We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2016 Spring Audio Seminar Series is now open! Sessions begin Thursday, March 3 at 12 PM ET. Curriculum Design and Evaluation Curriculum development and evaluation in the modern health sciences environment poses many challenges from the perspective of course developers. Faculty members face an ever-increasing demand… Read more »
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Since 2007, IAMSE has honored member medical educators with two prestigious awards, the Master Scholar and Master Teacher awards. We now open the nominations for the 2016 Master awards, which will be presented at the annual meeting in Leiden, The Netherlands, in June. The Master Scholar Award recognizes an IAMSE member who has a distinguished… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that registration for the 20th Annual Meeting of IAMSE, to be held June 4-7, 2016 in Leiden, The Netherlands, is now open. At this annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) faculty, staff and students from around the world who are interested in medical science education… Read more »
This year’s annual meeting has a focus on learning assessment. We will be led in our discussions and deliberations throughout the event with internationally-renowned plenary speakers such as Drs. Cees van der Vleuten, Olle ten Cate, Geoff Norman, and other innovation leaders. The language of assessment takes on a world of terminology and best-practice trendings… Read more »
The 2016 Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) will be taking place in Singapore from January 13-17th. IAMSE will again be offering the successful workshop on getting your manuscripts published, and will be delivering for the first time an IAMSE sponsored symposium on the topic of Teaching the Sciences in Health Profession Education. Also, the IAMSE booth will… Read more »
How to Publish Your Results Presenter: Peter de Jong February 4, 12 PM ET In publishing scholarly work, there are several opportunities available to present your results to a specific audience. One way of sharing your results is presenting at conferences on medical education. These conferences can be found at a national as well as… 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 Association Manager Julie has been supporting IAMSE for over 17 years in many different ways. Currently, she is responsible for Board and Committee support and… Read more »
The IAMSE Administrative Office will be closed December 24 and 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, December 28. We would also like to wish you and your families a happy holiday season. We are excited for what 2016 has in store!
How to do Educational Research Presenter: David Yens January 21, 12 PM ET What is educational research in medical and health professions education? What types of research are conducted? What methods are used? These will be illustrated with examples from the literature. Following a brief review of these topics, an example of the educational research… Read more »
The deadline for the Educational Grant Scholarship is quickly drawing to a close! As a reminder, the deadline for submitting applications is January 16, 2016. Applications are to be submitted to Brandi via email (brandi@iamse.org) before the deadline. Instructions for grant proposals may be found here. The 2016 Educational Scholarship Grant program will award one research… Read more »
How to Get Started Presenter: Grace Brannan January 14, 12 PM ET This session will introduce the audience to the basics of medical education research and scholarly work. We will discuss topics that can be studied or reported, best practices and challenges, and things to consider before engaging in medical education research. We will illustrate… Read more »