Multifarious methods in the pursuit of quality: More “ands” and fewer “ors”

An example of a study focused on quality assurance of undergraduate medical education is the Rashid article. 4 The author employs critical discourse analysis of texts written in English and chosen theo-retical frameworks to explore views on the creation of the World Fed-eration for Medical Education (WFME) standards templates and efforts by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to stimulate accreditation through promotion of the WFME Recognition Program. The author questions the motivation of these initiatives as being driven by either altruistic or nationalistic priorities, although also acknowledging that these motivations could be viewed as not contradictory.