This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Engaging My Gen Z Class: Teaching with Memes (09 September 2020) by Aniela Mendez-Reguera & Mildred Vanessa Lopez Cabrera. Characteristic features of Gen Z students include an incredible ability to navigate the internet and social networks, as well as immersion in video platforms from… Read more »
Medical Science Educator
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Jennifer A. Fischer
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled “What Makes a Near-Peer Learning and Tutoring Program Effective in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Qualitative Analysis” published in Medical Science Educator (7 November 2022) by Seth McKenzie Alexander, Gary L. Beck Dallaghan, Michele Birch, Kelly Lacy Smith, Neva Howard, and Christina L…. Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Jennifer Fischer
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Supporting Self-Directed Learning: A National Needs Analysis published in Medical Science Educator (6 April 2021) by Youn Seon Lim, Virginia T. Lyons, and Joanne M. Willey. As healthcare continues to expand and change, physicians must be adept at advancing their knowledge and skills in… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Aditi Kesari
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled ‘Pathology Rotations Embedded Within Surgery Clerkships Can Shift Student Perspectives About Pathology’ (2022) by Alexander S. Taylor, Lauren Kroll-Wheeler and Madelyn Lew. Multiple advantages of an integrated curriculum have been documented in literature such as appreciation of clinical relevance of foundational sciences, early… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Rachel Porter
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Rapid Feedback: Assessing Pre-clinical Teaching in the Era of Online Learning (15 June 2022) by Daniel Walden, Meagan Rawls, Sally A. Santen, Moshe Feldman, Anna Vinnikova & Alan Dow. Having recently embraced novel virtual learning methods, the authors sought to enhance the evaluation of… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Anna Blenda
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled ‘Precision Cancer Medicine: Dynamic Learning of Cancer Biology in a Clinically Meaningful Context’ (02 April 2021) by Catherine Zivanov, Xuanyi Li, Kaustav P. Shah, Lourdes Estrada, William B. Cutrer, Mary Hooks, Vicki Keedy, Kimberly Brown Dahlman. The lack of national guidelines and absence of… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Jennifer Fischer
This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Developing Comprehensive Strategies to Evaluate Medical School Curricula published in Medical Science Educator (30 October 2018) by Sally A. Santen, Moshe Feldman, Sara Wier, Courtney Blondino, Meagan Rawls, and Susan DiGiovanni. For medical education, the ultimate goal of training students to be prepared for… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Alice Fornari
This month the IAMSE Publications Committee review is taken from the article titled “A Culinary Medicine Elective Course Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine for Medical Students, MSE (2021) 31, pages 1343-1349 (2021), by Shinichi Asano, Amy E. Jasperse, Dina C. Schaper, Robert W. Foster & Brian N. Griffith. Culinary Medicine (CM) programs have developed due to a… Read more »
Last Call to Submit Manuscripts for the MSE 2022 Special Topic on AR & VR
Medical Science Educator, the journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), is still accepting manuscripts for a special journal section dedicated to the topic of: Innovations and Developments in Virtual and Augmented Reality in Basic Science Education Health sciences education is always in motion and new educational strategies and technologies are continuously being… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Kelly Quesnelle
This month the IAMSE Publications Committee review is taken from the article titled “A Medical Science Educator’s Guide to Selecting a Research Paradigm: Building a Basis for Better Research,” published in Medical Science Educator, MSE (2020) 30, pages 545–553), by Megan E.L. Brown and Angelique N. Dueñas. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00898-9 One of the most difficult transitions that many… Read more »
Submit Your Manuscript for the MSE 2022 Special Topic on AR & VR
In 2022, Medical Science Educator, the journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), will be publishing a special journal section dedicated to the topic of: Innovations and Developments in Virtual and Augmented Reality in Basic Science Education Health sciences education is always in motion and new educational strategies and technologies are continuously being… Read more »
A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Melanie Korndorffer
This review was written by Melanie L. Korndorffer, MD, FACS, a member of the IAMSE Publications Committee, and was published in April 2021 in Medical Science Educator. The article is titled “Supporting Self-Directed Learning: A National Needs Analysis” and was written by Youn Seon Lim, Virginia T. Lyons & Joanne M. Willey. As a physician and a… Read more »