Registration is now open for the IAMSE Winter 2020 Webcast Audio Seminar series. Sessions begin on January 9, 2020. How is Health Science Education Tackling the Opioid Epidemic? The opioid epidemic poses a multifaceted challenge, but health science education is playing a significant role in combating this health care crisis. With the development of innovative… Read more »
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Educational Scholarship Grant Applications Due January 15
As a reminder, IAMSE is currently accepting applications for the IAMSE Educational Scholarship Grant program. The deadline for submitting applications is January 15, 2020. Applications are to be submitted on the submission page found here before the deadline. Instructions for grant proposals may be found here. All IAMSE members are eligible to submit a grant proposal. Preference will… Read more »
Applications Now Accepted for Faculty & Student Travel Awards Deadline December 15
The IAMSE Conference Travel Awards support students or junior faculty to attend the IAMSE Annual Meeting. The amount of the 2020 Travel Awards will be up to $1,500, and are meant to cover expenses related to attendance at the IAMSE annual meeting in Denver, such as conference registration, lodging, and airfare. Any IAMSE member who… Read more »
IAMSE Board of Director Nominations Still Being Accepted
As a reminder, IAMSE is currently seeking nominations and self-nominations of candidates to serve on the IAMSE Board of Directors. International members are particularly invited. The Board of Directors is the governing body that determines the direction of IAMSE and all our various programs and activities. This Spring, three of the Director positions become subject… Read more »
A Review from Medical Science Educator from Dr. Kelly Quesnelle
This month the IAMSE Publications Committee review is taken from the article titled Difficulty and Discriminative Ability of Various Categories of Multiple Choice Questions in Medical School Preclerkship Examinations published in the Medical Science Educator, Volume 24, (pp 387-393), by Stanley J. Nazian and Frazier T. Stevenson. Experienced writers of medical science examination items can easily agree that not all… Read more »
Benefits for IAMSE Student Members
IAMSE offers many ways for health professions students to grow as nascent educators and professional colleagues. A student is considered as a person who is enrolled in a degree/certificate program (such as BS, MS, PharmD, PhD, MD) at a school or other institution. Student memberships include complimentary access for the IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series… Read more »
Save the Date for the IAMSE Winter 2020 Webcast Audio Seminar Series
Join us every Thursday in January and the first Thursday in February for the IAMSE Winter 2020 Webcast Audio Seminar Series. The theme for the Winter series is “How is Health Science Education tackling the Opioid Epidemic?” where we will feature several speakers from across the US. The Winter IAMSE web-based seminar series will provide… Read more »
#IAMSE20 Poster and Oral Abstract Submissions Due December 1
The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations for the 24th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, CO, USA from June 13-16, 2020. The IAMSE meeting offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing… Read more »
IAMSE Fall 2019 WAS Session 5 Highlights
IAMSE Webinar Series, Winter 2019
IAMSE Program and Review Committees Now Seeking Volunteers for 2021 Annual Meeting
The time has come to begin planning the 2021 Annual IAMSE Meeting to be held in Cancun, Mexico! The first step in the process is to form the Program and Review Committees. The role of the Program Committee is to establish a theme and schedule for the program, select and invite pertinent speakers, and collaborate… Read more »
IAMSE on the Road at PAEA 2019
The IAMSE booth will be exhibiting at the 2019 Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Education Forum in Washington, DC, USA on October 10-12, 2019. If you plan on attending this meeting, do not forget to swing by the IAMSE booth and say hello! Information on the 2019 PAEA meeting can be found here. We look… Read more »
Say Hello to Our Featured Member Marieke Kruidering-Hall!
Our association is a robust and diverse set of educators, researchers, medical professionals, volunteers and academics that come from all walks of life and from around the globe. Each month we choose a member to highlight their academic and professional career, and see how they are making the best of their membership in IAMSE. This… Read more »