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#IAMSE18 – Plenary Speaker Highlight: Stuart Slavin

The 22nd Annual IAMSE Meeting is just around the corner, and we would like you to get to know some of our keynote speakers! We have five plenary speakers this year, and we hope you enjoy their presentations. Stuart Slavin: Medical Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities [Saint Louis University School of Medicine] Educators have increasingly… Read more »

IAMSE – Publications Committee MSE Article Review

The Publications Committee provides another review of an article in Medical Science Educator (MSE).  This month’s publication by Roman, B., Hayden, C. & Parmelee, D. (Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine), entitled “The Effectiveness of Engaged Learning: 8 Years of TBL in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Clerkships”, used the paired t-test to compare two TBL… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2018 WAS Session 5 Highlights

In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Competency Based Education Across the UME-GME Continuum: the EPAC Program Presenter: Deborah E. Powell, MD February 8, 12 PM ET Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum (EPAC): a pilot program that seeks to establish a model for competence based-medical… Read more »

#IAMSE18 – Featured Member: Amina Sadik – Site Host

The 22nd Annual IAMSE Meeting is just around the corner, and we would like to introduce one of the 2018 Site Hosts, Dr. Amina Sadik of Touro University Nevada: I first joined IAMSE during the 2007 Conference in Cleveland. Hence, I have been able to take what I have learned by attending yearly to mentor… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2018 WAS Session 4 Highlights

In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Continuity, LICs and Competency-based Education Presenter: Molly Cooke, MD, MACP February 1, 12 PM ET Today’s Goals What actually happens in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) Outcomes of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) How Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) support competency-based… Read more »

IAMSE – Spring 2018 WAS Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for IAMSE Webinar Series Spring 2018! Sessions begin on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Integrating Nutrition and Wellness Instruction: Practical Applications for Health Science Educators As a follow-up to our successful series on faculty and student wellness and resiliency and as a prelude to our annual meeting integrating nutrition and wellness education in teaching the… Read more »

#IAMSE18 – Plenary Speaker Highlight: Robert Kushner

The 22nd Annual IAMSE Meeting is just around the corner, and we would like you to get to know some of our keynote speakers! We have five plenary speakers this year, and we hope you enjoy their presentations. Robert Kushner: Teaching Nutrition in the Context of Lifestyle Medicine [Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine] Students… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2018 WAS Session 3 Highlights

In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Integration, Competence and Expertise: Preparing Learners for the Future Presenter: Nicole N. Woods PhD January 25, 12 PM ET Discuss the current and future state of Competency Based Medical Education (CBME). The Expert: The planned model of CBME and… Read more »

IAMSE – Featured Member: Rick Vari, IAMSE President

I am honored to serve as the next President of IAMSE, my medical educational family! I would like to personally thank Veronica Michaelsen for her leadership as president for the past two years and recognize three mentors in IAMSE who have provided me with their wisdom, support and encouragement: Adi Haramati, Giulia Bonaminio, and Amy… Read more »

IAMSE – Publications Committee MSE Article Review

The Publications Committee wants to call your attention to interesting articles in Medical Science Educator, our society’s journal. I have briefly reviewed “How Do Medical Students Prepare for Flipped Classrooms?” Bouwmeester et al (Medical Science Educator 26:297-305:2016). The flipped classroom concept has students study the lecture and some supplementary material online before class. In class students… Read more »

IAMSE – Call for Teaching Excellence Award Nominations – Due April 1

DEADLINE EXTENDED Since 2007, IAMSE has honored member medical educators with two prestigious awards to recognize and promote teaching excellence and educational scholarship in the medical sciences. We now open the nominations for the 2018 Excellence in Teaching awards, which will be presented at the annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in June. The Distinguished… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2018 WAS Session 2 Highlights

In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Generating Trust in Entrustment: an update from the AAMC Core EPA Pilot Group Presenter: Kimberly D. Lomis MD January 11, 12 PM EST Goals of Webinar Review the background of the AAMC Core EPAs for Entering Residency initiative Summarize… Read more »