It is our pleasure to invite you to join us for the Seventh Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) to be hosted and joint-sponsored by Georgetown University School of Medicine.  These Annual Meetings, like IAMSE itself, are designed to explore both the current trends and coming future of medical science education.  Our focus this year is inward as we acquaint ourselves with new definitions of scholarship and rethink our efforts within the context of recent global events and their resultant challenges to medicine.  This view is augmented by demonstrating technological advancements used in both teaching and learning which are rapidly becoming essential tools of our trade.  Human patient simulators and hand-held devices for managing data, the explosion of Internet communications and Web-accessible databases – are all resources which facilitate and complement the psychology of adult learning.

Conferees will attend plenary session presentations by acknowledged experts which serve as the anchor points for several small group sessions, and through discussion and workshops, permit expansion on related topics.  Poster presentations reflecting a wide range of participant interests will be displayed throughout this meeting, and we invite your submission as described in this brochure.  Please note the deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 15, 2003.

Unlike most conferences, expenses for IAMSE meetings are purposely simplified with almost all (except for hotel and travel) wrapped into one registration fee.  That means breakfasts, refreshment breaks, and lunches are included, as are our evening events of the Opening Reception and the Gala Dinner.  This year's Dinner and Social Event will be an evening cruise on the Potomac River offering dramatic views of the most famous monuments in United States history.  Remember also that special discounted registration rates apply for all members of IAMSE.  For non-members, one option being offered again this year is a special package that includes registration plus a 1-year membership in IAMSE.

The International Association of Medical Science Educators prides itself on being an interdisciplinary professional organization dedicated to promoting the teaching and learning of medical science in appropriate form and content for those in medical training.  Our membership, currently in 50 countries, is comprised primarily of those who teach the subjects arising from the traditional disciplines of Anatomy, Behavioral Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.  Members and Annual Meeting participants also include clinical faculty members, curriculum planners, medical school deans, deans for medical education, curriculum, faculty development, CME – and indeed, all those who support science as the foundation of clinical medicine.   

We cordially invite you to join us in July to participate in this international event.  Those of us in IAMSE and at Georgetown University are proud to showcase Washington DC, the Administrative Headquarters of our Association and capitol city of the United States, with its history (past and recent) and tradition of American hospitality.
 
 

Roger W. Koment, Ph.D. Executive Director of IAMSE Aviad Haramati, Ph.D. Host and Site Director

Giulia A. Bonaminio, Ph.D. President of IAMSE Gary C. Rosenfeld, Ph.D. Program Committee Chair