IAMSE Web Seminar Winter Series: New Places, New Opportunities, New Ideas in Medical Education
New medical schools are opening their doors every year in response to an increasing demand for medical practitioners and, correspondingly, medical education. Do they avail of this opportunity to do business as usual or to be innovative and do something different? Experiences in six medical schools whose curricula reflect their unique missions form the basis of this seminar series. All Sessions will be held on Tuesday’s from 12:00 noon Et until 1:00 pm EDT. The first session will be held on January 18, 2011. For more information and registration, visit:
http://iamse.org/development/2011/was_2011_winter.htm
8th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC)
The theme for the 8th APMEC is “Continuum of Medical Education: From Undergraduate Learning to Professional Practice – Trends, Issues, Priorities, and Strategies (TIPS)”. The conference focus is to share and learn from the experience and best practices adopted internationally. Meeting dates January 26-30, 2011, Singapore. See the website: http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/meu/apmec8/
10th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative Conference
We invite you to the 10th Annual Conference on Team-Based Learning in Higher Education. The Annual Meeting presentations take the form of plenary presentations, workshops, oral presentations, and posters. Submission deadline for Poster Abstracts is December 15, 2010. This year’s meeting will be March 3-4, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. See: www.TBLCMeeting.org
LIMSC 2011
The Leiden International Medical Student Conference (LIMSC) is one of the largest student conferences in Europe. LIMSC provides talented medical and biomedical students worldwide with the opportunity to present their research to an international audience. LIMSC aims to let students experience and be exposed to high-level research and have the possibility to interact and learn from the current leading figures in the academic world. Furthermore an extensive Career & Internship Fair will provide possibilities for international internships and career perspectives. The seventh edition of LIMSC will take place in Leiden, the Netherlands March 16th-20th 2011. See the website: www.limsc.nl
6th Congress of the Asian Medical Education Association: Trends in Medical Education
This meeting is organized by the International Medical University (IMU) of Malaysia, and will be held from March 23-26, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2010. For more details see the meeting website: http://amea2011.imu.edu.my/
2011 Annual Meeting of IAMSE
Amidst the orange groves in this wonderful tropical state of Florida, the meeting will be hosted by the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, and is a great opportunity to network with colleagues and find new friendships and collaborations. The program will include keynote lectures on Professionalism, Competency and Simulation, several focus sessions, workshops and poster presentations. The call for poster abstracts is already open, deadline for submission is March 1, 2011. Please watch our website www.iamseconference.org for more details or send an email to julie@iamse.org with the subject line “St Pete 2011 mailing list” and we will update you on this meeting! Meeting dates: June 18-21, 2011.
AMEE 2011
The AMEE Conference is now established as the leading international conference in medical education attracting healthcare professional from around the world. The next meeting will take place in Vienna, Austria, Reed Messe Wien, August 27-31, 2011. More information can be found on the website: www.amee.org.
Individual Journal Subscriptions Available
JIAMSE/Medical Science Educator is accessible for IAMSE members. If you are not a member, you can obtain an individual subscription. Visit this link to apply:
www.MedicalScienceEducator.org/subscription.html