We would like to extend our congratulations to thirteen individuals who have been awarded the 2018 IAMSE Travel Award. These awards support students or junior faculty to attend the IAMSE Annual Meeting. Made possible by Aquifer, each $1,500 award is meant to cover expenses related to attendance at the IAMSE annual meeting, such as conference registration,… Read more »
Each month the IAMSE Publications Committee reviews published articles from the archives of Medical Science Educator or of its predecessor JIAMSE. This month’s review, written by Dr. John L. Szarek, is taken from the article titled Development of an Educational Activity for First- and Second-Year Medical Students Using Cadaver Pathologies to Enhance Clinical Reasoning and… Read more »
The first day of our 22nd annual meeting is packed with workshops, seminars and speakers. Saturday’s activities will cover a variety of topics including writing engaging cases, an introduction to lifestyle medicine and mind-body physiology. IAMSE April Member of the month, Michael Lumpkin, along with co-presenter Emily Ratner, will host an engaging and insightful workshop… Read more »
Join us for the 2020 IAMSE Regional Meeting at Ottawa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! Planning has already begun for this event and registration will open in April 2019. Assessment and Evaluation of Health Professionals and Curricula: Present and Future Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, February 29 – March 4, 2020 For more details, please visit www.ottawaconference.org.
The 2018 Mexican Association of Faculties and Schools of Medicine (AMFEM) Annual Congress Meeting will be taking place in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico from June 12-16, 2018. The IAMSE booth will be present at the conference to exhibit, so if you plan on attending this meeting, do not forget to swing by and say hello! During the Meeting… Read more »
As you may know, IAMSE conducts a silent auction at the annual meeting each year. The purpose of the silent auction is to raise money to fund scholarships for attending the annual meeting. It is important to support and foster the interests and scholarly activities of the younger generation who will one day step into… Read more »
Dear Colleagues, 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… Read more »
In every issue of Medical Science Educator, we publish an announcements section. In this section we share information that is of interest to the readership of the journal. Individual IAMSE members wishing to post medical education related announcements in the Journal are invited to send their requests to the Editorial Assistant at journal@iamse.org. Announcements may be… Read more »
The Professional Development Committee is soliciting proposals to be considered for the 2019 IAMSE slate of Professional Development Pre-Conference (Saturday) workshops. Proposals will be accepted through July, 1, 2018. The committee will review all proposals and select 3-4 full day workshops and 6-8 half day workshops for the meeting. IAMSE Professional Development Pre-Conference workshops focus… Read more »
The first day of our 22nd annual meeting is packed with workshops, seminars and speakers. Saturday’s activities will cover a variety of topics including educational research manuscript reviews, enhancing leadership skills and an introduction to game-based teaching and learning. During the afternoon block of sessions Maryellen Gusic and Wendy Hobson-Rohrer will present a dynamic interactive session… Read more »
Each month the IAMSE Publications Committee reviews published articles from the archives of Medical Science Educator or of its predecessor JIAMSE. This month’s review, written by Dr. John L. Szarek, is taken from the article titled Using Small Case-Based Learning Groups as a Setting for Teaching Medical Students How to Provide and Receive Peer Feedback, published… Read more »
The IAMSE Admin team has grown. To better support your membership needs, it may be helpful to know our members and what they do for IAMSE. Julie K. Hewett, CMP, CAE Association Manager Julie has been supporting IAMSE for nearly 20 years in many different ways. Currently, she is responsible for Board and Committee support… Read more »