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Congratulations to the 2022 IAMSE Grant Recipients

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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!

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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

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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.

#IAMSE23 Pre-Conference Faculty Development Course Abstracts Still Being Accepted

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Proposals are still being accepted for pre-conference faculty development courses that will 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

Submit Your Abstract

#IAMSE22 Poster Award Nominees and Abstracts Now Online

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The poster abstracts for the 2022 IAMSE Meeting are now listed online. Abstracts are listed in one of nine categories:

  • Assessment & Evaluation
  • Curriculum & Evaluation
  • E-Learning
  • Instructional Methods
  • Other
  • Student Support
  • TBL/PBL
  • Technology Innovation
  • Virtual

This year, we have 30 posters that are in the running for one of our four poster awards. These awards recognize the most outstanding medical education peer-reviewed presentations at the IAMSE Annual Meeting. The first author on each of the winning posters will receive a plaque, one year of IAMSE membership, and access to one series of the IAMSE Audio Seminars.

All abstracts that are nominated for an award are notated. To see the poster abstracts,Ā click here.Ā 

Click Here to View the #IAMSE22 Poster Abstracts

Last Call for IAMSE #VirtualForum22 Pre-conference Course Abstracts

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Don’t miss your chance to submit for online Professional Development Workshops for the 2022 IAMSE Virtual Forum, to be held online December 3-6, 2022. The theme for the virtual forum isĀ Health Professions Education Without Borders.

Proposals will be accepted until June 1, 2022. The 2022 Virtual Forum Committee will review all proposals and select  6-8 workshops for inclusion in the program. Workshops are 3 hours long. Depending on your location the actual timing of the session might be outside regular working-day hours.

IAMSE workshops focus on career and professional development and should be useful for advancing the career of the attendee. Areas of focus for these workshops include:

ā€¢ Leadership/Advancement as a Medical Educator
ā€¢ Research/Scholarship/Publications
ā€¢ Instruction/Assessment
ā€¢ Technology
ā€¢ Service Engagement

Pre-conference workshops proposals must include the following information:
ā€¢ Title of the workshop
ā€¢ Name and e-mail of Organizer
ā€¢ Facilitator(s) information
ā€¢ Summary of the workshop and how it will advance the career of the attendee
ā€¢ Level of the workshop (Introductory/intermediate/advanced)
ā€¢ Who should participate

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

Please note if you are having technical issues with your submission, we highly recommend using Chrome as your browser. If you are still experiencing issues after changing browsers, please contactsupport@iamse.org

Thank you,
IAMSE

Submit Your Abstract

#VirtualForum22 Pre-conference Faculty Development Course Abstracts Still Being Accepted

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Proposals are still being accepted for online Professional Development Workshops for the 2022 IAMSE Virtual Forum, to be held online December 3-6, 2022. The theme for the virtual forum is Health Professions Education Without Borders.

Proposals will be accepted until June 1, 2022. The 2022 Virtual Forum Committee will review all proposals and select  6-8 workshops for inclusion in the program. Workshops are 3 hours long. Depending on your location the actual timing of the session might be outside regular working-day hours.

IAMSE workshops focus on career and professional development and shouldĀ be useful for advancing the career of the attendee. Areas of focus for these workshops include:

ā€¢ Leadership/Advancement as a Medical Educator
ā€¢ Research/Scholarship/Publications
ā€¢ Instruction/Assessment
ā€¢ Technology
ā€¢ Service Engagement

Pre-conference workshops proposals must include the following information:
ā€¢ Title of the workshop
ā€¢ Name and e-mail of Organizer
ā€¢ Facilitator(s) information
ā€¢ Summary of the workshop and how it will advance the career of the attendee
ā€¢ Level of the workshop (Introductory/intermediate/advanced)
ā€¢ Who should participate

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

Please note if you are having technical issues with your submission, we highly recommend using Chrome as your browser. If you are still experiencing issues after changing browsers, please contactsupport@iamse.org

Thank you,
IAMSE

Submit Your Abstract

IAMSE 2022 Face-to-Face
Registration Closing May 25th

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Time is running out if you’d like to register for the IAMSE 2022 face-to-face conference in Denver. On Wednesday, May 25th at 11:59 PM EDT online registration for the face-to-face conference will be CLOSED. If you have not yet registered but are planning to attend the conference in person, please be sure to register before the deadline. Registration for the virtual-only portion of the conference will remain open until the conclusion of the conference on June 7th. Registration may be found at www.iamseconference.org.

If you miss this deadline, we will be offering registration on-site in Denver. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Register Tdoay!

IAMSE #VirtualForum22 Call for Virtual Pre-Conference Faculty Development Workshop Abstracts

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On behalf of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), I am pleased to announce that the 2022 Virtual Forum Program Committee is soliciting proposals to be considered for the inaugural IAMSE Virtual Forum slate of Saturday pre-conference workshops, to be held virtually on December 3-6, 2022. The theme for the virtual forum is Health Professions Education without Borders.

Proposals will be accepted until June 1, 2022. The 2022 Virtual Forum Committee will review all proposals and select 6-8 half-day workshops for the meeting. (Half-day workshops are 3 hours and may start in the morning or afternoon/early evening.)

IAMSE Saturday workshops focus on Career/Professional Development and shouldĀ be useful for advancing the career of the attendee. The broad umbrella areas of focus for these workshops include:

ā€¢ Leadership/Advancement as a Medical Educator
ā€¢ Research/Scholarship/Publications
ā€¢ Instruction/Assessment
ā€¢ Technology
ā€¢ Service Engagement

Saturday pre-conference workshops proposals must include the following information:
ā€¢ Title of the workshop
ā€¢ Name and e-mail of Organizer
ā€¢ Facilitator(s) information
ā€¢ Summary of the workshop and how it will advance the career of the attendee
ā€¢ Length of Workshop
ā€¢ Level of the workshop (Introductory/intermediate/advanced)
ā€¢ Who should participate

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

Please note if you are having technical issues with your submission, we highly recommend using Chrome as your browser. If you are still experiencing issues after changing browsers, please contact support@iamse.org

Thank you,
Sol Roberts-Lieb, EdD
Chair, IAMSE 2022 Virtual Forum Committee

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A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Jennifer Fischer

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This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled Developing Comprehensive Strategies to Evaluate Medical School Curricula published in Medical Science Educator (30 October 2018) by Sally A. Santen, Moshe Feldman, Sara Wier, Courtney Blondino, Meagan Rawls, and Susan DiGiovanni. 

For medical education, the ultimate goal of training students to be prepared for residency has not changed, but the educational environment is rapidly shifting. The pandemic has driven new policies and procedures that ultimately affect the delivery of curriculum. These swift adjustments introduce new methods of content delivery that evolve with the health policies and procedures of the moment. As public health mandates vary over time, resources shift, and staff changes occur, it becomes increasingly critical for schools to assess the curricula changes being made. Faculty who participate in curriculum, assessment, and student committees, can benefit from understanding if curricular modifications are achieving the desired goals.

As many programs were forced to adjust training strategies, a question to ask may be what do we keep and what do we go back to? The article by Santen, et al, describes the importance of curricular evaluation and provides resources to achieve meaningful feedback. Readers can identify sources for data collection and can also recognize what those sources help to measure. The authors outline the significance, not only of data collection and multiple sources, but also how context and relationships between facts can be informative. Using this information, educators and administrators can evaluate if trends in attitudes and skills provide insight into the strengths of curriculum and which aspects may need improvement.

Additionally, the article describes key stakeholders in medical school communities that will benefit from the analysis. The monograph offers examples of opportunities for implementing and reviewing evaluation strategies in order to align training with program goals. 
As schools balance the demands of medical education and health safety for students and staff in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluating curriculum changes can inform decisions about which curriculum pieces are working and which are not. The informed decisions should be aimed to meet the needs of the student learners and to improve resident readiness. 

Jennifer Fischer, PhD
Associate Professor
Rowan University
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Department of Molecular Biology

#IAMSE23 Call for Pre-Conference Faculty Development Course Abstracts

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On behalf of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), I am pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals for pre-conference faculty development courses that will 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,
Jonathan Wisco, PhD
Chair, IAMSE Professional Development Committee

Submit Your Abstract

Say hello to our featured member Aaron Marshall!

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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 Aaron Marshall.

Aaron Marshall, PhD
Position: Associate Professor
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine 

How long have you been a member of IAMSE?
Joined in 2017 around the time of the Burlington, VT conference.

Looking at your time with the Association, what have you most enjoyed doing? What are you looking forward to?
I appreciate the duality of IAMSE, being both an established organization and yet small and nimble enough to accept new ideas and people into important roles. The most impactful experience to my career has been the ESME course with Drs. Haramati and Harden and the subsequent fellowship program. I also enjoy serving IAMSE (to ensure it stays thriving), by volunteering for the Denver Conference program committee and reviewing conference abstracts. Hopefully more to come in that arena. 

Tell us a bit more about the poster you will be presenting in Denver at the annual conference?
ā€œUsing Experiential Learning to Underscore Interprofessional Education in Nutritionā€ is an IAMSE-funded project about experiential learning and its impact on student attitudes and intentions regarding a historically underserved part of medical school (medical nutrition). To our teamsā€™ surprise, while participants in this experiential learning intervention wanted to incorporate more nutrition in a ā€œtypicalā€ patient encounter, they recognized (from the experience as a patient) that providing too little information (in context of 15-minute appointment) is counterproductive. This recognition highlighted the importance of other health professionals. 

What workshop, session or event are you most looking forward to in Denver? 
As a member of the Program Committee, I am obligated to say ALL the sessions will be excellent. Joking aside, the committee (under Maria Sheakleyā€™s leadership) is very proud of the conference lineup. The pre-conference workshop Aligning Values and Behaviors: A Path to Authentic Leadership for Women in Academia is one I am looking forward to. 

What interesting things are you working on outside the Association right now? 
Dr. Heather Christensen and I co-founded a taskforce aimed at improving gender equity (all genders) at our college. The ongoing efforts were part of an accepted presentation to Advancing Gender Equity for Faculty: Allyship and Inclusive Leadership Strategies, a conference taking place at Bowling Green State University in May.

Anything else that you would like to add?
Many past featured members have talked about how great IAMSE is as a response to this question. Ditto for me. Like my home city of Cincinnati, IAMSE has big-time offerings with the feel of a small, homey organization. 

For more information on sessions, presentations and to register for #IAMSE22 visit www.IAMSEconference.org.