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You Can’t Miss the IAMSE Annual Conference in 2023!

IAMSE is pleased to invite you to join us in Cancun, Mexico for our 2023 Annual Meeting. Read on to learn more about this exciting event and keep your calendars open!

June 10Ā – 13, 2023
Cancun, Mexico

Conference Program
The annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) offers many opportunities for faculty development and networking, and brings medical sciences and medical education across the continuum together. This yearā€™s main topic is Teaching & Learning in Health Sciences: Linking Current Theory to Practice. Confirmed Plenary speakers include Anique de Bruin from Maastricht University (The Netherlands), Michelle Daniel from the University of California – San Diego (USA) and Ricardo LeĆ³n-BĆ³rquez from the World Federation for Medical Education (Mexico). The meeting offers workshops, focus sessions, oral and poster presentations, and several networking opportunities. In addition to the program, the IAMSE Fellowship and AMEE-ESME course will be offered.

Who Should Attend?
The meeting is designed for all those who teach and lead curricula in the sciences of medicine and health. Participants include basic scientists and clinical medical faculty as well as members representing faculty from various other health care disciplines and educational disciplines. Also, students are always represented and involved in the program. This international meeting typically hosts over 25 nationalities from around the world.

About Cancun
CancĆŗn, a Mexican city on the YucatĆ”n Peninsula bordering the Caribbean Sea, is known for its beaches, numerous resorts and nightlife. Itā€™s composed of 2 distinct areas: the more traditional downtown area, El Centro, and Zona Hotelera, a long, beachfront strip of high-rise hotels, nightclubs, shops and restaurants. Cancun is also a famed destination for students during universitiesā€™ spring break period.

For more details, and information on past meetings, please visit www.iamseconference.org.

Thank you,
Amber Heck
Chair, IAMSE 2023 Program Committee

IAMSE 2022 Virtual Forum Information

IAMSE is pleased to invite you to join us for the inaugural IAMSE Virtual Forum. The Forum will take place December 2-3, 5-6, 2022. Read on to learn more about this exciting event and keep your calendars open!

Health Professions
Education Without Borders

Our world is rapidly changing and the need for health care professionals to understand this changing landscape is crucial. Join us for the 2022 IAMSE Virtual Forum where we will tear down the borders that separate us and work towards more integrated education opportunities. Borders come in all forms, from geo-political to socio-economic, from online to face to face, and from diversity to experience levels. This forum will feature conversations that showcase the borders but give actional suggestions on how to remove them and build community. Topics include but are not limited to technology-enhanced education, online vs face to face, conflict zone education, diversity equity and inclusion, intercollegiate collaboration, international collaboration, junior and senior educator collaboration, and any other border that prevents us from sharing resources, talents, and helping our students be the best health professional they can be.

Presentation Descriptions

  • Preconference Workshops: These 3-hour sessions to be held on Friday and Saturday will focus on providing attendees with an opportunity to learn and practice a new skill.
  • Ignite talk: Throughout the forum, there will be four ignite talks. These talks consist of a 20-minute presentation, a 20-minute breakout activity for all attendees, and concludes with a 20-minute large group discussion.
  • Lightning Talks: These short sessions, 7-minute presentations with 7-minutes of questions and answers, provide all scholars with a chance to share their works including works in process.
  • Virtual Posters: Accepted poster authors will submit a 3-minute recording of their abstract which will be posted on the event application and accessible to all attendees. There will be no synchronous component to the Virtual Posters.
  • Networking Round Table: Do you want to discuss a topic? Submit an idea to the Virtual Forum Program Committee by emailing support@iamse.org. You can also volunteer to facilitate the discussion of your topic.

Important Deadlines

June 1, 2022 – Deadline for Preconference Workshops
August 1, 2022 – Preconference Workshop Author Notification
September 1, 2022 – Deadline for Lightning Talks and Virtual Posters
October 1, 2022 – Lightning Talk and Virtual Poster Author Notification
October 2022 – Registration Open!
November 1, 2022 – Early Bird Registration Deadline
November 7, 2022 – Virtual Poster Submission Deadline
December 2-3, 5-6, 2022 – IAMSE 2022 Virtual Forum

Tentative Forum Schedule

Please note that with the exception of the Ignite Speakers, all sessions will be offered twice – once during the United States/European Block and again during the Asian/Oceania block.

United States and European Block

EasternUnited KingdomSingaporeFriday, December 2Saturday, December 3Monday, December 5Tuesday, December 6
9:00 AM2:00 PM10:00 PMWorkshopsWelcomeWelcome
9:15 AM2:15 PM10:15 PMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
9:30 AM2:30 PM10:30 PMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
9:45 AM2:45 PM10:45 PMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
10:00 AM3:00 PM11:00 PMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
10:15 AM3:15 PM11:15 PMWorkshopsBreakBreak
10:30 AM3:30 PM11:30 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
10:45 AM3:45 PM11:45 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
11:00 AM4:00 PM12:00 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
11:15 AM4:15 PM12:15 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
11:30 AM4:30 PM12:30 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksRoundtable/Panel Discussion
11:45 AM4:45 PM12:45 PMWorkshopsLightning TalksRoundtable/Panel Discussion
12:00 PM5:00 PM1:00 AMRoundtable/Panel Discussion
12:15 PM5:15 PM1:15 AMRoundtable/Panel Discussion
12:30 PM5:30 PM1:30 AMMeeting Close

Asia and Oceania Block

Eastern United KingdomSingapore Friday, December 2Saturday, December 3Monday, December 5Tuesday, December 6
8:00 PM1:00 AM9:00 AMWorkshopsWelcomeWelcome
8:15 PM1:15 AM9:15 AMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
8:30 PM1:30 AM9:30 AMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
8:45 PM1:45 AM9:45 AMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
9:00 PM2:00 AM10:00 AMWorkshopsIgnite Speaker 1Ignite Speaker 2
9:15 PM2:15 AM10:15 AMWorkshopsBreakBreak
9:30 PM2:30 AM10:30 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
9:45 PM2:45 AM10:45 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
10:00 PM3:00 AM11:00 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
10:15 PM3:15 AM11:15 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksNetworking with Breakouts
10:30 PM3:30 AM11:30 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksRoundtable/Panel Discussion
10:45 PM3:45 AM11:45 AMWorkshopsLightning TalksRoundtable/Panel Discussion
11:00 PM4:00 AM12:00 AMRoundtable/Panel Discussion
11:15 PM4:15 AM12:15 AMRoundtable/Panel Discussion
11:30 PM4:30 AM12:30 AMMeeting Close

Say hello to our featured member Cathryn Caudill!

Our association is a robust and diverse set of educators, students, researchers, medical professionals, volunteers and academics that come from all walks of life and from around the globe. Each month we choose a member to highlight their academic and professional career and see how they are making the best of their membership in IAMSE. This monthā€™s Featured Member is Cathryn Caudill.

Cathryn Caudill, PhD
IAMSE 2022 Oustanding Faculty Oral Presentation Winner
Professor of Pathology
Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Pikeville

Congratulations on winning the 2022 Outstanding Faculty Oral at the IAMSE Conference in Denver! What led you to submit an abstract to IAMSE for this meeting?
Thank you! My primary motivation for submitting an abstract to the IAMSE annual meeting was to share our findings with the profession, especially since we found improvements in some dimensions of medical student mental health during the pandemic that were quite surprising. I also hoped to make connections with other researchers and institutions who were either studying medical student mental health, or who had developed impactful wellness programs or resources. Of course, the honor of presenting research at our professionā€™s premier conference was also very enticing! 

Tell me a little bit about the research of your winning presentation? What really excites you about this topic?
Our research documented medical student mental health during the peak of the pandemic, via a survey of U.S. osteopathic and allopathic medical students administered in December 2020 and January 2021. We identified demographic and experiential factors associated with poor mental health indicators, including depression, anxiety, burnout, self-harm/suicidal ideation, and substance use, in the hopes that medical schools and clinical clerkships could target counseling and resources to students most at-risk. I was most excited to find that some dimensions of medical student mental health, specifically burnout and self-harm/suicidal ideation, actually improved relative to pre-pandemic rates. Depression and substance use remained the same, and only anxiety increased during the pandemic among our medical student population. These same indicators were worse in the American public and other student groups during the pandemic, so it is worth exploring the experiential factors that may be influencing these improvements in future research. I wonā€™t belabor all of our findings, but I was particularly struck that the relationship between COVID-19 and mental health appeared to be modulated by how personal it was to the student; for instance, students who personally knew someone who died of COVID-19 infection had worse mental health measures in every dimension. This study also affirmed that we need to continuously support students who are already reaching out for mental health resources at our institutions; these students were more than four times as likely to self-harm or consider suicide, and over twice as likely to use substances to cope with pandemic-related stress. 

I need also to acknowledge Madison Jupina, DO, a recent KYCOM graduate who formulated and completed this research during her clinical clerkship. I feel incredibly fortunate that she approached me for faculty-mentored research guidance; it was incredibly rewarding to work with such a highly motivated student, and learn more about medical student health in the process!

Your award comes with one year of waived registration to the IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series. What has been your favorite WAS series or session so far? And are you excited to participate in this yearā€™s series lineup?
The IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series from Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 were so timely and relevant to the changes that are happening in medical education in this moment. I particularly enjoyed the 4th Winter session (ā€œIdentity Shape-Shiftingā€) about the role foundational medical sciences faculty have in helping students form their professional identity. The session provoked me to re-evaluate my own role in professional identity development, which I had previously thought was almost solely influenced by our clinical faculty. Not only was my perception changed, but I was also intrigued by some of the other concepts introduced in the presentation, such as helping students develop ā€œuncertainty tolerance.ā€ Iā€™m very eager to participate in this yearā€™s series about barriers to student success and how we can better support at-risk students, especially given that we know student mental health both impacts and is impacted by their performance.

What interesting things are you working on outside the Association right now? Research, presentations, etc. 
Like many other medical school faculty, the pandemic fundamentally changed how I taught. With the switch to virtual teaching, I needed to know how well my students were progressing while physically absent from campus, and I began assigning graded formative assessments for every class session in Pathology. I expected lots of pushback from students for the extra work, but I was delighted that they enthusiastically embraced these opportunities to continuously assess their learning because they found them valuable. I continued to utilize regular formative assessments when we returned to on-campus instruction, and students still cite them as one of the most valuable aspects of the course. Although most of these formative assessments are faculty-authored, we also began assigning questions from a commercial test bank (TrueLearnļƒ“) in the last academic year. My teaching colleague, Dr. Ayesha Ghayur, and I have been completing educational research on the impact of these formative assessments in our course, specifically looking at how students utilize and value faculty-authored formative quizzes versus questions assigned from the commercial test bank. Students value both types of assessments, but for different purposes and reasons, and weā€™re eager to share this research soon.

Iā€™m also excited to continue my work with medical student mental health and wellness at KYCOM. I am the faculty advisor to our Student Government Associationā€™s Mental Health Committee, and it has been exciting and rewarding to watch our students develop initiatives and lead activities on campus to promote wellness and decrease the stigma of mental illness. Over the past two years, Iā€™ve administered a Wellness Hub for students via our campus course management system, but Iā€™m in the progress of migrating the resources to a permanent website, Med School Recess, so that they are accessible to medical students anywhere. Iā€™m excited to work on something that may have benefit to others beyond my institution.

Anything else that you would like to add?
I am consistently impressed with and enriched by the programs offered through IAMSE. The webinars and conferences that I have participated in over my two years of membership in the organization have accelerated my professional growth, even after 16 years of medical school teaching. I appreciate all of our colleagues who offer their experiences and knowledge to grow our profession, and Iā€™m excited to continue to learn from you and contribute what I can in the future.

Save the Date for the Fall 2022 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

Join us Thursday, September 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2022 for the IAMSE Fall 2022 Webcast Audio Seminar Series titled:Ā 

The Struggle is Real:
Breaking Barriers that Limit Student SuccessĀ 

Medical educators are often called upon to help identify, support, and remediate struggling students. The root causes of student performance deficits are multifaceted and may be due to academic and non-academic factors. Deficiencies are rarely correctable through a simple solution. The Fall 2022 IAMSE Webinar Series will address strategies for identifying and supporting at-risk students and recognizing and breaking down barriers that may limit student success. The series will begin with an overview of methods to identify, intervene with, and remediate struggling students. Follow-up speakers will delve into specific mechanisms that have been employed to support students, including decelerated curriculums and Learning Communities. Additionally, speakers will provide information on the impact of mental health issues on medical school performance and the unique barriers and challenges faced by members of underrepresented communities. Webinars will provide specific strategies for mitigating the effects these factors may play in student success.  

By the end of this series, participants will be better prepared to recognize causes of academic difficulties, know better when to recommend students for more intensive interventions and implement strategies for identifying and breaking down barriers that limit student success.Ā 


As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE! Email support@iamse.org for more information.

Further details about the Fall 2022 series will be coming soon, so keep an eye on your inbox. For more details on our archives of previous seasons, please visit www.iamse.org.

Congratulations to the 2022 Poster & Oral Presentation Award Winners

This year, IAMSE showcased over 280 poster and oral presentations, with 31 posters and 12 oral presentations nominated for an award. These awards recognize the most outstanding medical education peer-reviewed presentations at the IAMSE annual meeting. The first author on the winning poster receives a plaque, one year of IAMSE membership, and access to one series of the IAMSE Audio Seminars.

A full listing of this year’s Best Poster Presentation Award nominees and Best Oral Presentation Award nominees can be found at www.iamseconference.org.

Outstanding Faculty Oral Presentation
Medical Student Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cathryn Caudill – University of Pikeville (United States)

Outstanding Student Oral Presentation
Preclinical Ultrasound Education Using a Near-peer Educational Model
Lindsey Claus – Boston University School of Medicine (United States)

Outstanding Faculty Poster Presentation
Medical School Benchmark Performance Based on College Competitiveness
Shaun Andersen – Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (United States)

Outstanding Student Poster Presentation
High Self-efficacy for Academic Performance Is Positively Related to Student Wellness
Jonathan Ruiz – University of Central Florida College of Medicine (United States)

Outstanding Faculty Virtual Poster Presentation
Perceptions of Medical Students and Educators Regarding Lgbtq+ Healthcare and Sexual Gender Minority Patients
Sarah Muder – The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (United States)

Outstanding Student Virtual Poster Presentation
Virtual Bedside Tutorials For Medical Education
Tse Yean Teo – Singapore General Hospital (Singapore)

Please join us in congratulating the winners of this year’s awards. If you are interested in submitting an abstract for a poster or oral presentation for the 2023 Annual Conference you may do so beginning in October. More information will be shared later this year.

Last Call for #IAMSE23 Pre-Conference Faculty Development Course Abstracts

Don’t miss the chance to submit your abstract for a pre-conference faculty development course to be delivered the Saturday before the 2023 IAMSE meeting. The annual meeting will be held in Cancun, Mexico from June 6-13, 2023.

Proposals will be accepted through July, 1, 2022. The Professional Development Committee will review all proposals and select 2-3 full-day workshops and 7-8 half-day workshops for the meeting. 

A pre-conference faculty development course is 3 or 6 hours in length and enrollment is limited. Instructors are asked to combine appropriate amounts of didactic presentations with significant ā€œhands-onā€ opportunities for participants. For the participants, a certificate of attendance will be available after completion of the course if needed. Pre-conference faculty development courses focus on career/professional development, and the workshops should be useful for advancing the career of the attendee. The broad umbrella areas of focus for these courses include:

  • Leadership/Advancement as a Medical Educator
  • Research/Scholarship/Publications
  • Instruction/Assessment
  • Technology

Proposals must include the following information:

  • Title of the course
  • Name and e-mail of organizer
  • Facilitator(s) information
  • Summary of the course and how it will advance the career of the attendee
  • Length of the course (3 or 6 hours)
  • Area of focus for the course (Leadership/Advancement; Research/Scholarship/Publications; Instruction/Assessment; Technology)
  • Level of the course (introductory/intermediate/advanced)
  • Description of the target participants. 

All abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site found here.

If you have any questions about submitting your proposal, please contact IAMSE via email at support@iamse.org.

Thank you,
IAMSE

Congratulations to Audra Schaefer 2022 MSE Outstanding Reviewer!

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you will join me in congratulating Dr. Audra Schaefer, University of Mississippi Medical Center, on being awarded theĀ Medical Science Educator (MSE) 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. Dr. Schaefer was presented with this honor during the International Association of Medical Science Educator’s (IAMSE) annual meeting on Sunday, June 5, 2022.

On the left, 2022Ā Medical Science Educator Outstanding Reviewer Audra Schaefer
On the right, MSE Editor-in-Chief Peter de Jong

This award is an initiative of the Editorial Board of Medical Science Educator, the peer-reviewed journal of IAMSE. The award is presented annually to recognize one of the journalā€™s reviewers for their outstanding peer review efforts over the past year. The recipients are selected based on several criteria including reviewer performance and delivering the reviews in a timely manner.
Congratulations Dr. Schaefer! 

Thank you,
Peter GM de Jong, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Medical Science Educator

Congratulations to the 2022 IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship Recipients

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Educational Scholarship Committee, we’d like to congratulate those who have completed this year’s IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship Program.

The Fellowship program is designed to develop well-rounded medical education scholars with additional evidence of specialized achievement that enhances and supports career advancement.

Medical Educator Fellows Completing the Fellowship in 2022:

  • Maria Barnes – Des Moines University (United States)
  • Belinda del Carmen CarriĆ³n ChavarrĆ­a – Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
  • Jickssa Gemechu – Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (United States)
  • Melanie Korndorffer – Tulane University (United States)
  • Brock Mutcheson – Virginia Tech (United States)
  • Martin Schmidt – Des Moines University (United States)
  • Naunihal Zaveri – Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (United States)

Please join me in congratulating our new fellows. If you are interested in the IAMSE Fellowship program, please visit our website here.

Thank you,
Kelly Quesnelle
Chair, Educational Scholarship Committee

Check out the IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series Archives!

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that the archives for “Strategies for Promoting Inclusivity in Health Sciences Education,” the 2021 Spring series of the Webcast Audio Seminar are now online!

The Webcast Audio Seminar archives are located on theĀ IAMSE websiteĀ under the Events heading asĀ Web Seminars. Here, you will be able to search the archives or browse by year and series.Ā If you have any issues accessing the archives please just let us know at support@iamse.org.

More information is coming soon for the upcoming Fall 2022 series. Keep an eye on your inbox!

Congratulations to the 2022 IAMSE Grant Recipients

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) wishes to encourage and support scholarship in medical science education and funds multiple research grants every year. At the 2022 annual meeting, IAMSE, with the support of ScholarRX, awarded four student grants totaling $9,998. In addition, six faculty grants were given totaling $29, 882

Student Award
Rituik Bhattacharjee
Developing a Student-Led Research Interest Group of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) at a New College of Osteopathic Medicine 

Lindsey Claus
Building self-directed dyadic learning experiences through preclinical ultrasound education

Caitlin Hildebrand
Addressing training and clinical care needs regarding nutrition among physicians practicing in a primary care setting

Alexis Musick
Development of a series of didactic portable radiology escape rooms for undergraduate medical education

Faculty Awards
Kimberly Dahlman
Integrating the Science of Mental health and Illness in the Post-Clerkship Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum

Sarah Greene
Implementing a Role Reversal Exercise to Educate Students on the Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients in the Healthcare Setting

Radhika Sreedhar
Competency Based Assessment of Evidence Based Medicine in Practice

Roy Strowd
Moving Two Campuses to Assessments that Demonstrate Competency and Comparability

Shari Whicker
Bringing Health System Science and Interprofessional Education Alive in the Clinical Environment: An Innovative Faculty Development Approach to Prepare Health Professional Learners as Systems Citizens

Algevis Wrench
Development of an Imposter Phenomenon Mitigation Toolkit for Medical Students

Congratulations to this year’s grant award winners. We are eager to see and hear about your findings. More information regarding IAMSE Educational Grants, including information on submitting yourself for consideration, can be found on our website

Say hello to our featured member Maria Sheakley!

Our association is a robust and diverse set of educators, students, researchers, medical professionals, volunteers and academics that come from all walks of life and from around the globe. Each month we choose a member to highlight their academic and professional career and see how they are making the best of their membership in IAMSE. This monthā€™sĀ FeaturedĀ Member is Maria Sheakley.

Maria Sheakley, PhD
IAMSE 2022 Program Committee Chair
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Physiology
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are finally back in person for the 2022 meeting! Since I know we are all excited about this opportunity to gather together, what have you been looking forward to most during our time in Denver?
Iā€™m most excited to engage with real people at a live conference in Denver!! I serve on several IAMSE committees, and I always look forward to seeing the other committee members in person each year. This year is particularly exciting since we have not been able to gather in person for several years! IAMSE is also the place where I typically catch up with many of my past colleagues, which Iā€™m really looking forward to in Denver. And most importantly, Iā€™m excited to meet new people and learn about new trends and best practices in health sciences education through the poster and oral sessions, focus sessions, and plenary talks. The networking opportunities at IAMSE are AMAZING! Iā€™d also like to extend a very special thanks to Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine for sponsoring the 2022 IAMSE annual meeting in the beautiful city of Denver!!

What does the process of coordinating an academic conference look like?
The Program Committee is composed of 15 diverse members representing different health science specialties, disciplines, institutions, geographic locations, races, ethnicities, and genders. Weā€™ve been meeting monthly for the past 18 months to plan this conference. I personally think itā€™s the best IAMSE committee because the results of the work, the annual IAMSE meeting, are spectacular and tangible. The planning process and timeline has been honed over the years and is very well organized by the staff at JulNet, particularly Hannah McCreary who helps with all planning aspects of the meeting. The Program Committee is responsible for many aspects of the meeting, including selecting the conference theme, plenary speakers, and focus sessions. This year we will have 4 plenary speakers, 1 student plenary panel, 12 pre-conference workshops, 38 focus sessions, 77 oral presentations, and 211 poster presentations! The social and networking sessions are also a highlight of the meeting!

Can you share a standout memory or highlight from the planning process for this event? 
My favorite part of the planning process was selecting the conference theme! This was the first big task of the committee, and it allowed us to work together as a cohesive group to choose the identity of this meeting. After several long discussions and a lot of refinement, the theme for the meeting was decided to be ā€˜Medical Educators, Learners, and Providers: Building the Future Togetherā€™. We particularly liked the inclusivity of this theme for all of those who contribute to medical science education, ā€˜Educators, Learners, and Providersā€™. 

With your tenure as the 2022 Program Committee Chair about to come to an end, what do you plan to do next? What advice would you give to another member considering joining an upcoming planning committee?
Going forward, I will continue to serve on the IAMSE Board of Directors and plan to stay very involved in the association. For members considering joining the next Program Committee or any other IAMSE committee, do it! Itā€™s the best way to meet people at IAMSE and build a community of peers and mentors in the health sciences field!

Anything else that you would like to add?
Iā€™d like to send a very special thank you to the 2022 Program Committee Members (Peter de Jong, Khalil Eldeeb, Stacie Fairley, Dave Harris, Amber Heck, Mark Hernandez, Samuel Ikonne, Molly Johannessen, Nicole Kelp, Aaron Marshall, Jennifer Montemayer, Neil Osheroff, Sol Roberts-Lieb, Michiel Schokking, and Carla Todaro) and Hannah McCreary from JulNet for all of their hard work; this meeting definitely takes a village to plan!

For more informationĀ aboutĀ #IAMSE22 visitĀ www.IAMSEconference.org.

Congratulations to the #IAMSE22 Travel Award Winners

We would like to extend our congratulations to three Junior Faculty and twelve students who have been awarded the 2022 IAMSE Travel Award. These awards support junior faculty and aspiring educators to attend the IAMSE Annual Meeting. Made possible in part by Aquifer, each award is meant to cover expenses related to attendance at the IAMSE annual meeting, such as conference registration, lodging, and airfare.

The awardees for 2022 are:

Junior Faculty
David ChumbaMoi UniversityKenya
Khalil EldeebCampbell University School of Osteopathic MedicineUnited States
Kirsten
Porter-Stransky
Western Michigan University Homer StrykerUnited States
 
Students
Irem AktarIstanbul University Faculty of MedicineTurkey
Erin BarryUniformed Services UniversityUnited States
Lindsey ClausBoston University School of MedicineUnited States
McKenna GriffinTouro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine   United States    
Milou GroenenRadboudumc   Netherlands   
Nicole GuzolekTouro University Nevada College of Osteopathic MedicineUnited States
Madalina Elena MandacheUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of CraiovaRomania
Erica MyrickWestern Michigan University Homer StrykerUnited States
Ashruth ReddyMedical College of Georgia  United States  
Benjamin Robinson  Campbell University School of Osteopathic MedicineUnited States
Jasmine RogersPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineUnited States
Simran SinghWestern Michigan University Homer StrykerUnited States

Congratulations to this year’s award winners. We look forward to seeing you in the future.