We are just two months away from the IAMSE 2023 Virtual Forum! But before you learn what should stay and what should go, we would like to describe the two main sessions you will experience during the Virtual Forum: ignite talks and lightning talks.

What is an Ignite Talk?

Throughout the forum, there will be three ignite talks. These talks consist of a 20-minute presentation, a 20-minute breakout activity for all attendees, and concludes with a 20-minute large group discussion.

Each of our three Ignite Speakers will present on a topic that focuses on one of the three areas of focus of our Virtual Forum: curriculum, students, and teaching. Kimara Ellefson will present first with “Calibrating Our Compass: Flourishing as the North Star for Charting the Way Forward”, where she will challenge our attendees to rethink and reimagine longstanding approaches to successfully navigate ever-changing terrain through presentation, reflection and discussion.

Next will be Holly Gooding, presenting “How Are We Going to Get to The Moon? Developing Operating Principles for Effective Curriculum Change.” Attendees will review their own organization’s mission, vision, and values statements and contemplate how their current curriculum fits within those stated goals.

Lastly, Neil Mehta will present “Teaching in the Age of Online Resources: Designing Lesson Plans to Enhance the Value of In-Person Classroom Learning”, where attendees will review and practice a pedagogic framework for making classroom sessions both engaging, invaluable, and irreplaceable.

Meet Our Ignite Speakers!

From left to right, Kimara Ellefson, Holly Gooding, and Neil Mehta

What is a Lightning Talk?

Lightning talks are short sessions, 7-minute presentations with 7-minutes of questions and answers, provide all scholars with a chance to share their works including works in process

This year, submitters were asked to select two categories that fell into four areas of focus that related to their work. These areas of focus are:

• Students
  • Professionalism 
  • Distinctiveness for Residency with Pass/Fail Boards 
  • Mental Health and Resilience 
  • Learning Resources 
• Curriculum
  • Curricular Policies
  • Curricular Transformation and Transition
  • Curricular Innovations 
• Teaching
  • Active Learning
  • The Death of Textbooks
  • Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Learning
  • Team Teaching
• Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education

Lightning Talk abstracts are currently available online! Click on each focus area to view that area’s abstracts. If an abstract was submitted under categories with more than one area of focus, the abstract is listed twice. The schedule for the Lightning Talks is currently under development and will be available soon. 

As a reminder, the Early Bird Deadline for the Virtual Forum is September 15th, so make sure to register today!

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) invites you to join us for our second annual Virtual Forum! Join us October 18-20 as we host ignite talks, lightning talks, and more. The virtual forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading medical and 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. This year’s theme: “Should It Stay or Should It Go? Changing Health Education for Changing Times”.

The third of our three ignite speakers is Neil Mehta from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University in the United States. He will present Teaching in the Age of Online Resources: Designing Lesson Plans to Enhance the Value of In-Person Classroom Learning on Friday, October 20, 2023.

Teaching in the Age of Online Resources: Designing Lesson Plans to Enhance the Value of In-Person Classroom Learning

Neil Mehta, Cleveland Clinic
Presented on Friday, October 20, 2023

With many accessible popular online educational resources, educators find it challenging to engage students in traditional classroom sessions.  We will review and practice a pedagogic framework for making classroom sessions both engaging, invaluable, and irreplaceable.

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) invites you to join us for our second annual Virtual Forum! Join us October 18-20 as we host ignite talks, lightning talks, and more. The virtual forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading medical and 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. This year’s theme: “Should It Stay or Should It Go? Changing Health Education for Changing Times”.

The second of our three ignite speakers is Holly Gooding from Emory University School of Medicine and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the United States. She will present How Are We Going to Get to The Moon? Developing Operating Principles for Effective Curriculum Change on Thursday, October 19, 2023.

How Are We Going to Get to The Moon? Developing Operating Principles for Effective Curriculum Change

Holly Gooding, Emory University School of Medicine
Presented on Thursday, October 19, 2023

How are you going to get your learners to the desired outcome, your curricular moonshot? As famously asked by Alice in Wonderland, will any way get you there? This session will begin with a twenty-minute sprint examining the importance of an institution’s mission, vision, and values at the beginning of any curriculum design project. While especially important for large-scale curricular change efforts, this is relevant to all types of curricular design.