A Message from IAMSE President, Neil Osheroff

Posted January 10, 2020 by Rachel Hewett

I hope that you all are well and had a wonderful holiday season. I am both honored and humbled to be the new President of IAMSE, an organization that I view as my educational home. As we move into the new year, I want to reflect on 2019 and discuss some of exciting projects that are in store for IAMSE in 2020.

This past year was an outstanding one for IAMSE. In 2019, our membership expanded to over 1600, including educators from approximately 50 countries! We had a very successful meeting in Roanoke, VA, USA which turned out to be the largest gathering in our history, with over 660 attendees. We also organized IAMSE-branded symposia and workshops at educational meetings in the US, Singapore, Colombia, Austria, and the Netherlands. Submissions for our journal, Medical Science Educator, rose significantly; we formalized arrangements for our manuals series to be published by our journal publisher, Springer; and our Webcast Audio Seminar series remained a strong educational tool. In addition, we distributed more travel scholarships for faculty and students to attend the annual meeting and more faculty and student educational research grants than at any time in our history. Finally, our Committee for the Advancement of Medical Science Educators (CAMSE) completed their work on a Medical Science Educator Portfolio Toolkit, which will be available to IAMSE members in the near future.

The upcoming year looks to be an exciting year for our organization. We are continuing our efforts to enhance the global branding of IAMSE in 2020 and we will be organizing sessions at meetings in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, England, Scotland, and the Netherlands. In addition, for the first time, we are organizing a special one-day IAMSE conference, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 28 in conjunction with the Ottawa Conference. There is still time to register for the conference and we would love to have you attend! We entered into a new collaboration with the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) and look forward to formally attending their meeting and have them attend ours. We also will be establishing our new Ambassador program, in which representatives from countries outside of the US will work to increase the global visibility and member services of IAMSE. Our annual meeting will be held in Denver, CO, USA in 2020, and the program looks to be outstanding. In addition, we look for continued growth of Medical Science Educator and our Webcast Audio Seminar Series, and we expect to publish two new manuals. We are also growing our travel scholarship and educational research grant programs even further. Finally, be on the lookout for new initiatives to enhance diversity, inclusion, and equity in IAMSE and in the educational community.

It is important to remember that we are only as strong as you, our members. Many thanks to all of you who have worked (and continue to work) so hard on behalf of our organization. If you would like to become more involved in IAMSE or have suggestions as to how we can improve our services, we would love to hear from you. All the best on the New Year!

Sincerely yours,

Neil Osheroff, Ph.D.
President, International Association of Medical Science Educators
Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine
John G. Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Paul George to Present “Using Undergraduate Medical Education to Increase the Number of Physicians Prepared to Prescribe Medication-Assisted Treatment”

Posted January 9, 2020 by Rachel Hewett

The 2020 IAMSE Winter Webcast Audio Seminar Series has just begun! This series will provide a comprehensive synopsis of the efforts to respond to the opioid crisis from the perspective of health science education and innovative curricula. We’ve lined up speakers from across the United States to shine a light on the topic across multiple landscapes in medical education. Our second speaker is Dr. Paul George from Brown University.

Using Undergraduate Medical Education to Increase the Number of Physicians Prepared to Prescribe Medication-Assisted Treatment
Presenter: Paul George, MD, MHPE
Session: January 16, 2020 at 12pm Eastern Time

In this webinar, the impact and etiology of opioid use disorder nationally will be briefly discussed. The webinar will then shift to the strategy used by one medical school to integrate curriculum focused on opioid use disorder longitudinally and substantially into its curriculum will be explored. Finally, strategies for enabling curriculum to count in lieu of DATA waiver training will be discussed and how these strategies can ideally increase the number of physicians prescribing medication-assisted treatment (locally and nationally).

For more information and to register for the Winter 2019 Audio Seminar Series, please visit registration for individuals and institutions.

#IAMSE20 Registration is NOW OPEN

Posted January 7, 2020 by Rachel Hewett

We are pleased to announce that registration for the 24th Annual Meeting of IAMSE, to be held June 13-16, 2020 in Denver, CO, USA, 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 join together in faculty development and networking opportunities. Sessions on curriculum development, assessment and simulation are among the common topics available at the annual meetings.

Featured plenary speakers include Maria Mylopoulos, Renay Scales, Megan Sumeracki and Poh-Sun Goh.

Additional meeting details and registration can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org.

IAMSE on the Road at APMEC 2020

Posted January 6, 2020 by Rachel Hewett

The 17th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) will be taking place in Singapore from January 8-12, 2020. IAMSE is proud to be included in APMEC 2020 as participating partner reflecting the strong collaboration we have built over the years. 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!

There will also be several workshops and a symposium with IAMSE involvement for you to consider:

Workshop: Introduction to Mind-Body Medicine Skill to Foster Student and Faculty Well-being

Workshop: Using Social Media to Disseminate Your Scholarly Work

Workshop: Tips and Tricks for Successfully Publishing Scholarly Work in an International Journal on Medical Education

APBSEA Workshop: Strategies on How Pre-clinical Teaching Can Impart Values in Clinical Practice

IAMSE symposium: How Medical Sciences Teaching can be used to Impart Values?

For more information on the APMEC Meeting, please click here.

Lisa Graves to Present “Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Educator’s View”

Posted January 2, 2020 by Rachel Hewett

The 2020 IAMSE Winter Webcast Audio Seminar Series is right around the corner! The Winter IAMSE web-based seminar series will provide a comprehensive synopsis of the efforts to respond to the opioid crisis from the perspective of health science education and innovative curricula. We’ve lined up speakers from across the United States to shine a light on the topic across multiple landscapes in medical education. Our first speaker is Dr. Lisa Graves from Western Michigan University.

Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Educator’s View
Presenter: Lisa Graves, MD
Session: January 9, 2020, at 12pm Eastern Time

Opioids have become a leading cause of death in many jurisdictions. The additional health impacts of the opioid crisis are widespread impacting infants to the elderly. Medical schools and medical educators are being called on to respond to this crisis. During this presentation, the impact of the crisis will be described and current educational efforts to address the ongoing crisis will be described. Integrated curricular approaches impacting the longitudinal curriculum will be described.

For more information and to register for the Winter 2019 Audio Seminar Series, please visit registration for individuals and institutions.

Save the Date for the IAMSE Spring 2020 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

Posted December 31, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

Dear Colleagues,

Join us every Thursday in March and the first Thursday in April for the IAMSE Spring 2020 Webcast Audio Seminar Series.

The theme for the Spring series is “Evolution and Revolution in Medical Education: Health Systems Sciences” where we will feature several speakers from across the US. Health Systems Sciences has evolved as the third pillar of medical education, integrated with the two historic pillars—basic and clinical sciences. To address this curricular innovation, the Spring 2020 series will explore the implementation of Health Systems Science (HSS) curricula in medical education. Experts and thought leaders will discuss curricular efforts to incorporate HSS in both the pre-clerkship and clerkship years as well as residency.

As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE! Email support@iamse.org for more information.

Details about the series will be coming soon, so keep an eye on your inbox. For more details on the upcoming Winter 2020 series or our archives, please visit www.iamse.org.

Happy Holidays from the IAMSE Admin Team

Posted December 20, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

The IAMSE Administrative Office will be closed December 24 and 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday. We will resume normal business hours on Thursday, December 26.

We will also be closed on December 31st and January 1st, 2020 in observance of the New Year. We will resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020.

We would also like to wish you and your families a happy holiday season. We are excited for what 2020 has in store!

A Review from Medical Science Educator from Dr. Kurt Gilliland

Posted December 18, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

This month the IAMSE Publications Committee review is taken from the article titled Generation Z: What’s Next? published in the Medical Science Educator by Geoff Talmon.

As a member of the Publications Committee, I wanted to share an interesting article in Medical Science Educator, the journal of IAMSE, on Generation Z students. The name of the article is Generation Z: What’s Next? by Geoffrey A. Talmon (Medical Science Educator, published online August 13, 2019).

Faculty members are aware that, as we get older, our students are always young and belong to generations that are one, two, or even three below us. The newest generation to enter medical education is Generation Z, those who were born from 1990 to 2010. Dr. Talmon’s article (and his address on this same topic at the recent IAMSE meeting in Roanoke, Virginia, USA) carefully evaluates this generation so that we as faculty can best bridge the gap between “us and them” and teach effectively.

Generation Z makes up the largest percentage of the US population and is the most diverse to date. Dr. Talmon points out that they were “products of the post-9/11 world, a time of economic liability, political polarization, and multiple foreign wars.” He adds that they are accustomed to reading negative media and seeing popular figures in scandals, but he points out that they have also witnessed significant advances in equality. Generation Z students thus seem to have “a higher prevalence of risk aversion, financial frugality, and an expectation that they will need to work harder.”

Dr. Talmon discusses the extensive use of technology by Generation Z students in all facets of their lives. This generation expects on-demand, low-barrier access to all information that is preferred to be in bite-sized pieces with real-time feedback. A negative consequence, he explains, can possibly be a difficulty to form conceptual connections or to distinguish fact from opinion online.

As faculty, we are encouraged to develop curricula that include linkage of concepts, the framing of questions, reflection activities, and asynchronous video-based content, all with real-time feedback. Meanwhile, Dr. Talmon advises that we as faculty must become adept at helping students select appropriate external online resources. Dr. Talmon concludes by emphasizing the importance of face-to-face interactions (even if they are virtual) and personal experiences and discussions. As faculty continue to learn about this generation, we will be able to connect with these students and develop effective, student-centered curricula.

This article pairs nicely with one on Generation Z students who are entering graduate medical education: Is Medical Education Ready for Generation Z by Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt, David Lick, and Ronald Hunt in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (August 2018).

You can access Dr. Talmon’s article and many others like it at www.iamse.org by following the link to Medical Science Educator.

Kurt Gilliland, PhD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
IAMSE Publication Committee

Reminder Call for IAMSE-ScholarRx Educational Research Grants

Posted December 17, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is still accepting applications for the IAMSE-ScholarRx Educational Research Grant Program.

All IAMSE student members are eligible to submit a grant proposal. Applications are to be submitted on the submission page found here by January 15, 2020.

All information regarding the IAMSE-ScholarRx Educational Research Grant Program, including the application process, eligibility, proposal format, and evaluation criteria, can be found on the IAMSE website here.

Thank you,
IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee

Good things happening? Share with IAMSE!

Posted December 12, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

The next issue of the membership newsletter of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), IAMSE Connects, will be published in February. The purpose of this newsletter is to connect the IAMSE membership with information about our society, about opportunities to get involved with IAMSE, and about each other.

We are very pleased to dedicate one section of this newsletter to recognize the professional accomplishments of our members but we need your help! Have you received awards or promotions or landed a great new job in the last year? We would like to know about it and celebrate your professional accomplishments in our newsletter.

Please send your news to Cassie Chinn at cassie@iamse.org or submit it online here for inclusion in the next edition. Sorry, we can only include professional accomplishments in the newsletter, but welcome you to share your personal news on the IAMSE Facebook and Twitter pages! Thanks for your help!

Deadline: January 6, 2020

Thank you,
Jennifer Baccon
Chair, IAMSE Membership Committee

Know of Any Can’t-Miss Events? Share Them in Medical Science Educator

Posted December 11, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

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 IAMSE-related, announcements from other medical education organizations, medical education conference information or international issues affecting medical education. Announcements will be published at the Editors discretion.

Deadline for inclusion in the March issue: January 5, 2020

Thank you,
Peter G.M. de Jong, PhD
Editor-in-Chief

Last Chance to Submit Applications for the Faculty & Student Travel Awards

Posted December 10, 2019 by Rachel Hewett

The deadline for submitting applications for the 2020 Travel Awards is quickly drawing near. The IAMSE Conference Travel Awards support students or junior faculty to attend the IAMSE Annual Meeting.

Deadline for submission is December 15, 2019.

Please note that we have separate forms for faculty and students. Applications for faculty travel grants can be submitted here and the student applications can be submitted here.

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