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Say Hello to Our June Featured Member, Machelle Linsenmeyer!

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Machelle Linsenmeyer
Machelle Linsenmeyer

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 IAMSE. This month’s Featured Member is Dr. Machelle Linsenmeyer.


Machelle Linsenmeyer, EdD, NAOME Fellow
Associate Dean for Assessment and Educational Development
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Lewisburg, WV

How long have you been an IAMSE member?
I went to my first conference in 2009 but I believe I’ve been a member since 2008.

Have you ever served on the IAMSE Program committee before working on the 2019 team?
I sat on the Program committee in 2014 for the Nashville meeting.

What was your experience like on the Program Committee?
I loved being on the program planning committee because you don’t really appreciate how much goes on behind the scenes. Selecting the hotel, logistics, reviewing abstracts, picking the keynote speakers. I think it’s exciting to be part of that group that is putting it all together and the energy behind it.

What was a standout experience for you?
When I served in 2014 there was a speaker that I was able to bring forth and do the introduction for. It made me feel like a bigger part of the conference. Bringing their name/topic to the forefront was exciting. It was exciting be closer to the actual speakers and topics than you normally would get to do by just attending. You really have more of a passion behind it because you are more alert to what people feel about the program. The other thing is when you hear feedback you run to the other (committee members) and say, “We need to make a change!” 

What interesting things are you working on outside the Association right now?
One of the other things that I love about IAMSE is that they really are partners with other organizations. I just recently stepped off (the) Program (Committee) for the Generalists, which I had the opportunity to be on for several years. It was nice to see the exchange of booth, exhibit space, and resources between the two organizations. That participation with other organizations is a fun experience. I’ve also done a lot of talks at the AMEE and OTTAWA conferences and IAMSE is always represented there. I like having interactions with other people at conferences and doing the presentations. I just recently did a presentation on Entrustable Professional Activities and Portfolios at the Ottawa conference in Abu Dhabi this past March. I also led roundtable discussions on EPA’s during AAMC.

Is there anything else you’d like to speak on about your longstanding membership in IAMSE?
Something else that is just great is the number of resources IAMSE offers. Manuals, faculty development opportunities, the journal. There are just so many resources. I find myself sharing those ideas and resources at my institution all the time.

For more information on volunteering for an upcoming program or any of our other open committees, please visit our Volunteer Opportunities page.

IAMSE Administrative Office Closed During Annual Meeting

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As we put the finishing touches on the 23rd Annual Meeting, we would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to the volunteers, attendees, speakers and exhibitors that have already made our event a success.
 The IAMSE Administrative Office will be closed on June 4-13, 2019 while facilitating the Meeting in Roanoke. We will resume normal business hours on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

#IAMSE19 Focus Session Highlight: Mentoring 101

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The 23rd Annual IAMSE Meeting will feature a host of focus sessions from Sunday to Tuesday. One of our first-time sessions is Mentoring 101- How to be an Effective Mentee: A Focus Session From the IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee. This morning session will be given on Sunday, June 9 and will be led by Student Professional Development Committee members.

Focus Session: Mentoring 101- How to be an Effective Mentee: A Focus Session From the IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee
Time: Sunday, June 9 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Speakers: IAMSE Student Professional Development Committee Members

Most medical schools offer individualized faculty-mentored research opportunities to their students. One of the major contributing factors for medical students to be successful in these scholarly endeavors is the mentorship they receive. Effective mentorship has been associated with a positive impact on professional development and enhanced research productivity. Indeed, mentorship has been shown to be a crucial contributor to the successful outcome for science trainees at all levels. Yet, many students struggle to have an effective relationship with their mentor. This focus session is provided by the members of the IAMSE committee on Students’ Professional Development. The goal of this session is to prepare students on how to identify a mentor and how to develop and maintain a productive mentor-mentee relationship. For this purpose, personal and professional characteristics of both mentor and mentee that are crucial for an effective relationship will be examined. Common obstacles and mistakes that contribute to a failed relationship will be examined and interventions towards an effective relationship will be identified. Case studies will be utilized to discuss and examine these issues and students and mentors are encouraged to add their experiences to the discussion. At the end of the session, a consensus of how to make the mentor-mentee relationship effective will be drafted. 

Session Objectives

  • explain the need for mentorship 
  • articulate the expectations of both mentor and mentee 
  • identify and address personal and professional characteristics of an effective mento
  • identify and address personal and professional characteristics of an effective mente
  • recognize common obstacles and pitfalls towards an effective relationship
  • contrast effective and failing mentor-mentee relationships
  • identify and implement an intervention to improve failing mentor-mentee relationship

Additional details about this and our other focus sessions, as well as registration information, can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org.

Things to do and see in Roanoke during #IAMSE19!

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Roanoke has so many entertainment, dining, shopping, nightlife, golf, and spa options, it can be tough to choose which experiences are perfect for your trip. We’ve picked a few highlight attractions and events that you may be interested in during your stay at the annual conference. If you have some downtime before, during, or after the IAMSE Meeting, be sure to visit some of the wonderful things the area has to offer!

1. Mill Mountain Star and Park
The Roanoke Star is an iconic symbol of Virginia’s Blue Ridge and a must-see spot when visiting the region. 

2. Virginia Museum of Transportation
The Virginia Museum of Transportation fires the imagination! Climb aboard decades-old steam locomotives while watching modern trains zoom by on active mainline tracks.

3. Taubman Museum of Art
The Taubman Museum of Art is part of the lively metro mountain mix of arts, culture and outdoor fun in the heart of downtown Roanoke, Virginia. 

4. Roanoke Valley Greenways
The Roanoke Valley Greenways system is a hugely popular spot for biking, walking, and running, and winds through various communities in Virginia’s Blue Ridge. 

5. Center in the Square
Center in the Square houses five attractions including the Roanoke Pinball Museum, The Roanoke STARCADE, Harrison Museum of African American Culture, Kids Square, the Science Museum of Western Virginia with the Hidden Garden, and a live performance theatre with performances produced by Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, and Opera Roanoke within our signature building in downtown Roanoke.

6. Big Lick Brewing Company
Take a tour of one of Roanoke’s first nano-brewing company’s!

We hope you enjoy your stay in Roanoke!

*Reminder* #IAMSE2020A Kuala Lumpur Call for Posters and Orals Due September 15

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) would like to remind you that abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations are still be accepted for the one-day IAMSE conference in Asia, on February 28, 2020. This conference will focus on “Integration in Medical and Health Science Education” and will take place in the internationally recognized Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting immediately proceeds the international Ottawa Conference on assessment, also held in Kuala Lumpur. With the one-day IAMSE conference we specifically reach out to participants from the Asia-Pacific region, but of course, we also welcome participants from other parts of the world to join us. The IAMSE meeting offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health care education.

Please click here to submit your abstract today.

Submission deadline is September 15, 2019. There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but in the case of scheduling conflicts only presentations per presenter might be granted. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned by November 15, 2019.

#IAMSE19 – Poster and Oral Abstracts and Award Nominees Now Online

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The academic program of the IAMSE 2019 Annual Meeting has now been finalized. We are excited to offer a large number of presentations on a variety of topics. The oral presentations can be found in the daily program on the website. The poster abstracts are listed in one of eight categories:

Assessment
Curriculum
Instructional Methods
Student Support
TBL/PBL
Technology Innovation
Other 

This year, we have 22 posters that are in the running for the Best Poster Presentation Award and 12 oral presentations for the Best Oral Presentation Award. These awards recognize the most outstanding medical education peer-reviewed presentations at the IAMSE annual meeting. The presenters of the winning poster and oral presentation will receive a plaque, one year of IAMSE membership, and access to one series of the IAMSE Audio Seminars. All award nominated posters and orals are scheduled to be presented on Sunday. In case you have not yet registered, we hope that the wealth of presentations might make you consider joining us in June. Additional meeting details and registration can be found atwww.iamseconference.org.

#IAMSE19 Focus Session Highlight: Entrustable Professional Activities – Implications for the Preclinical Faculty and Curriculum

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The 23rd Annual IAMSE Meeting will feature a host of new focus sessions throughout the entire meeting. One of our newly-added sessions is Entrustable Professional Activities – Implications for the Preclinical Faculty and Curriculum. This morning workshop will be given on Sunday, June 9 and will be led by Carrie Chen, Jessica Jones and Ming-Jung Ho.

Focus Session: Entrustable Professional Activities – Implications for the Preclinical Faculty and Curriculum
Time: Sunday, June 9 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Speakers:  Carrie Chen, Jessica Jones and Ming-Jung Ho – Georgetown UniversityThere is increasing interest in the use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) to define and assess competencies in health professions education. Individual schools, as well as national organizations in multiple countries, have begun defining and adopting EPAs for undergraduate medical education. Typically these initiatives engage faculty in the clinical curriculum and focus on learning and assessment in the workplace. Yet an effective competency framework must engage faculty throughout the curriculum and address the preclinical as well as clinical curriculum. The goal of this focus session is to consider the roles of the preclinical faculty and the preclinical curriculum within an EPA context. Participants will discuss and proactively develop potential leadership roles for the preclinical faculty to effectively engage in and lead EPA implementation efforts to ensure the ongoing relevance of the classroom curriculum.
Session Objectives:
• Discuss the concept of entrustment and its application to classroom learning and assessment
• Develop strategies to incorporate entrustment into preclinical course expectations
• Analyze opportunities for improved partnership with the clinical curriculum within an EPA framework
• Engage in institutional conversations and help lead EPA implementation efforts at their home institutions 

To add this session to your schedule, please email us at support@iamse.org. You can also log back in to your registration using this link and update your schedule at any time.
Additional details about this and our other focus sessions, as well as registration information, can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org.

#IAMSE19 Focus Session Highlight: Strategies for Integrating Lifestyle Medicine and Experiential Wellness into Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

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The 23rd Annual IAMSE Meeting will feature a host of new focus sessions and workshops throughout the entire meeting. One of our first-time sessions is Strategies for Integrating Lifestyle Medicine and Experiential Wellness into Undergraduate Medical Curriculum. This afternoon session will be given on Monday, June 10 and will be led by Shipra Bansal and Michael Zawada.

Focus Session: Strategies for Integrating Lifestyle Medicine and Experiential Wellness into Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
Time: Monday, June 10 from 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Speaker: Shipra Bansal and Michael Zawada – AT Still University – School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
 Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is a scientific approach to decreasing disease risk and illness burden. LM is recognized as the foundational approach to health by a growing publication of medical evidence. Dr. Bansal developed a core comprehensive approach to address the knowledge and skills of LM in medical school education. It is focused on expanding access to LM with a concentration on topics specifically attuned for medical students. These themes include nutrition, exercise/physical activity/ movement, Mind-Body Medicine, behavioral change, and self-care with periodic self-wellness assessments and care plans.

To address these skills and knowledge, A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) has begun the integration of LM as a cohesive element throughout all 4 years of student education. The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) learning objectives are incorporated with focused activities. Their faculty are involved in teaching and supporting an experiential learning model which will allow students to grow personally as well as professionally. The LM curriculum is designed to improve the resiliency and ability of our future physicians to deal with stress, depression, and burnout. This acquired understanding can be readily shared with their future patients. This focused session is designed to share the Osteopathic Wellness & Lifestyle (OWL) curriculum design with medical educators and describe our process.
Session Objectives:
• Discuss the current state of lifestyle medicine, and culinary nutrition in undergraduate medical education
• Develop strategies to integrate lifestyle medicine into their current curriculum
• Identify useful methods to teach students patient-care by teaching self-care
• Experience 3 distinct wellness activities that can be implemented in any educational setting. 
Additional details about this and our other focus sessions, as well as registration information, can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org.

Thank you,

IAMSE Still Accepting Items for the 2019 Raffle

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As the 2019 IAMSE Meeting gets closer, we would like to remind you one more time about our raffle. The purpose of the money raised from the raffle is 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 our shoes. This year, two people will visit the meeting in Roanoke with support from this fund. We hope this year’s event will be even more successful than before.

Please consider donating items that would be appealing to our members. 

Silent Auction

 Please let us know which item(s) you would like to donate by emailing support@iamse.org.
 Thank you for considering your contributions to this important endeavor. We look forward to seeing you in Roanoke!

If you organize or know of a workshop, symposium or educational activity that might be of interest to our educator community, share it with Medical Science Educator.

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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 September issue: July 5, 2019

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

Say Hello to Our May Featured Member, Michael Lee!

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Michael Lee
Michael Lee

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 IAMSE. This month’s Featured Member is one of our 2019 annual meeting workshop presenters, Michael Lee.

Michael Lee
Associate Professor
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Michael Lee is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Medical Education at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of South Florida and his Ph.D from University of South Florida College of Medicine, where he was an American Heart Associate pre-doctoral fellow. He completed a Ruth L Kirschstein NIH post-doctoral fellowship at the Shands Cancer Center at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Lee is actively engaged in basic science research and medical education research, which is aimed at identifying strategies to improve student learning and the long-term retention of pharmacology knowledge.

At the IAMSE 2019 Annual Meeting Dr. Lee is involved in two sessions: “Strategies for Advising, Mentoring, and Coaching: What’s the difference and why does it matter?” (Saturday, June 8, 2019 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM) and “Themes and Threads, Oh My: Managing a Longitudinal Discipline Across an Integrated Curriculum (Monday, June 10, 2019 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM). 

Why are these perfect topics to cover at the 2019 meeting?
Given the changes occurring in medical education, with more emphasis on self-directed learning, less direct instructor teaching and more integration of disciplines, the role teachers play in the educational process is evolving. In some cases, teachers are serving as learning partners or facilitators assisting students in finding and linking knowledge, rather than simply providing it to them in a lecture. Therefore, teachers need timely access to tools and strategies that will help them succeed in these new roles.  

How has being an IAMSE member helped you to create (or help to create) your workshop and focus session?
As an IAMSE member who regularly attends the annual meeting, I have been fortunate to have participated in many different types of sessions which have provided me with knowledge and skills I can take back to my institution. In addition, I have met a lot of new colleagues at the annual meetings who I am now collaborating with on research projects (including all of my co-presenters for our focus session on longitudinal discipline integration).

What type of activity will participants engage in each session?
In the pre-conference workshop, we will be using small and large group discussion, character traits assessment, and sharing stories/experiences about experiences coaching, advising, and mentoring, In the focus session we will also be using small and large group discussion.  

So, who should take these sessions with you?
In regards to the pre-conference workshop, anyone who is interested in learning more about coaching, advising, and mentoring: what they are, how they are different, and when to use them. In regards to the focus session, any teacher who is trying to get their arms around how to integrate disciplines (integration of different basic sciences or integration of basic sciences with clinical medicine).  

Anything else you’d like to add or highlight about these sessions or your membership in IAMSE?We definitely want to encourage early-stage faculty, students, and residents to attend so they can find out more about what other schools are doing and also get a sense of the education field as it currently stands. 

To learn more about the 2019 IAMSE Annual Meeting, including the plenary speakers, workshops and networking opportunities, or to register, please visit www.IAMSEconference.org.