Volume 2 Issue 4 October, 2011
   
  Connecting with Each Other ...



Congratulations to the following IAMSE members:

David Franklin, Ross University School of Medicine, completed the IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship Program (this is a correction from the August newsletter).

Katherine M. Hyland was promoted to Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and received an award for Outstanding Service from the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at University of California, San Francisco.

Deborah Barr received the 2011 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award at New York Chiropractic College.

Paul R. Standley has been promoted to Assistant Dean - Curricular Affairs The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.

Robert G. Carroll was appointed Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs in the Basic Sciences at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.

This summer, Win May stepped down from her position on the Editorial Board of Medical Science Educator. Since 2004 Dr May served the Journal as an Associate Editor reviewing many manuscripts. We want to thank Dr. May for dedicating her valuable time to the growth and development of IAMSE and to our Journal.

Jay Menna, Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas, and founding member of IAMSE and Sandy Cook, Senior Associate Dean, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, have been appointed as new Associate Editors for IAMSE's online journal Medical Science Educator.

Welcome to our New Members! (thru September 30, 2011)

Ann Alexander, University of Kansas
Denah Appelt, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Bruce Benjamin, Oklahoma State University
Susan Cejka, University of South Carolina
Friedo Dekker, Leiden University Medical Center
Eline Dubois, Leiden University
Johnathan Franklin, Oklahoma State University
Regina Gandour-Edwards, Regina Gandour-Edwards
Paul Gobee, Leiden University Medical Center
Ariel Gustavo Scafuri, Universidade Federal do Ceara
Douglas Koch, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Louise Lawson, Tulane University
Hector Lopez, Jefferson Medical College
Hassan Marzban, University of Manitoba
Adriaan Norbart, Leiden University Medical Center
Anthony Paganini, Michigan State University
Alien Riedstra, Leiden University Medical Center
Dawn Shell, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Leslie Sprunger, Leslie Sprunger
Matt Vassar, Matt Vassar

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!

Bob Best
Peter de Jong
Francis Amara

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

 

 
  Connecting through Meetings ...
 

15th Annual IAMSE Meeting

Please let us know if you have any pictures to share from the recent meeting in St. Petersburg. We would love to add them to our collection! To view the pictures from this meeting and all past meetings visit the IAMSE Flickr Site!

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamse_wv

16th Annual IAMSE Meeting

June 23-26, 2012
Portland, OR, USA
Portland Hilton

Follow meeting details at http://iamseconference.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 Winter Series

The Winter Series will begin in January 12, 2012 - 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.

End of October, supplement 21(3S) of Medical Science Educator has been published. This issue is dedicated to the 15th Annual Meeting of IAMSE in St Petersburg, FL, USA, held from June 18-21, 2011. As tradition, we present all the abstracts of the posters that were actually presented at the meeting. In addition, some of the keynote speakers prepared a short article on the topic of their plenary lecture and the two Outstanding Poster Award winners of this year’s meeting present their work. Even if you missed the meeting, this issue might be of great importance to you.

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:


Membership Committee - Amy Wilson-Delfosse, axw41@case.edu
Publications Committee - Dani McBeth, dmcbeth@med.cuny.edu
Educational Scholarship - Susan Pasquale, susan.pasquale@umassmed.edu
Public Affairs - Gary Rosenfeld, Gary.C.Rosenfeld@uth.tmc.edu
Web Audio Seminar - Nehad El-Sawi, nelsawi@kcumb.edu

 

 
  Connecting with Other Associations ...
 

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

2012 TBLC Meeting

March 1-3, 2012
St. Petersburg, Florida
Meeting Website:  http://tblcollaborative.org/2012_tblc_meeting

 
  Connecting with the IAMSE Office ...
 

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