IAMSE Cafe Virtual Sessions
2026
1/20/2026 – Insights into the CBSE and CBSSA Exams with NBME with Francis O’Donnell & Nicholas Cowling
2/3/2026 – MD in 3: Accelerated Pathways in Medical Education with Joan Cangiarella
2/17/2026 – Incorporating Humanities in Medical Education with Anna Ricci & Rebecca Volpe
3/3/2026 – IAMSE 2026 Conference Preview with Will Brooks
3/17/2026 – Integration of Clinical Labs in the Curriculum and AI Support with Snehal Mehta
4/21/2026 – Beyond the Struggle: Smarter Strategies for Remediation with Cafe Committee
5/5/2026 – Advancing Your Career Through the IAMSE Fellowship Program with Dr. Martin Schmidt & Dr. Keshab Raj Paudel
2025
12/16/2025 – End of Year Celebration with Abigail Hielscher
12/2/2025 – What Are You Reading? [Book Club] with Tameka Clemons
11/18/2025 – Turning Your Teaching into Scholarship with Kathleen Everling & Samiksha Prasad
11/4/2025 – Check-In with Medical Science Educator with David Harris
10/21/2025 – Current Trends in Simulation Teaching with Ila Chauhan & Cate Nicholas
10/7/2025 – Active Learning in Medical Education with Stellie Bishop, Erica Levine, & Kenneth Lewis
9/16/2025 – Elevating Healthcare Education Through Educational Resources: An Interactive Dive into IAMSE Manuals and Toolkits with Emine Abali & Jennifer Fischer
9/2/2025 – IAMSE Virtual Forum Preview with Demidmaa Tuvdendorj & Amy Stone
8/19/2025 – Ambassadors Part 2 with Di Eley, Elisabeth Schlegel, & Sireesha Bala
8/5/2025 – Meet the IAMSE CoGs (CORE, LGBTQ+ and AI) with Natascha Heise, Cory Gerwe, & Doug McKell
7/15/2025 – How Educators Are Using AI with Youngjin Cho & Khiet Ngo
7/1/2025 – Foundations Course with Amber Heck & Aviad Haramati
6/3/2025 – Ambassadors with Di Eley, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan & Kevlian Andrew
5/20/2025 – Conflict Management with Greg Pennington & Carolyn Humphrey
5/6/2025 – Implementation of Self-Directed Learning with Fomba Kanneh, Alena Wade, & Jessica Milner
4/15/2025 – Professionalism with Dr. Michelle Carroll-Turpin & Kristin Kassaw
4/1/2025 – Coaching in Medical Education with Dr. Rachelle Curcio & Chris Burkett
3/18/2025 – 2025 Interprofessionalism with Jeevan Diwakaran & Lydia Aguilera
3/4/2025 – 2025 Conference Preview with Samuel Ikonne
2/18/2025 – Academic Advising – Best Practices (Panel) with Tahnee Netro & Mercy Azeke
2/4/2025 – Mandatory Attendance/Non-Mandatory Attendance with Chasity O’Malley
1/21/2025 – ASME Introduction with Chasity O’Malley
1/7/2025 – Career Pathway for Medical Educators with Katie Huggett
2024
12/17/2024 – End of Year Celebration with Tameka Clemons
12/3/2024 – Medical Laboratory Science: The Profession that Supports Most Health Care Decisions with Deepak Sharma, Bei Zhang, John Gerlach, Kathleen Hoag, and Rachel Morris
11/5/2024 – IAMSE Virtual Forum Wrap Up with Katie Huggett and Leah Sheridan
10/15/2024 – IAMSE Foundations Course with Chasity O’Malley and Amber Heck (RESCHEDULED)
10/1/2024 – How to Support Struggling Students with Tameka Clemons and Dawn Shell
9/17/2024 – Wellness for Faculty and Staff with Falicia Harvey and Jeff Fritz
9/3/2024 – IM-REACH with Chasity O’Malley and Alice Fornari
8/20/2024 – A Conversation with IAMSE 2024 Career Awardees Dr. Leah Sheridan and Dr. Jorge Cervantes with Pushparaj Shetty, Leah Sheridan, and Jorge Cervantes
8/6/2024 – Wellness for Students with Rakhi Negi, Samiksha Prasad, and Aishwarya Aiyer
6/4/2024 – Third Party Resources – Who to Trust? with Chasity O’Malley, Atsusi Hirumi, and Harold Bell
4/16/2024 – Effect of Curricular Refresh and Renewal on Students with Jonathan Wisco and Anna Blenda
4/9/2024 – Effect of Curricular Reform on Faculty with Kathryn Huggett and Gary Smith
3/26/2024 – IAMSE 2024 Conference Promo with Rakhi Negi and Kim Dahlman
3/5/2024 – It isn’t “self-directed” anymore if you have to direct it, or is it? with Jonathan Wisco
2/20/2024 – Impact of Research on Undergraduate Medical Education with Tameka Clemons
2/6/2024 – Do I need a mentor or a coach? Exploring faculty development resources to support professional growth with Kathryn Huggett
1/30/2024 – Annual Goal Setting and Accountability Check-In Session with Rakhi Negi and Chasity O’Malley
1/16/2024 – Winter Solstice Book Club with Chasity O’Malley
2023
12/19/2023 – End of Year Celebration with all Cafe hosts
12/5/2023 – Clerkship Readiness After Step 1 P/F with John Folk
11/21/2023 – Lessons Learned During the IAMSE Virtual Forum with Ian Murray
11/7/2023 – A Futurist’s Perspective on Medical Education with Denise Kay
10/17/2023 – Early Career Award with Rakhi Negi
10/3/2023 – Professionalism with Chasity O’Malley
9/19/2023 – Accreditation Standards Around DEI with Rakhi Negi
9/5/2023 – Foundational Sciences vs. Basic Science Factoids with Wendy Lackey Cornelison and Neil Osheroff
8/15/2023 – How to Distinguish Students After Step 1 P/F with Dr. Dave Harris (chat description)
8/1/2023 – Tips for Getting Students to Buy in to Active Learning with Tameka Clemons
6/20/2023 – I23 Recap with Wendy Lackey Cornelison and Amber Heck
5/16/2023 – Overcommitment with Chasity O’Malley
5/2/2023 – KNN with Dr. Dave Harris, Sarah Williams, Joelle Worm
4/18/2023 – Imposter Syndrome with Wendy Lackey Cornelison
3/21/2023 – IAMSE 2023 Annual Conference Preview with Amber Heck
3/7/2023 – Curriculum Refresh with Jon Wisco
2/21/2023 – What Does Research Mean to Undergraduate Medical Education? with Rakhi Negi
2/7/2023 – What are You Reading This Winter? with Katie Huggett
1/17/2023 – Foundational Competencies with Lisa Howley and Eric Holmboe
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2022
12/20/2022 – End-of-Year Celebrations with Jon Wisco
11/15/2022 – Best Practices for Preparing a Successful Grant Proposal for the IAMSE Educational Scholarship and Curriculum Innovation Grants with Amanda Chase, Amber Heck, and Algevis Wrench
11/1/2022 – Should I Stay or Should I Go? When Your Next Career Move is Somewhere Else with Katie Huggett
10/18/2022 – The Aquifer Sciences Curriculum Database: A Collaborative Development between the IAMSE community and Aquifer with David Harris and Dr. Tracy Fulton
10/4/2022 – Sharable Open Education Resources (OER) With ScholarRx with David Harris
9/20/2022 – Mitigating Implicit Bias in Medical School Curricula with Jacqueline Powell and Jayne Reuben
9/6/2022 – Early Career Award Winner with Jaya Yoda
8/16/2022 – Toolkits for Medical Science Educators: A Resource for Professional Development and an Opportunity for Scholarship with Nicole Deming, Amber Heck and Jon Wisco
8/2/2022 – Moving Up in MedEd with Christina DeLucia and Diana Lautenberger
7/19/2022 – Summer Reading with Chasity O’Malley – Chat Log
6/21/2022 – IAMSE 2022 Meeting Recap with Kelly Quesnelle
5/3/2022 – Mentoring in Health Professions Education with Alice Fornari and Darshana Shah
4/19/2022 – How to Make the Most of Conference Attendance with Heather Christensen
4/5/2022 – #IAMSE22 Annual Meeting Preview with Maria Sheakley
3/15/2022 – Third Party Resources with Kelly Quesnelle
3/1/2022 – Assessment Styles with Jon Wisco
2/15/2022 – What is the Optimal Timing of Course Evals? with Jon Wisco
2/1/2022 – Maintaining Professionalism Through Fatigue with Wendy Lackey
1/18/2022 – Practical Tips for Connecting With Students with Jon Wisco
1/4/2022 – The Changing Landscape of MedEd with Adi Haramati, Giulia Bonaminio, Frazier Stevenson, Amy Wilson-Delfosse, and Neil Osheroff
2021
12/7/2021 – IAMSE New Member Meet and Greet with Kelly Quesnelle
11/16/2021 – Technology in Health Sciences Education During COVID-19: Gains, Losses, and Transformations with Poh Sun Goh and Sol Roberts-Lieb
11/2/2021 – IAMSE Fellowship and ESME at IAMSE with Adi Haramati, Amber Heck and Amanda Chase
10/19/2021 – IAMSE Ambassador Program: Global perspectives on medical and science education with Claudio Cortes and Joseph Grannum
10/5/2021 – Teaching and Incorporating the Health Humanities with Alice Fornari
9/21/2021 – Open Forum to Discuss Basic Science in the Clinical Years with Kelly Quesnelle
9/7/2021 – Meaningful, Sustainable Transdisciplinary Collaboration: What would it look like? with Atsusi Hirumi
8/17/2021 – Opportunities for Health Sciences Education in One Health with Margaret McNulty and Rebecca Lufler
8/3/2021 – Evaluations of Our Teaching with Wendy Lackey
7/20/2021 – Incorporating Telehealth Into Basic Science Education with Jon Wisco
7/6/2021 – Virtual Simulations with Jon Wisco
6/1/2021 – The State of Medical Educators in Developing Nations with Sylvia Olivares and Smart Mbagwu
5/18/2021 – Building bridges between health science educators from diverse programs with Jennifer Lamberts, Jayne Reuben, and Jonathan Wisco
5/4/2021 – Outreach Programs with Kelly Quesnelle
4/20/2021 – The New Horizon of (Medical) Education with Cafe Hosts
4/6/2021 – IAMSE 2021 Annual Conference Preview with Mark Hernandez
3/16/2021 – Career impacts of the COVID Year with Lisa Coplitt
3/2/2021 – Conducting and Disseminating Medical Education Scholarship
2/16/2021 – The paradigm shift implications on courses and curricula as a result of moving to pass/fail USMLE Step 1 with Doug Gould
2/2/2021 – To teach, or not to teach (to the test), that is the question with Jon Wisco
1/19/2021 – The Basic Sciences and the Medical Humanities: An Integrative Approach with Hedy Wald. Suggested reading and faculty development opportunities discussed during the call.
1/5/2021 – Best Practices for Mentoring with an Eye and Ear Toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice with Heather Christensen
2020
12/15/2020 – Unconventional Teaching Methods with Jon Wisco
12/1/2020 – Resiliency with the IAMSE Cafe hosts
11/17/2020 – Learning During and From a Crisis: The Student-Led Development of an online COVID-19 Curriculum with Abby Schiff and Katie Shaffer
Links from the conversation during this session can be found below.
11/3/2020 – Teaching Race and Medicine: Unlearning what we think we know with Staci Leisman
Links from the conversation during this session can be found here.
10/20/2020 – The future of education programs for residents and medical students with Lourdes Lopez
10/6/2020 – Technology and Education with Edgar Herrera Bastida
9/15/2020 – Team-Based Learning in the Virtual Environment with Drs. Raihan Jumat, Irene Lee and Peiyan Wong
9/1/2020 – Networking 102 – Networking Outside the Box with Kelly Quesnelle
8/27/2020 – Mentoring to Make a Difference with Katie Huggett – Literature references can be found here.
8/13/2020 – IAMSE Ambassadors – Pakistan, Australia, and Finland with Di Eley and Yawar Hyatt Khan
7/23/2020 – The Disappearing Pathology Instructor with Amy Lin and Regina Kreisle
7/9/2020 – Partnering with medical students to discover educational solutions for on-line learning with Emily Bird
6/25/2020 – The Future of Medical Education Conferences: What SHOULD it look like? with Bonny Dickinson
6/11/2020 – Communities of Practice in a Virtual World with James Pickering
5/28/2020 – IAMSE Ambassadors – Mexico, China, Caribbean with Raul Barroso, Sateesh Arja and Zhimin Jia
5/21/2020 – Faculty Development in the COVID-19 Era with Alice Fornari
5/14/2020 – Evolving Anatomical Education during the COVID pandemic: What will this mean for the future of anatomy teaching? with Jon Wisco, Richard Gonzalez and Lane Fortney
5/7/2020 – COVID-19 and the New Medical School with Amber Heck and Michael Lee
4/30/2020 – MedEd Equity During COVID-19 with Heather Christensen
4/23/2020 – IAMSECafe Welcomes Medical Science Educator EIC with Peter de Jong
4/16/2020 – Q&A with the IAMSE President with Neil Osheroff
4/14/2020 – MedEd Mailbag: Free Resources During COVID-19 with Kelly Quesnelle. Resources discussed and shared during this session can be found below.
4/9/2020 – How Re-thinking and Re-designing Anatomy Instruction Into the Online Space Can Lead to Better Classroom and Cadaver Lab Learning Experiences with Jon Wisco
4/7/2020 – MedEd Mailbag: Being Productive in Your Own Space with Kelly Quesnelle
4/2/2020 – Leading by Example: Practicing Self-care in a Time of Crisis with Adi Haramati
3/31/2020 – MedEd Mailbag: The Virtual Teacher with Kelly Quesnelle