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Apply for the 2026 Medical Educator Fellowship Program!

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 Medical Educator Fellowship (MEF) Program are now being accepted! IAMSE is once again offering members and non-members the option of completing the MEF Program 100% virtually, from any location around the globe.

The primary goal of the MEF is to support the development of well-rounded healthcare education scholars through a program of targeted professional development and application of learned concepts to mentored research projects. The program is designed for healthcare educators from all backgrounds who wish to enhance their knowledge and productivity as educational scholars. 

Please note that as a prerequisite, applicants are required to have completed the IAMSE Foundations of Health Professions Education Course (Foundations), previously known as the Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) course. For more detailed information about the IAMSE Foundations Course, please visit the information on our website by clicking here.

Applications for the next cohort will be accepted until December 5, 2025. To submit your application, fill out this application form. As part of the application form, you will need to upload your IAMSE Foundations Course or ESME Course Completion Certificate and your CV. 

For questions about the Fellowship or how to apply, please contact support@iamse.org.

We thank you for your interest and look forward to supporting you in achieving your professional goals in educational scholarship.

Apply for the 2026 MEF Program!

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Registration is Now OPEN for the Winter 2026 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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IAMSE is pleased to announce that registration is NOW OPEN for the Winter 2026 Webcast Audio Seminar Series! The Winter 2026 Series is titled “From Hype to Reality: AI’s Rapid Transformation of Health Sciences Professions Education.” Join us at 12:00 PM EST Thursday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5, 2026.

From Hype to Reality: AI’s Rapid Transformation of Health-Sciences Professions Education
Join us for this five-session Winter WAS series that will examine evidence-based applications, assessment of knowledge/skills, human factors in AI adoption, autonomous AI agents for teaching and administration, and policy and competency frameworks for faculty and students.

Presentations will focus on practical examples, emerging risks, and actionable strategies faculty can use now to design learning, assessment, and support systems to prepare students for a learning and practice environment transformed by AI. This series is intended for basic-science and clinical educators seeking forward-looking, implementable guidance. 

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Winter 2026 Series can be found by clicking here.

From Hype to Reality: AI’s Rapid Transformation of Health Sciences Professions Education

More Information about the Winter 2026 WAS Series

Join us for each one-hour session beginning Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 12 PM EST. Sessions in the Winter 2026 Series include:

  • January 8, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – Synergistic Learning: Integrating AI and Web Applications for Enhanced Medical Training, presented by Delison Elgui de Oliveira, San Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu School of Medicine, and Antonio Rusiñol, Quillen College of Medicine.
  • January 15, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – Applied Intelligence: Integrating AI Technologies Into Medical Education, presented by Laurah Turner, University of Cincinnati.
  • January 22, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – Generative AI in Medical Education: Navigating the Educators’ Dilemma, presented by Neil Mehta, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU SOM.
  • January 29, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – Automated Tools to Autonomous Agents: Affordances and Limitations to AI for Learning, presented by Richard Landers, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
  • February 5, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – Real World AI Use: Guardrails, Responsible Use, and Competencies, presented by Kimberly Lomis, American Medical Association.

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Winter 2026 Series can be found by clicking here.

Register Today!

As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE!

If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

Say Hello to our Featured Member Chasity O’Malley!

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Our Association is a robust and diverse set of educators, students, 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 month’s Featured Member is Chasity O’Malley.

Chasity O’Malley
Professor and Vice Chair of the Foundations Phase
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, Ohio, USA

How long have you been a member of IAMSE?
I have been a member of IAMSE since 2019, so I think this makes 7 years.

Looking at your time with the Association, what have you most enjoyed doing? What are you most looking forward to?
I love connecting with IAMSE colleagues, whether it be virtually or in person. I’ve participated virtually through the Virtual Forum and the Cafes and in person at the annual conferences. There is sort of magic in talking with colleagues from other institutions. We have the ability to commiserate and troubleshoot issues we’re facing. It helps so much to hear that you’re not alone and to be able to hear how others have navigated situations successfully. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone at the annual conference in Augusta!

What interesting things are you working on outside of the Association right now?
My students and I presented our mindfulness study at the recent annual and we are finishing up the manuscript for publication, so we’re super excited for that. I am in the 5th and final year of an NSF funded grant called CAPER that focuses on faculty development related to active learning and educational research. We’re working to help our participants who have completed their projects to finish their manuscripts for publication and those who are in their data collection phase to work towards presenting their data this summer. It’s a lot of work, but so fulfilling to see these faculty participants finish their projects. I am also expanding on my mindfulness work to extend to faculty and staff, as well as some additional approaches for our medical students. 

Why do you feel that membership in IAMSE is important? what would you tell people who are thinking about joining the Association?
Membership in IAMSE helps in so many ways! It opens doors and presents opportunities for collaboration with colleagues across the globe. For anyone in the promotion pipeline, IAMSE can be a game changer, providing opportunities to present internationally and to network for outside reviewer letters, not to mention, the opportunity to serve on a committee for an international organization. For those just getting started in teaching, IAMSE can help you navigate those uncertain waters and for those who are seasoned educators, IAMSE helps to keep us up to date on the current trends in medical education.

As the Chair of the IAMSE Cafe Committee, what do you most enjoy about leading that committee? Why should people take part in the IAMSE Cafes?
I love seeing our members at the Cafes. Seeing members at the Cafes helps reinforce that we’ve picked topics that are relevant, timely, and of value to our membership. As the committee chair, I especially enjoy being able to curate those new topics based on feedback from our membership. The Cafes are a great way to connect with IAMSE members in a casual environment and get to know one another. Additionally, the topics are a mix of IAMSE events and services, along with current topics in health professions education. The Cafes are a great way to build your own IAMSE community!

#IAMSE26 Poster & Oral Abstracts Now Welcomed!

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Deadline December 1, 2025

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for oral and poster abstracts for the 30th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Marriott Augusta Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia, USA, from June 6-9, 2026. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for training, development, and mentoring, to meet the needs of learners and professionals across the continuum of health professions education.

As a reminder, students who would like feedback on a draft of their abstract prior to final submission should email your draft abstract to support@iamse.org with the subject line Student Abstract Pre-Review by November 12, 2025. For more information on this IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee Pre-Review process opportunity for students, click here.

Submit Your Abstract by December 1

A few things to note:

  • The first time you enter the site, you will be required to create a user profile. Even if you submitted abstracts in previous years, you will need to create a new account.
  • All abstracts for oral and poster presentations must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site.
  • You may list several authors, but you are limited to one presenter.
  • Once the submission deadline has passed, you may not edit your abstract. This includes adding authors.
  • Once the submission deadline has passed, authors will no longer have access to their abstract submissions.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than two presentations per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in March 2026. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

The deadline to submit is December 1, 2025!

We hope to see you in Augusta next year!

Thank you,
Will Brooks
2026 Program Committee Chair

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Thank You From the IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Program Committee!

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The IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum has concluded successfully! The Program Committee would like to thank our supporters, contributors, presenters, and attendees for making this Virtual Forum such a success. Your energy, ideas, and generosity, whether working behind the scenes, supporting, volunteering, or sharing your work, lifted every session.

To our Presenters: Your scholarship and openness to dialogue created a vibrant, interactive learning space.
To our Attendees: Your thoughtful questions and collegial spirit turned talks into true conversations.

The virtual format of the Virtual Forum matters. By removing travel cost barriers, we increased the accessibility and welcomes a broader global community. It also supports sustainability and flexibility, enabling more of us to engage deeply from wherever we are. Looking ahead, we hope to stay connected through IAMSE, and other virtual and in-person events! Together, we can continue learning, supporting each other, and developing innovative, globally relevant health education programs that reflect IAMSE’s vision and 2025 Virtual Forum Theme “A Global Vision for Health Education: Empowering an International Community of Educators.”

Thank you again, we wish you all the best and see you next time!

Thank you,
IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Program Committee

IAMSE CoG Meetings – November 2025

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IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Four CoGs will be meeting in November! Below are the details for each meeting. Please note that CoG Zoom links, meeting IDs, and passcodes have changed from what they have previously been. The updated links are listed below.

AI CoG

The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EST on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

The November AI CoG meeting will feature Dr. Delison Elgui de Oliveira, PhD, Associate Professor (Pathology & Cancer Biology), UNESP, School of Medicine, Botucatu SP, Brazil, presenting “Remodeling Education in Pathology and Biomedical Sciences Prompting Effective Learning and Teaching with AI LLMs.” Dr. Amy Stone, of the UNLV Kirk Kekorian School of Science will moderate the session.

To join the November AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 966 6621 1082
Passcode: 361577

CORE CoG

The Community Outreach, Research, and Engagement (CORE) CoG meeting will take place at 11:00 AM EST on Thursday, November 6, 2025. CORE CoG meetings then take place regularly every other month on either Monday at 3:00 PM ET or Thursday at 11:00 AM ET. Dates may vary. The CORE CoG is led by Peter Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise.

This CORE CoG meeting will bring folks together to discuss summer experience programs. Now that we have all had time to breath, we hope to hear from everyone about their summer programs. What went well, what was challenging, what data are/were you collecting? How do you plan to turn your work into scholarship? We’d love to hear from you at this meeting!

To join the November CORE CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 940 7015 6397
Passcode: 086440

LGBTQ+ CoG

The LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG meeting will take place on Zoom at 12:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The next LGBTQ+ CoG meeting will be in February. For more information on the LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG, contact Cory Gerwe at gerwecd@odu.edu.

To join the November LGBTQ+ CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 953 6376 6152
Passcode: 010159

Black Medical Educators CoG

The IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG meeting will take place at 12:30 PM EST Friday, November 7, 2025. IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG meetings take place quarterly at 12:30 PM ET on the first Friday in May, August, November, and February. If you are a Black medical educator interested in learning more about this CoG and/or how to become a member, please contact Jacqueline Powell at jpowell@msm.edu.

To join the November Black Medical Educators CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 945 0993 9814
Passcode: 054506

Last Call* IAMSE Seeking2027 Manual Proposals Due October 30, 2025

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As a final reminder, the IAMSE Manuals Editorial Board is seeking proposals for contributions to the IAMSE Manuals book series to be published in 2027.

The IAMSE Manuals series was established to disseminate current developments and best evidence-based practices in healthcare education, providing healthcare educators with the most current information to succeed in their roles. The Manuals offer practical “how-to-guides” on a variety of topics relevant to teaching and learning in the healthcare profession. The aim is to improve the quality of educational activities, which include, but are not limited to, teaching, assessment, mentoring, advising, coaching, curriculum development, leadership, administration, and scholarship in healthcare education, and to promote greater interest in health professions education. They are compact volumes of 100 to 175 pages (with a minimum of 50,000 words) that address various practical challenges or opportunities facing medical educators. Springer publishes the manuals, and IAMSE members can access online versions at a reduced price. Previously published manuals are available on both the Springer and IAMSE websites.

We welcome proposal submissions on topics relevant to IAMSE’s mission and encourage multi-institutional, international, and interprofessional contributions. Topics for the manuals may vary widely, including but not limited to the following:

  • Cultural Competence and Inclusivity
  • Simulation-Based Learning
  • Well-being and Self-Care for Everyone
  • Current Use of AI in Medical Education and Ethical Considerations
  • Curriculum Design and Integration
  • Assessment and Feedback Strategies
  • Communication Skills
  • Research Approaches in Medical Education
  • Approaches to Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
  • Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Health Policy, and Advocacy
  • Approaches to Learning and Teaching

Submit your proposal by clicking here!

Submission Deadline: October 30, 2025

If you have any questions about submission or the Manuals series please contact support@iamse.org.

I look forward to your submissions.

Thank you,
Emine Ercikan Abali
Editor-in-Chief, IAMSE Manuals Editorial Board

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Submit Your IAMSE 2026 Student Abstract for Pre-Review! Deadline: November 12, 2025

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With the IAMSE 2026 Annual Conference call for abstracts approaching, the IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee invites students who are planning to submit a poster or oral abstract to participate in our abstract pre-review program.

This initiative offers an opportunity for students to receive constructive feedback on an abstract draft prior to final submission, helping to strengthen and refine your work before submitting to the conference. 

  • Eligibility: Any student preparing IAMSE 2026 abstract submissions. You do not need to be an IAMSE member to benefit from the pre-review process.
  • Submission: Email your draft abstract to support@iamse.org with the subject line Student Abstract Pre-Review.

The submission deadline to have your abstract pre-reviewed is November 12, 2025.

We encourage all interested students to take advantage of this opportunity. The official portal for final abstract submissions will be opening shortly. Please watch your email for additional updates.

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Save the Date for the Winter 2026 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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Join us at 12:00 PM EST Thursday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, and February 5, 2026 for the IAMSE Winter 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series titled “From Hype to Reality: AI’s Rapid Transformation of Health Sciences Professions Education.”

From Hype to Reality: AI’s Rapid Transformation of Health-Sciences Professions Education
Join us for this five-session Winter WAS series that will examine evidence-based applications, assessment of knowledge/skills, human factors in AI adoption, autonomous AI agents for teaching and administration, and policy and competency frameworks for faculty and students.

Presentations will focus on practical examples, emerging risks, and actionable strategies faculty can use now to design learning, assessment, and support systems that prepare students for a practice environment transformed by AI. This series is intended for basic-science and clinical educators seeking forward-looking, implementable guidance. 

Further details about the Winter 2026 series, including registration, speakers, topics, and more will be coming soon, so keep an eye on your inbox. For more details on our archives of previous seasons, please visit www.iamse.org.

A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Matthew McMillin

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Medical Science Educator

This month, the IAMSE Publications Committee review is taken from the article titled Teaching Skills Training for Pre-Clinical Medical Students Through Weekly Problem-Based Learning Teaching Topic Presentation and Directed Feedback, published in Medical Science Educator (October 18, 2023) by Gregory Schreck, Dale Netski, Edward Simanton, and Rosalie Kalil.

During undergraduate medical education, students are often expected to take on teaching roles such as presenting medical topics, educating patients, or discussing research articles. However, most curricula do not provide formal instruction to help students develop effective teaching skills or pedagogy. This gap highlights the need to evaluate interventions designed to strengthen students’ knowledge and foster their teaching abilities. 

This article addresses this need by introducing an instructional video mini-series designed to help first-year medical students become more effective at teaching problem-based learning (PBL) content to their PBL group members. The videos covered topics such as developing clear learning objectives, aligning material to the learner’s level, fostering engagement, connecting lessons to real-world applications, and selecting appropriate resources for lesson design. To evaluate the impact, the research team developed a rubric for PBL faculty facilitators to assess students’ knowledge in these areas as they presented content to their peers. 

Key results showed a significant improvement in student PBL teaching scores, which persisted throughout the study duration. Facilitators’ qualitative feedback of those presenting PBL content indicated positive growth across all five domains after students watched the instructional videos. Student survey responses were positive with respondents strongly agreeing or agreeing with most survey items. Based on these results, the authors suggested future work should explore the transferability of these skills to teaching contexts beyond PBL. 

The findings and implications of this study are relevant to a wide range of medical educators and administrators, including faculty involved in PBL curriculum design, PBL facilitators, those seeking to enhance peer-assisted learning, and educators focused on student professional development. As active learning and peer-assisted learning approaches continue to be implemented and expanded upon in undergraduate medical education, developing effective student teaching skills for students will only continue to grow in importance.

Matthew McMillin, PhD
Associate Professor
Huffington Department of Education, Innovation & Technology
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

IAMSE #VirtualForum25 Welcomes Keith Wilson

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) invites you to join us for our fourth annual Virtual Forum! Join us October 22-24, 2025, as we host ignite talks, lightning talks, and more. The virtual forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading health professions sciences curricula around the world. Participants include students & trainees, basic scientists, providers, clinicians, and other faculty from across various healthcare and educational disciplines. We specifically encourage junior faculty, postdocs, and students to participate in the forum! This year’s theme is “A Global Vision for Health Education: Empowering an International Community of Educators.”

Below, we look at one of our Virtual Forum Ignite Speakers, Keith Wilson, Chair of Assessment, Undergraduate Medical Education at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, who will be presenting “Never Work Harder Than Your Learner” from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT Friday, October 24, 2025.

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Never Work Harder Than Your Learner

Keith Wilson, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
Dalhousie University

Friday, October 24, 2025
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Participants will explore current challenges and opportunities in assessment and curriculum design in health professions education and how we can do more by doing less. In particular, we will discuss how programmatic assessment and coaching promote learning, how creating change is supported using a systems thinking approach and how Artificial Intelligence can make all of this easier.

To read more about Keith Wilson, click here.

Register Today!

Reminder* IAMSE Seeking 2027 Manual Proposals Due October 30, 2025

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As a reminder, the IAMSE Manuals Editorial Board is seeking proposals for contributions to the IAMSE Manuals book series to be published in 2027.

The IAMSE Manuals series was established to disseminate current developments and best evidence-based practices in healthcare education, providing healthcare educators with the most current information to succeed in their roles. The Manuals offer practical “how-to-guides” on a variety of topics relevant to teaching and learning in the healthcare profession. The aim is to improve the quality of educational activities, which include, but are not limited to, teaching, assessment, mentoring, advising, coaching, curriculum development, leadership, administration, and scholarship in healthcare education, and to promote greater interest in health professions education. They are compact volumes of 100 to 175 pages (with a minimum of 50,000 words) that address various practical challenges or opportunities facing medical educators. Springer publishes the manuals, and IAMSE members can access online versions at a reduced price. Previously published manuals are available on both the Springer and IAMSE websites.

We welcome proposal submissions on topics relevant to IAMSE’s mission and encourage multi-institutional, international, and interprofessional contributions. Topics for the manuals may vary widely, including but not limited to the following:

  • Cultural Competence and Inclusivity
  • Simulation-Based Learning
  • Well-being and Self-Care for Everyone
  • Current Use of AI in Medical Education and Ethical Considerations
  • Curriculum Design and Integration
  • Assessment and Feedback Strategies
  • Communication Skills
  • Research Approaches in Medical Education
  • Approaches to Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
  • Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Health Policy, and Advocacy
  • Approaches to Learning and Teaching

Submit your proposal by clicking here!

Submission Deadline: October 30, 2025

If you have any questions about submission or the Manuals series please contact support@iamse.org.

I look forward to your submissions.

Thank you,
Emine Ercikan Abali
Editor-in-Chief, IAMSE Manuals Editorial Board

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