Each month the IAMSE Publications Committee reviews published articles from the archives of Medical Science Educator or of its predecessor JIAMSE. This month’s review, written by Dr. John L. Szarek, is taken from the article titled Using Small Case-Based Learning Groups as a Setting for Teaching Medical Students How to Provide and Receive Peer Feedback, published… Read more »
The IAMSE Admin team has grown. To better support your membership needs, it may be helpful to know our members and what they do for IAMSE. Julie K. Hewett, CMP, CAE Association Manager Julie has been supporting IAMSE for nearly 20 years in many different ways. Currently, she is responsible for Board and Committee support… Read more »
Medical Science Educator, the peer-reviewed journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), publishes scholarly work in the field of health sciences education. The journal publishes four issues per year through Springer Publishing. We welcome contributions in the format of Short Communication, Original Research, Monograph, Commentary, and Innovation. Please visit our website www.medicalscienceeducator.org for a… Read more »
This year we are excited to offer two full-day faculty development workshops at our annual meeting. Participants can choose from two exciting events featuring an introduction into scholarly research, literature review, collaborative exercises and discussion. Our second featured workshop is Basics of Team-Based Learning in a Day presented by Amy Lin, MD, Abbas Hyderi and Hugh Clements-Jewery…. Read more »
In case you missed last week’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Peer Support: Mitigating the Emotional Toll of Medical Errors Presenter: Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS April 5, 12 PM ET There is an abundance of research that makes the case for a peer support program for those who… Read more »
In case you missed last week’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Project on the Good Physician: Using Life Stories to Study Medical Student Wellness Presenters: Tania M. Jenkins, PhD and John D. Yoon, MD March 29, 12 PM ET The Project on the Good Physician is a longitudinal… Read more »
Wrapping up our plenary speaker highlights for the 22nd Annual IAMSE Meeting is Dr. Aviad Haramati. Keenly eyeing the meeting’s focus of integrating nutrition and wellness education in teaching the health sciences, Dr. Haramati’s presentation titled “Fostering Well-being in the Learning Environment: the Imperative for Medical Science Educators” will discuss issues surrounding physician stress and… Read more »
This year the 22nd Annual IAMSE Meeting’s focus is integrating nutrition and wellness education in teaching the health sciences. Our fourth plenary speaker, Dr. Hanno Pijl, will highlight that message with his address “Lifestyle Medicine: Why Do We Need It? Hanno Pijl: Lifestyle Medicine: Why Do We Need It? [Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands]… Read more »
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,… Read more »
In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Integrating Wellness & Nutrition: Lessons from University of Cincinnati Presenter: Sian Cotton, PhD March 22, 12 PM ET Objectives: Briefly review the crisis of chronic disease and minimal attention to lifestyle education in medical schools and healthcare provider… Read more »
In case you missed the March 15th Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Fat Chance for Obesity Medicine Education in Medical Schools Presenter: Nicholas Pennings March 15, 12 PM ET Obesity trends are rising at alarming rates across the United States. 57% of children today are projected to have… Read more »
During the upcoming IAMSE meeting in Las Vegas, there will be a number of terrific pre-conference sessions for your consideration. We are very excited to offer this workshop on the topic of enhancing leadership skills in medical education, presented by Chris Burns and Stephanie Wragg: Each of us has the opportunity to be a leader… Read more »