Fellowship and Associate Fellowship

Becoming a fellow of AMEE is the pinnacle of the membership journey, granting you the prestigious post-nominals FAMEE.

Associate Fellowship marks you out as an established professional in your field and on your way to achieving fellowship.

You are entitled to use the noted post-nominals AFAMEE.

We are dedicated to supporting those in healthcare professions education grow and develop within their careers, and to recognising those who already have significant achievements.

For those who have already reached the appropriate level through their professional standing and achievements, you can complete our application process.

Routes to Fellowship

To qualify for fellowship, you will be able to demonstrate that:

  1. You have been active in Health Professions Education for at least the last five years.
  2. You hold qualifications at least at Master’s level (or equivalent) in an academic field related to Health Professions Education, or hold current registration as a Health Professional.
  3. You have made major regular contributions to Health Professions Education in at least the last five years. This could include presentations at major HPE conferences, multiple publications in recognised journals, significant experience as a reviewer, significant experience as an editor, demonstrable evidence of applying your HPE knowledge and experience within your professional environment.
  4. You have made a consistent, continuing contribution to scholarship in or the development and application of health professions education over at least five years.
  5. You have provided leadership in the field of health professions education.

Please apply for Fellowship online including all required accompanying documentation.

Accompanying documentation

  • Evidence of qualifications or details of a sustained programme of scholarship or practice – these can be PDFs or scans of documents. Please ensure the documents are in English and officially signed if translated.
  • Personal statement and CV – Maximum 6 sides of A4 with a focus on educational leadership and scholarship/ educational development activities.
  • Two letters of support – ideally these will have an official letterhead and be signed by Head of Department, Dean, Supervisor or a Senior Colleague. The format can be a scan, a PDF or a word document.


If you have any questions, or require further advice, please contact our fellowship team.

To qualify for associate fellowship, you will be able to demonstrate that:

  1. You are currently active in health professions education.
  2. You hold qualifications at least at Bachelor’s level in an academic field related to Health Professions Education, or have current registration as a Health Professional.
  3. During the last five years, you have actively contributed to HPE, for example you have published a scholarly article as first or lead author, you have delivered at least one other presentation as first or lead author at a major HPE conference nationally or internationally, you have acted as a reviewer on a number of occasions.

Please apply for Associated Fellowship online including all required accompanying documentation.

Accompanying documentation

  • Evidence of qualifications or details of a sustained programme of scholarship – these can be PDFs or scans of documents. Please ensure the documents are in English and officially signed if translated.
  • Personal Statement and CV – Maximum of 4 sides of A4 with a focus on early leadership and scholarship/ education development activities.
  • One letter of support – These ideally will be on an official letterhead and signed by Head of Department, Dean, Supervisor or a Senior Colleague. The format can be a scan, a PDF or a word document.


If you have any questions, or require further advice, please contact our fellowship team.