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Membership Fees: AMFEM is funded primarily through annual affiliation/membership fees paid by its member medical schools and faculties across Mexico. Institutions apply and pay dues to belong to the association.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue generated from the annual Congreso Internacional de Educación Médica (CIEM), workshops, and specialized events. The IX CIEM 2026 brought together 1,000+ participants from 135 schools of medicine and 131 partner institutions across 16 countries.
3. Course and Certification Fees: Programs such as the Diplomado en Liderazgo Directivo en Educación Médica generate revenue. CONAMEGE has granted certification points for this diploma, adding value. The EducAMFEM platform delivers courses and webinars for which participants may pay.
4. Editorial and Publication Revenue: AMFEM publishes books, the Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica, and maintains a blog and bulletins. These publications are available for download and contribute to revenue and visibility.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AMFEM is a non-profit professional association that represents and serves medical schools and faculties across Mexico. It provides accreditation guidance, continuing education programs (diplomas, courses, webinars) delivered through its EducAMFEM online platform, an annual international medical education congress (CIEM), a peer-reviewed journal (Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica), and a book publishing program (Editorial AMFEM). It also advocates for medical education policy reform and represents the collective voice of 100+ affiliated institutions with national regulators.

Product overview

AMFEM operates as a professional association for medical education in Mexico rather than a software company. Its primary digital offering is EducAMFEM, a Moodle-based e-learning platform that provides online courses, webinars, and educational resources. The organization also publishes the Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica (academic journal), operates Editorial AMFEM (book publishing program), organizes the annual IX Congreso Internacional de Educación Médica conference, and offers diploma programs such as the Diplomado en Liderazgo Directivo en Educación Médica. The portfolio centers on medical education quality improvement and professional development for medical educators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EducAMFEM: Online education platform for medical education courses, webinars, and professional development programs
• Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica
• IX CIEM

Products and services

• EducAMFEM Online Learning Platform Moodle-based e-learning platform that provides online courses, webinars, and educational resources for medical school faculty and administrators across Mexico. Courses span categories including quality of training institutions, competencies and curriculum, educational evaluation, medical computing, innovation and teacher training, primary health care (APS), research and innovation in medical education, leadership, and simulation.
• EducAMFEM Mobile App Mobile application for iOS and Android devices providing on-the-go access to the EducAMFEM e-learning platform, courses, and educational content for medical educators.
• IX Congreso Internacional de Educación Médica (CIEM) Annual international congress on medical education organized by AMFEM, bringing together medical schools, faculty, and partner institutions from Mexico and abroad for workshops, presentations, and the awarding of distinctions such as the Ronald Harden Prize.
• Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica Peer-reviewed academic journal published semi-annually by AMFEM covering medical education research, available in PDF format through the AMFEM website.
• Diplomado en Liderazgo Directivo en Educación Médica Executive leadership diploma program in medical education designed to strengthen management capabilities, governance, and humanistic vision of those leading medical schools and faculties; certified by CONAMEGE for general medicine professional points.
• Editorial AMFEM AMFEM's book publishing program featuring titles on medical education topics, including accreditation of medical schools, primary health care learning, medical education in Mexico, medical education in crisis, and evaluation and learning in university education.

Quantifiable outcome

• 135 medical schools and 131 partner organizations (266 entities) participated in the IX CIEM 2026 in Mérida, representing 16 countries.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM formalized a bilateral cooperation agreement with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2026 during the IX CIEM. The partnership is aimed at strengthening academic and professional development in medical education through joint initiatives, shared standards, and international exchange between the two organizations.
• Fundación Valdés BallicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM signed a 10-year agreement with Fundación Valdés Balli (led by Dr. Jorge Eugenio Valdés García and Dra. María Luisa Balli) under which the foundation will finance AMFEM's educational research and innovation awards for the next decade, providing sustained funding for these programs.
• Towards Unity for Health (TUFH)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM partnered with TUFH and the UNAM Faculty of Medicine to launch an initiative for strengthening social responsibility in medical education in Mexico. The project includes a diploma on social responsibility for directors of medical schools, recognizing the leadership of Dra. Ana Carolina Sepúlveda Vildósola.
• CONAMEGE (Consejo Mexicano de Medicina General)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026CONAMEGE granted certification points for the Diplomado de Liderazgo Directivo en Educación Médica offered by AMFEM, recognizing its value for the professional certification of general practitioners in Mexico. This endorsement elevates the diploma's credentialing value for participants.
• FEPAFEM (Federación Panamericana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM participates in FEPAFEM's Pan-American initiatives and the III World Congress of Medical Education (ASCOFAME). AMFEM's president presented at the Pan-American forum on the '5 Professional Roles of Modern Medicine.' Six AMFEM representatives graduated from FEPAFEM's Diploma in High Management and Leadership.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina de MéxicominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM was invited to participate in the High-Level Symposium on Rare Diseases organized by the Academia Nacional de Medicina de México, representing the medical education perspective alongside medical societies, civil society organizations, and legislators.
• Roche México, FUNSALUD, ANMM (Premio Jorge Rosenkranz)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM co-promotes the Premio a la Investigación Médica 'Dr. Jorge Rosenkranz' alongside Roche México, FUNSALUD, and the Academia Nacional de Medicina de México. The prize awards $250,000 MXN per winner across 6 research categories, including a new Health Economics category, and offers short-term international fellowships for residents.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) - Faculty of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AMFEM collaborates with the UNAM Faculty of Medicine on multiple initiatives including the ECOE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) academic group, a social responsibility project with TUFH, and the joint presentation of the award for Dr. Ricardo León Bórquez at the IX CIEM.
• ALANAM (Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025AMFEM participated in the ALANAM Encounter (November 2025, Mérida, Yucatán), a meeting of national academies of medicine where representatives debated current challenges in health training. Dr. Ramón Esperón delivered the keynote on 'Humanism and its Teaching in Medicine.'

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE): An international association for medical education that delivers conferences, courses, and publications on healthcare professions teaching — analogous in mission and offering mix to AMFEM's CIEM, EducAMFEM, and Diplomado.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): The US counterpart association of medical schools, operating as a membership-driven nonprofit that convenes accredited medical schools, runs national conferences, and shapes medical education standards — directly comparable to AMFEM at a larger scale.
• Asociação Brasileira de Educação Médica (ABEM): Brazil's medical education association operating congresses, publications, and faculty development programs — a close structural peer to AMFEM in another large Latin American medical education market.
• Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Medicina (ASCOFAME): Colombia's national association of medical schools and a key FEPAFEM partner; comparable as a Latin American medical education membership association running congresses and accreditation work alongside AMFEM.
• Federación Panamericana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina (FEPAFEM): The Pan-American federation of medical schools that AMFEM actively participates in; it coordinates continental training, runs the World Congress of Medical Education, and aligns AMFEM's work with peer federations across the Americas.

Broad incumbents

• World Federation for Medical Education (WFME): The global body setting standards for medical education worldwide and conferring recognition status on accreditors; overlaps with AMFEM at the policy and standards level but operates at global rather than national scale.
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME): The accrediting authority for US and Canadian medical schools, granting the MD-degree accreditation status; comparable through its medical-education accreditation work overlapping with AMFEM's accreditation guidance role in Mexico.
• General Medical Council (GMC) UK: The independent regulator for doctors in the UK with responsibility for medical education and training standards; comparable in regulatory and credentialing influence but operating as a statutory body rather than a member association.

Regional players

• Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES): Mexico's umbrella association of higher education institutions, including medical schools; comparable as a Mexican education-sector convener but covering all disciplines rather than specializing in medical education.
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Canada's national professional body for medical specialists and a 2026 bilateral agreement partner of AMFEM; comparable as a standards-setter and continuing education provider but with a different geographic remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amfem1957
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC5mN1sDHE4iczQaTRxL0WVg
• Facebookfacebook.com/OficialAMFEM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amfem
• Instagraminstagram.com/amfem_mx

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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