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Berrocal, Huggett, and Opoka to present Approaching Curricular Reform

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Join the upcoming IAMSE Fall Webcast Audio Seminar series webinar series with the theme of “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Education.” Over five sessions, we will cover a variety of topics including disability in medicine, the impact of AI, mentoring, and more.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join the conversation on Navigating Strains in Health Education!

Learn More About the Fall 2024 Series

The series began on September 19 with a presentation by Lisa M. Meeks, ‘Disability in Medicine: Why We Need More Disabled Physicians.’ The series continues on September 26 with speakers Yerko Berrocal, Kathryn Huggett, and Robert Opoka, presenting ‘Approaching Curricular Reform,’ followed by the October 3 session, ‘AI Impact and Blowback – An Introduction,’ presented by Dennis Bergau. The series will continue on October 10 with J. Corey Williams and Melissa Chen presenting ‘Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language.’ To wrap up the Fall 2024 WAS Series will be Dyron Corley and Stephanie Dearden presenting ‘Laying the Groundwork: Enhancing Medical Student Preparedness Through Pre-Matriculation and Mentoring’ on October 17.

Below we look at the second week’s presentation:

Yerko Berrocal, MD, MHPE
Kathryn Huggett, PhD
Robert Opoka, MD, MBCH, MMED, MPH

Approaching Curricular Reform

Presenters: Yerko Berrocal, MD, MHPE, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, Kathryn Huggett, PhD, Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, and Robert Opoka, MD, MBCH, MMED, MPH, Aga Khan University
Session Date & Time: September 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT
Session Description: In this session, speakers from three different schools (one new, one established, and one international) will share their unique experiences and perspectives navigating curricular reform.

Register Today!
IAMSE Fall WAS FAQ

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

For more information on the free registration for students who are active members of IAMSE, please reach out to support@iamse.org. If you are a student who is interested in starting a membership, we would love to have you join us for only $25! Click here for more details.

Register Now for the IAMSE 2024 Virtual Forum

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is happy to announce that registration for our third annual Virtual Forum is now open! Join us October 23-25, 2024, as we host lightning talks, ignite talks, and more! The theme for the Virtual Forum is: 

Looking Ahead: Teaching and Learning
in a Virtual/Digital Era

The virtual forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading health professions sciences curricula. 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.

Additional details and registration can be found at www.IAMSEForum.org. Looking forward to meeting you at the forum!

Register Today!

Last Call* #IAMSE25 Call for Focus Sessions

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Due September 1, 2024

Don’t miss your opportunity to submit your Focus Session abstract for the 29th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada June 14-17, 2025. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health sciences education. The theme of the IAMSE 2025 Conference is “Integrating Generations: Are We Ready for the Next 25 Years of Health Professions Education?”

The purpose of a 90-minute Focus Session is to “focus in” on a specific topic in a small group interactive discussion format. Based on previous years, group size might vary between 10-50 individuals. The exact format for the session is selected by the session leader(s), as long as not more than one-third of the time is being used for formal presentation, and the rest of the time is used for interaction, active learning in small groups, and discussion. The Program Committee welcomes diversity, such as multi-institutional and inter-professional submissions and presenter-teams consisting of junior and senior faculty and students.

This is the last call that all abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission form found here.

Submission Deadline is September 1, 2024.

Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned by November 1, 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you in Calgary next year!

Click Here to Submit Your Focus Session!

Meeks to Begin IAMSE Fall 2024 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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Join the upcoming IAMSE Fall Webcast Audio Seminar series webinar series with the theme of “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Education.” Over five sessions, we will cover a variety of topics including disability in medicine, the impact of AI, mentoring, and more.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join the conversation on Navigating Strains in Health Education!

Learn More About the Fall 2024 Series

The series begins on September 19 with a presentation by Lisa M. Meeks, ‘Disability in Medicine: Why We Need More Disabled Physicians.’ The series will continue on September 26 with speakers Yerko Berrocal, Kathryn Huggett, and Robert Opoka, presenting ‘Approaching Curricular Reform,’ followed by the October 3 session, ‘AI Impact and Blowback – An Introduction,’ presented by Dennis Bergau. The series will continue on October 10 with J. Corey Williams and Melissa Chen presenting ‘Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language.’ To wrap up the Fall 2024 WAS Series will be Dyron Corley and Stephanie Dearden presenting ‘Laying the Groundwork: Enhancing Medical Student Preparedness Through Pre-Matriculation and Mentoring’ on October 17.

Below we look at the first week’s presentation:

Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA

Disability in Medicine:
Why We Need More Disabled Physicians

Presenter: Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA, University of Michigan
Session Date & Time: September 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT
Session Description: In this session Dr. Meeks will discuss how all faculty and students need to look at how (and how much) the system can be reformed, and how some areas may not have as much give. How do we help students navigate these areas? Is there a way to help instill resilience or guide students to self-identify resilient qualities that will assist them as they move through medical education?  Are there unique ways we can alter the system to help students, and are there other adjustments to think about to help students in this new age?

Register Today!
IAMSE Fall WAS FAQ

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

For more information on the free registration for students who are active members of IAMSE, please reach out to support@iamse.org. If you are a student who is interested in starting a membership, we would love to have you join us for only $25! Click here for more details.

Registration is Now OPEN for the Fall 2024 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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Join the upcoming IAMSE Fall Webcast Audio Seminar series webinar series with the theme of “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Education.” Over five sessions, we will cover topics ranging from Disability in Medicine to Stigma in Medicine to Student Preparedness. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join the conversation on Navigating Strains in Health Education.

The registration process for institutions has also changed. More information on registering institutions and other FAQs can be found by clicking here.

Push and Pull:
Navigating Strains in Health Education

More Information About the Series

Join us for each one-hour session beginning Thursday, September 19 at 12 PM EDT. Sessions in the Fall 2024 series include:

  • September 19, 12:00 PM EDT – Disability in Medicine: Why We Need More Disabled Physicians presented by Lisa Meeks, University of Michigan
  • September 26, 12:00 PM EDT – Approaching Curricular Reform presented by Yerko Berrocal, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, Kathryn Huggett, Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, and Robert Opoka, Aga Khan University
  • October 3, 12:00 PM EDT – AI Impact and Blowback – An Introduction presented by Dennis Bergau, M3A Worldwide, Inc.
  • October 10, 12:00 PM EDT – Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language presented by J. Corey Williams, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Melissa Chen, Rosalind Franklin University
  • October 17, 12:00 PM EDT – Student Preparedness Changes presented by Dyron Corley and Stephanie Dearden, both of Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Register Today!

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

For more information on the free registration for students who are active members of IAMSE, please reach out to support@iamse.org. If you are a student who is interested in starting a membership, we would love to have you join us for only $25! Click here for more details.

Reminder* #IAMSE25 Call for Focus Sessions Due September 1, 2024

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As a reminder, IAMSE is currently accepting Focus Session submissions for their 29th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada June 14-17, 2025. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health sciences education. The theme of the IAMSE 2025 Conference is “Integrating Generations: Are We Ready for the Next 25 Years of Health Professions Education?”

The purpose of a 90-minute Focus Session is to “focus in” on a specific topic in a small group interactive discussion format. Based on previous years, group size might vary between 10-50 individuals. The exact format for the session is selected by the session leader(s), as long as not more than one-third of the time is being used for formal presentation, and the rest of the time is used for interaction, active learning in small groups, and discussion. The Program Committee welcomes diversity, such as multi-institutional and inter-professional submissions and presenter-teams consisting of junior and senior faculty and students.

As a reminder, all abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission form found here.

Submission Deadline is September 1, 2024.

Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned by November 1, 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you in Calgary next year!

Submit an Abstract

Last Call* IAMSE 2024 Virtual Forum Lightning Talk Abstracts

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Don’t miss your opportunity to submit your Lightning Talk presentation abstract for the third IAMSE Virtual Forum to be held October 23-25, 2024. The IAMSE Virtual Forum is an entirely virtual synchronous event offering opportunities for faculty and student development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of healthcare education.

IAMSE Virtual Forum Info

This is the last call for Lightning Talk abstracts. Lightning Talks are short 7-minute live presentations followed by 7-minutes of questions and answers that will provide presenters a chance to share their work, including works in process. Abstracts for Lightning Talks must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site here.

Submission deadline is August 5, 2024.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than one presentation per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in September 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you virtually this October!

Submit Your Abstract Here!

IAMSE CoG Meetings – August 2024

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Two IAMSE Communites of Growth (CoG) will be meeting this month! The IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG and the IAMSE AI CoG will both meet on Zoom. Below are the details for each CoG meeting.

IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG

The IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG meeting will take place at 12:30 PM EDT Friday, August 2, 2024. IAMSE Black Medical Educators CoG meetings will then take place quarterly at 12:30 PM ET on the first Friday in November, February, May, and August. 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.

IAMSE AI CoG

The AI Community of Growth meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EDT on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. IAMSE AI CoG meetings will then take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG meeting, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

To join the August IAMSE AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 897 1837 0101
Passcode: 511007

A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Aditi Kesari

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This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Students’ Perception of Newly Experimented “Rangoli Art” in Anatomy Education: A Pilot Study (8 June 2023) by Anjali Singal, Priti Chaudhary, Navita Aggarwal & Apurba Patra. 

Art and artwork have traditionally played a significant role in medicine and medical education. Multiple studies aimed at investigating the different benefits of incorporating arts in medical education have been published. One such study was recently published in Medical Science Educator, which explored the benefits of integrating the local art form of ‘Rangoli’ in anatomy education.

Rangoli is a traditional visual art form primarily from India, in which colorful patterns are made on the ground/ floors using powders of different colors. The authors of this article organized a ‘Rangoli-making competition’ in which participants had to make anatomy diagrams using Rangoli. A list of 10 figures, which consisted of neuroanatomy, gross anatomy, and histology figures, was made available to participants a day prior to the competition. Participants were divided into groups of ten and a diagram allocation to each group was done using a lottery system. Faculty served as judges to determine the clarity and accuracy of diagrams created using Rangoli, and three out of the ten groups were selected as winners. 81 out of 100 participants volunteered to be a part of this study and answered a questionnaire based on their experience.

Overall, there was a high level of satisfaction with different aspects of this activity among survey respondents. Notable results were as follows: 92.3% of respondents found this activity to encourage team spirit, 93.6 % of respondents found that such activities generate interest in the subject (anatomy), 98.7% of respondents felt that this method was effective in providing a stress-free learning environment, and 96.2 % respondents agreed that they would attend similar art-related learning methods in the future. Interestingly, 50% of the respondents had never made Rangoli prior to this experience, despite which this activity was well received. Data related to other important aspects of the study are further discussed in the article, which highlight the benefits of this activity. Additionally, suggested modifications from respondents can also be helpful to readers, who are looking to adopt similar activities in their curriculum or as part of their extracurricular activities at their respective medical schools.

In conclusion, innovating ways to integrate art in medical education can help strengthen medical knowledge. For example, visual arts are a great medium for depicting structures, pathologies, and disease processes, and hence can be used for reinforcing these. Integrating art in medical education can also help in attaining other competencies in a stress-free environment, such as teamwork. Additionally, with some modifications, the scope of such activities can be expanded to potentially provide a medium of expression to students. Finally, while this study focuses on an art form that is local to the region, we can try to extrapolate and explore whether integrating art from different regions and cultures will allow for cross-regional and cross-cultural talks in medical education. This may further help in fostering humanism and empathy in the field of medicine, which seems to be the need of the hour.

Aditi Kesari, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Dean, Curriculum Integration
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
College of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Reminder* Call for IAMSE 2024 Virtual Forum Lightning Talk Abstracts

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As a reminder, IAMSE is currently accepting Lightning Talk presentation abstracts for the third IAMSE Virtual Forum to be held October 23-25, 2024. The IAMSE Virtual Forum is an entirely virtual synchronous event offering opportunities for faculty and student development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of healthcare education.

IAMSE Virtual Forum Info

Lightning Talks are short 7-minute live presentations followed by 7-minutes of questions and answers that will provide presenters a chance to share their work, including works in process. Abstracts for Lightning Talks must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site here.

Submission deadline is August 5, 2024.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than one presentation per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in September 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you virtually this October!

Submit Your Abstract Here!

#IAMSE25 Call for Focus Sessions Due September 1, 2024

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for Focus Sessions for their 29th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada June 14-17, 2025. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health sciences education. The theme of the IAMSE 2025 Conference is “Integrating Generations: Are We Ready for the Next 25 Years of Health Professions Education?“

The purpose of a 90-minute Focus Session is to “focus in” on a specific topic in a small group interactive discussion format. Based on previous years, group size might vary between 10-50 individuals. The exact format for the session is selected by the session leader(s), as long as not more than one-third of the time is being used for formal presentation, and the rest of the time is used for interaction, active learning in small groups, and discussion. The Program Committee welcomes diversity, such as multi-institutional and inter-professional submissions and presenter-teams consisting of junior and senior faculty and students.

All abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission form found here.

Submission Deadline is September 1, 2024.

Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned by November 1, 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you in Calgary next year!

Submit Your Focus Session Here!

Call for IAMSE 2024 Virtual Forum Lightning Talk Abstracts

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for abstracts for Lightning Talk presentations for the third IAMSE Virtual Forum to be held October 23-25, 2024. The IAMSE Virtual Forum is an entirely virtual synchronous event offering opportunities for faculty and student development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of healthcare education.

IAMSE Virtual Forum Info

Lightning Talks are short 7-minute live presentations followed by 7-minutes of questions and answers that will provide presenters a chance to share their work, including works in process. Abstracts for Lightning Talks must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site here.

Submission deadline is August 5, 2024.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than one presentation per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in September 2024. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you virtually this October!

Submit Your Abstract Here!