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IAMSE CoG Meetings – September 2025

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IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Three IAMSE CoGs will be meeting in September! The AI CoG, CORE CoG, and Nutrution and Health Promotion CoG will all meet on Zoom. Below are the details for each meeting.

AI CoG

The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EDT on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Due to the Labor Day holiday in the United States on Monday, September 1, this meeting will take place a week later than usual. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

To join the September AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 897 1837 0101
Passcode: 511007

CORE CoG

The Community Outreach, Research, and Engagement (CORE) CoG meeting will take place at 3:00 PM EDT on Monday, September 15, 2025. CORE CoG meetings then take place regularly on the second Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM ET, and the second Monday of the month at 11:00 AM ET every other month. The CORE CoG is led by Peter Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise.

To join the September CORE CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 878 6039 0726
Passcode: 159759

Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG

The Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting will take place at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meetings take place quarterly (March, June, September, December) on the fourth Wednesday of that month at 12:00 PM ET. For more information on the Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG and how to join, contact CoG leaders Jana Simmons (simmjana@msu.edu) or Kearney Gunsalas (gunsalus@uga.edu).

To join the September Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 826 5969 3840
Passcode: 994588

For more information on these CoGs and the other active IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Cois and Hampshire to Launch IAMSE Fall 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series!

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Are We There Yet? Climate Change
and Health in Medical Education

By Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS
Karly Hampshire, MD

We are excited to welcome Dr. Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor at Oregon Health Science University, and Dr. Karly Hampshire, Resident Physician at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who will present Are We There Yet? Climate Change and Health in Medical Education at 12:00 PM EDT Thursday, September 4, to begin the IAMSE 2025 Fall Webcast Audio Seminar Series titled “Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After.”

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent health consequences of environmental disasters.

Learn More About the Fall 2025 Series

The full IAMSE Fall 2025 WAS schedule can be found on the website.

Below we look at the first week’s presentation:

Adran Cois, MD, MBBS (left), and Karly Hampshire, MD (right).

Are We There Yet? Climate Change
and Health in Medical Education

Presenters: Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health Science University
Karly Hampshire, MD, Resident Physician, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Session Date &Time: September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Session Description: Join us for an engaging session on the integration of climate health and sustainability content in medical education. We will trace the evolution of the climate and health movement within medical training over the past decade and explore strategies for embedding this content in undergraduate and graduate curricula. This session will also spotlight the transformative role of trainee advocacy in driving curricular change and shaping a more sustainable future for healthcare.

Register Today!
IAMSE 2025 Fall WAS FAQ
As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE! 
If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

Registration Now OPEN for the IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that registration for our fourth annual Virtual Forum is now open! Join us October 22-24, 2025, as we host lightning talks, ignite talks, and more! The theme for the Virtual Forum is:

A Global Vision for Health Education: Empowering an International Community of Educators

The IAMSE Virtual Forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading health professions sciences curricula around the world. Participants include students & trainees, basic scientists, providers, clinicians, and other faculty from across various healthcare and educational disciplines. We specifically encourage junior faculty, postdocs, and students to participate in the forum!

Additional details and registration can be found at www.IAMSEForum.org, as well as more information on speakers and sessions through your email. Keep an eye on your inbox. Looking forward to meeting you at the forum!

Thank you,
Demidmaa Tuvdendorj
Chair, IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum
On behalf of the IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Program Committee

Register Today!

Last Call* #IAMSE26 Focus Sessions Due September 1, 2025

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As a final reminder, the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for Focus Sessions for their 30th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Marriott Augusta Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia, USA, June 6-9, 2026. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together educators from across the continuum of health sciences education. The theme of the IAMSE 2026 Conference is Flourishing Through Change: Adaptability, Innovation, and Growth in Health Sciences.

The purpose of a 90-minute Focus Session is to “focus in” on a specific topic in a small group interactive discussion format. Based on previous years, group size might vary between 10-70 individuals. The exact format for the session is at the discretion of the session leader(s), as long as not more than one-third of the time is being used for formal presentation and the remainder of the time is used for interaction, active learning in small groups, and discussion. The Program Committee welcomes a wide spectrum of submissions, such as multi-institutional and inter-professional collaborations and presenter teams consisting of junior and senior faculty and students. 

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

Submission Deadline is September 1, 2025.

Abstract acceptance notifications will be sent by November 1, 2025. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you in Augusta next year!

Thank you,
Will Brooks
Chair, IAMSE 2026 Program Committee

Submit a Focus Session Abstract

Check out the Free IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series Archives!

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that the archives for “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Professions Education,” the 2024 Fall series of the Webcast Audio Seminar are now online!

The Webcast Audio Seminar archives are located on the IAMSE website under the Events heading as Web Seminars. Here, you will be able to search the archives or browse by year and series.

View the Archives for FREE!

In addition, registration for the 2025 Fall series is OPEN! This series, entitled, “Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education… Surviving the Storm and After”, will begin September 4. For more information on the 2025 Fall series, and to register, click here.

If you have any issues accessing the archives, please let us know at support@iamse.org.

Reminder* Registration is OPEN for the Fall 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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Climate emergencies have the potential to reshape disease patterns, disrupt health‑care systems, and widen health inequities. Recognizing this context, the Fall 2025 IAMSE Webinar Series, Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After, brings together educators and clinicians who have navigated extreme weather, rebuilt disrupted institutions, and embedded planetary‑health competencies into educational programs. Across five sessions, the series will examine how those in health professions education can prepare learners to care for patients and the planet amid accelerating environmental change.

As a reminder, join us this Fall to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent the health consequences of environmental disasters.

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.

Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education… Surviving the Storm and After

More Information About the Series

Join us for each one-hour session beginning Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12 PM EDT. Sessions in the Fall 2025 series include:

  • September 4, 12:00 PM EDT – Are We There Yet? Climate Change and Health in Medical Education, presented by Adrian Cois, Oregon Health Science University, and Karla Hampshire, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • September 11, 12:00 PM EDT – Environmental Crisis and Disasters…Surviving the Storm and After, presented by Sean Ochsenbein, Ballad Health
  • September 18, 12:00 PM EDT – Challenges in Rebuilding: Lessons Learned after Major Storms, presented by Julie Taylor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University
  • September 25, 12:00 PM EDT- Educating for Change: Education’s Role in Addressing the Climate and Health Crisis, presented by Jyoti Mishra, University of California San Diego, Arianne Teherani, University of California San Francisco and University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity
  • October 2, 12:00 PM EDT – Preparing Physicians for Planetary Change, presented by James Irlam, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences

More information about each of these sessions and presenters will be sent out a week before each session. Keep an eye on your inbox!

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.

Register Today!

As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE!

If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

Say Hello to our Featured Member Amin Shah!

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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 month’s Featured Member is Amin Shah.

Amin Shah, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Translational Neuroscience
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

How long have you been a member of IAMSE?
I have been a member of IAMSE since 2021.

Looking at your time with the Association, what have you most enjoyed doing? What are you most looking forward to?
I have enjoyed connecting with dedicated medical educators from around the world during the annual conferences, learning from their expertise and experience in the medical education. I also value the virtual sessions and forums that cover important and current topics, helping me expand my knowledge and stay up to date with the evolving field of medical education topics. I look forward to more opportunities and resources that IAMSE offers and feel privileged to serve on its committees.

What interesting things are you working on outside of the Association right now?
Outside of IAMSE, I engage in teaching and learning, serving in institutional committees, and conducting medical education research. I am excited about my current research, which explores how medical students develop dispositional learning skills during the preclerkship phase of undergraduate MD curriculum. 

As a member of the IAMSE Membership Committee, what do you most enjoy about being a part of that?
It has been a rewarding experience serving on the IAMSE Membership Committee. I enjoyed our regular committee meetings where we discussed strategies and initiatives to engage members, create new opportunities, and welcome medical and health professionals from around the world to IAMSE in an inclusive and supportive way. As a member of the committee, I was able to learn from the dynamic team of the membership committee and grow professionally and personally.

Anything else that you would like to add?
IAMSE is a welcoming and vibrant professional society. I am proud to remain an active member and support its mission and vision wherever I can.

IAMSE CoG Meetings – August 2025

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IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Two IAMSE CoGs will be meeting in August! The AI CoG, and the LGBTQ+ CoG will both meet on Zoom. Below are the details for each meeting.

AI CoG

The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

To join the August AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 897 1837 0101
Passcode: 511007

LGBTQ+ CoG

The LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG meeting will take place on Zoom at 12:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 14, 2025. The next LGBTQ+ meeting will be in November. For more information on the LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG, contact Cory Gerwe at gerwecd@odu.edu.

To join the August LGBTQ+ CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 891 0015 9051
Passcode: 593328

IAMSE Manuals Available for Purchase: New Manual Available!

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As you may know, IAMSE has published nine how-to manuals with several more to come in the next year. New to the series is: Leveraging and Assessing Student Thinking. Each manual is available as a digital download and priced at only $15 for IAMSE members. Not an IAMSE member yet? Join here today!

Leveraging and Assessing Student Thinking. This manual examines eliciting and interpreting student thinking in medical education, helps medical educators practice what it means to teach in a learner-centered way by leveraging student thinking, and provides practical examples of how to elicit and interpret or assess student thinking. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How to Provide Authentic Feedback in Medical Education. This manual provides a quick reference guide to assist educators in providing authentic feedback, how to address feedback in pre-clinical and clinical situations, and the benefits of two-way feedback in improving instruction. This manual is a collective effort between medical educators designed to ensure authentic feedback is structured for both the learner and the learning environment.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Best Practices for Acknowledging & Addressing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities. This manual is an instructional guide to provide healthcare educators with best practices for acknowledging and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD) in medical education. As a collaborative effort written by both medical students and educators, this manual examines the impact of race, racism, and ethnic biases on medical care and health outcomes. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Case-Based Collaborative Learning (CBCL). CBCL combines elements from team-, case- and problem-based based learning using a flipped classroom model. This book presents a detailed “how to” guide on how to create CBCL classroom materials, how to facilitate vivid discussions, and how to support students and faculty in a CBCL curriculum. While originally developed in context of undergraduate medical education, the CBCL method is of interest to anyone in higher education that values flipped classroom methods and discussion-based teaching.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Mentoring in Health Professions Education. This IAMSE Manual defines the field of academic medicine as highly dependent on finding and relating to mentors at virtually every career stage. It describes and analyzes successful mentor/mentee relationships, examines personal experiences, as well as a data-driven approach, to explore the many different roles and perspectives on mentoring relationships and ultimately the mentoring culture. The editors look at the data with respect to the success of different mentoring strategies and diverse programs.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Rubrics – A tool for feedback and assessment viewed from different perspectives. This IAMSE Manual describes how to use rubrics in higher education, especially in the highly specialized health sciences education setting. The book provides a conceptual framework, practices and a series of checklists that educators can use to design their own rubrics for a variety of situations and content. It highlights varying perspectives, from teachers, students, educational advisors, and curriculum managers, while providing practical tips for developing and using rubrics. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning. This “How-To” Guide for Team-Based Learning is a manual that provides an overview of the fundamental components TBL and serves as a blueprint for instructors considering using this technique. The manual also identifies factors that will facilitate or sabotage a successful implementation of TBL. Authored by Ruth Levine and Patricia Hudes, both internationally recognized experts in the field of TBL.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Active Learning. This manual is a compilation of teaching strategies in active learning to adapt to your own large group settings. Each chapter is a specific description of a strategy written by authors who are experienced in using the strategy in a classroom environment with students. The Manual chapters are designed to be accessible and practical to the reader. The manual is edited by Alice Fornari and Ann Poznanski.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning Japanese Translation. IAMSE is proud to announce that we now have a Japanese translation of this “How-To” guide! The How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning was authored by Ruth Levine and Patricia Hudes and translated by Yukari Igarashi,  Mariko Iida, Yoko Shimpuku, Yoichiro Miki, and Hiromi Seo.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.

Manuals are also available for purchase on the Springer website here in paperback or digital editions. Please note that all IAMSE manuals are for individual use only.

Last Call* IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Lightning Talk Abstracts

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Don’t miss your chance to submit a Lightning Talk abstract for the fourth IAMSE Virtual Forum to be held October 22-24, 2025! The IAMSE Virtual Forum is an entirely virtual synchronous event offering opportunities for faculty and student development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of healthcare education.

IAMSE Virtual Forum Info

Lightning Talks are short 7-minute live presentations followed by 7-minutes of questions and answers that will provide presenters a chance to share their work, including works in process. Abstracts for Lightning Talks must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site here.

The submission deadline is July 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM EDT.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than one presentation per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in September 2025. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.
 
Looking forward to seeing you virtually this October!

Submit Your Abstract Today!

Congratulations to the 2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort

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As the leads of the IM-REACH Mentoring Program, we would like to congratulate those who have completed the program this year.
 
Mentoring students, postdocs, and faculty and guiding their work is crucial for their success in diverse career paths that encompass leadership, clinical and educational roles. The IM-REACH Mentoring Program is a scholarly professional development program that prepares participants for diverse roles as leaders of mentoring programs, as well as mentors that support mentees in their career paths and academic pursuits. Mentorship is a skill for both the mentor and mentee, a true dynamic relationship that is a journey in pursuit of career engagement and success.

2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort:

  • Jessica Chacon – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
  • Stella Goeschl – Medical University of Vienna
  • Abigail Hielscher – University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
  • Tomika Jones – University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Kelly Kieffer – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Antonio Lopez – Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
  • Jennifer Marsella – University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Sumitra Miriyala – AT Still University
  • Chasity O’Malley – Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Piyush Ranjan – AIIMS New Delhi
  • Joel Roberts – Rocky Vista University
  • Richard Silvia – MCPHS School of Pharmacy – Boston
  • Shiyuan Wang – Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Yuan Zhao – Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort. If you are interested in the IM-REACH Mentoring Program, please visit our website here.

Thank you,
Alice Fornari and Darshana Shah
IM-REACH Mentoring Program Leads

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Congratulations to the 2025 IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship Recipients

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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 2025:

  • Tracey Weiler – Florida International University
  • Bei Zhang – University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
  • Launa Lynch – Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Jorge Cervantes – Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
  • Ebun Ebunlomo – Houston Methodist
  • Michael Herr – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Aniela Mendez – Tecnologico de Monterrey
  • Keshab Raj Paudel – Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

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

Thank you,
Alana Newell
Chair, Educational Scholarship Committee

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