Volume 2 Issue 2 April, 2011
   
  Connecting with Each Other ...



Congratulations to the following IAMSE members:

Jonathan Wisco won the membership renewal drawing to receive a free 2011 IAMSE annual conference registration!  Get your membership renewals in on time and you, too, can be eligible to win a great prize!

Kurtis Cornish, professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, received the University of Nebraska's Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA) for 2011.
http://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/todaysite/sitefiles/today_full.cfm?match=7815

Jim Bruzik was recently appointed as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Jane Gair is the inaugural recipient of the Teaching Award in Medical Sciences at the University of Victoria in the Division of Medical Sciences. 
http://medsci.uvic.ca/news.php

Gary Rosenfeld has assumed the chairmanship of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA).  

Kalyani Premkumar received the Provost’s award for outstanding teaching in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan for 2011.
http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/drupal/?q=node/481  

Senthil Kumar was recently elected as the Secretary/Treasurer of ASPET’s Division of Pharmacology Education and also won the divisions travel award to attend the Experimental Biology meetings this year.

Peggy Kim and Amy Wilson-Delfosse received a 2010 Scholarship in Teaching Award from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for their scholarly approach to the development of “PharmWeb”, an online curriculum designed to introduce first year medical students to fundamental principles of pharmacology. 
http://casemed.case.edu/curricularaffairs/bca.cfm

Welcome to our New Members! (thru March 31, 2011)

Cynthia Long, Palmer College of Chiropractic
David Averill, The Commonwealth Medical College
Jinping Li, Mercer University
Timothy Leonard, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Molly Johannessen, Ross University School of Medicine
Leslie LaConte
Abdelfattah Nour, Purdue University
Helena Carvalho
Ateef Qureshi
Tiffany Alley
Maureen Hall
Elizabeth Walker, West Virginia University
Neill Van Der Linde
Brad Clarke
James Ryan, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Yerko Berrocal Claro, Florida International University
George Dambach, Florida International University
Jenny Fortun, Florida International University
Cindy Funk, Rocky Vista University
David Graham, Florida International University
Maria Cannarozzi
Manette Monroe
John Aris, University of Florida
Pushpa Joseph, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Elfa Shabashvili, Ross University
Makhdoom Khan, Des Monies University
Stephen Sharkady
Noel Blevens, Kansas City University of Medicine
Regina Schoenfeld
Fernando Gomez, University of the Caribean
Thackery Gray, University of the Caribbean
Jeffery Hobden, LSU Health Sci. Center
Sarah McCarty, University of the Caribbean
Ronald Testa, University of the Caribbean

As a reminder!  Please make sure to log into the "members only" area of the IAMSE website to update your personal profile!  If you need assistance, please contact support@iamse.org

The Membership Committee would like to especially thank the following IAMSE members for helping to recruit new IAMSE members!

AMEE Staff
Rick Vari

We sincerely appreciate your efforts in sharing the benefits of IAMSE with your fellow colleagues.

 

 
  Connecting through Meetings ...
 

15th Annual IAMSE Meeting

ONLY 50 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!

"Building Healthcare Professionals in a
Medical Science Curriculum"

June 18-21, 2011
St. Petersburg, FL
St. Petersburg, Hilton Hotel

Follow meeting details at http://iamseconference.org

As we are quickly approaching the meeting, the highly discounted hotel rooms are filling!!  Making sure to make your reservations before the rates increase. - Make your reservations HERE

IAMSE Silent Auction

It is never too early to make your donation to the IAMSE Silent Auction!  Proceeds from this great event help to support faculty and students to attend the IAMSE meeting.  If you would like to make a contribution or have questions about how the Silent Auction works, please email support@iamse.org

 

 
  Connecting through Email Listserv ...
 

The IAMSE Member Only listserv was created as a forum for discussion and as an information source for the members of IAMSE interested in scholarly activity related to research and faculty development in medical science education.  Specifically, this listserv was developed to:

--promote discussion and development related to medical science education;
--facilitate networking among IAMSE members who share common interests or expertise;
--provide an electronic forum for disseminating information about funding and other resources related to medical education development and research  interests.

For details regarding the IAMSE Member Only listserv and to subscribe - please go to: http://www.iamse.org/member/listserv.htm

 
  Connecting through Web Audio Seminars ...
 

Mark your Calendar for the Fall Series

The Fall Series will begin in September 2011 - please watch your email for details!

In case you were unable to particpate in the past seminars - you can always re-listen from the archives. 

Please visit:  iamse.org/development/archive.htm

 

 
  Connecting through Publications ...
 

Medical Science Educator - Library Subscriptions Available

While members of IAMSE have immediate access to all issues of Medical Science Educator your entire institution can have access as well.   Libraries may also purchase institutional access by IP Address so that all of the school's faculty will have immediate access to the Journal without the need of individual passwords or login information.

For more information - Medical Science Educator

 
  Connecting through Committees ...
 

If you would like to become more involved with the activities within IAMSE, you might want to consider joining one of the various committees. To learn more about a committee, please contact the chair listed below:

Professional Development Committee - Aviad Haramatiharamati@georgetown.edu
Membership Committee - Amy Wilson-Delfosse, axw41@case.edu
Publications Committee - Dani McBeth, dmcbeth@med.cuny.edu
Educational Scholarship - Susan Pasquale, susan.pasquale@umassmed.edu
HEAL - John Szarek, Veronica Michaelsen, jszarek@tcmed.org, vmichaelsen@virginia.edu
Public Affairs - Gary Rosenfeld, Gary.C.Rosenfeld@uth.tmc.edu
Web Audio Seminar - Nehad El-Sawi, nelsawi@kcumb.edu

 

 
  Connecting with Other Associations ...
 

28th Annual AACA Meeting

July 12-16, 2011
Columbus, OH
Meeting Website:  AACAMeeting.org

2011 AMEE Meeting

August 27-31, 2011
Vienna Austria
Meeting Website:  AMEE.org

2011 Generalists in Medical Education Conference

November 4-5, 2011
Denver, CO
Meeting Website:  thegeneralists.org

2011 AAMC Meeting

November 4-9, 2011
Denver, CO
Meeting Website:  Click Here

2011 NVMO Meeting

November 17-18, 2011
Eggmond, Netherlands
Meeting Website:  nvmo.nl/english

 
  Connecting with the IAMSE Office ...
 

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