The Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region is the division of WFME concerned with the support and development of medical education in the countries in the Western Pacific Region of WHO. This region is the largest, by both population and area, of the WHO regional divisions.

The Association was established in 1988, and now covers the following countries of East Asia and island nations of the South Pacific:

Mongolia, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Federated States of Micronesia.

AMEWPR works in close conjunction with the Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO, and engages the national organisations responsible for oversight of medical education in countries of the region, or representatives of medical schools where no such organisation exists.

The Association's main aim is to advance quality medical education in the region. It has pursued this goal through regular meetings and workshops involving representatives from member countries, and more recently by offering pilot accreditation or external evaluation assessments of individual medical schools in countries where no national accreditation program is established.

For more information on the history, governance, aims and recent activities of the Association, please visit our website at http://www.amewpr.org.au/