This year, the Professional Development Workshops (PDWS) are offered across five different themes. Participants will receive a Certificate of Workshop Attendance for each workshop completed. Participants who complete two workshops within the same theme will receive a Certificate of Series Attendance listing both workshops and the overarching theme. The themes for the 2026 PDWS are:
- AI in Health Professions Education
- Engaging Students with Coaching and Outreach
- Assessment & Evaluation
- Methods for Health Sciences Education Research
- Integrating Basic Science and Clinical Medicine
Below, we look at the Engaging Students with Coaching and Outreach Professional Development Workshops:
Engaging Students with Coaching and Outreach
Workshop 1: Evidence-Based Coaching Techniques to Help Preclinical Students Through the Learning Paradigm Shift from Memorization to Application
When: Saturday, June 6, 2026, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
Presented by: Richard Gonzalez, Timothy Le, and Jonathan Wisco
The workshop will begin with an introduction to principles of student-centered perspectives to the learning process, and the importance of being cognizant of student potential, skills, and interests, as well as the demographic backgrounds, intersectionalities, and insecurities. Participants in the workshop will be able to define and recognize concepts of dual-processing theory, and how the so-called “curse of knowledge” can contribute to learning and coaching environments.
Workshop 2: Establishing, Sustaining, and Evaluating the Impact of Outreach and Service-Learning on Preclinical Student Professional and Personal Development
When: Saturday, June 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Presented by: Arlin Arias, Richard Gonzalez, Kirsten Porter-Stransky, Carolina restini, Peter Vollbrecht, Tracey Weiler, and Jonathan Wisco
This foundational workshop will help preclinical and clinical instructors understand the importance of outreach/service-learning for preclinical education and learner professional/personal development. Participants will learn how to design service-learning experiences that cultivate professional identity and meaningful community impact. The workshop will introduce practical and straightforward toolkits to align with goals, set up reciprocal partnerships, and track outcomes that participants can use to address their institution’s program(s) impact on preclinical learners and community partners. The participants will then work in small groups with facilitators to address core establishment plans, sustainability elements, and/or evaluation for their program needs.
For more information on both of these Engaging Students with Coaching and Outreach PDWS sessions, including presenter information, key learning objectives, and workshop schedules, click here. (Each PDWs theme has it’s own tab).
All PDWS will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Registration for each workshop will be an additional fee of $140.00 USD during registration. Already registered? You can still add PDWS to your schedule by modifying your registration. To do so, you may click here.
If you have any questions or would like assistance adding a workshop to your schedule, please contact support@iamse.org.
Don’t forget to register before the Early Bird deadline on Friday, April 1 to receive a discount on registration costs!