IAMSE Excellence in Teaching Award Nominations Closing February 28

Excellence in Teaching Awards

Nominations for the 2019 Excellence in Teaching awards will be closing February 28, 2019. Both awards will be presented at the annual meeting in Roanoke, Virginia in June. Since 2007, IAMSE has honored member medical educators with two prestigious awards to recognize and promote teaching excellence and educational scholarship in the medical sciences. Qualified candidates may self-nominate, or be… Read more »

IAMSE to visit #TBLC19 in Tampa, Florida, USA

The 18th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) Meeting will be taking place in Tampa, FL from March 14th-16th, 2019. The IAMSE booth will be present at the conference to exhibit, so if you plan on attending this meeting, do not forget to swing by and say hello! 

Registration for the Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Program is Now Available!

IAMSE is once again pleased to offer the very successful, AMEE-sponsored course: Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME), led by two distinguished educators: Prof. Ronald Harden, University of Dundee and Prof. Aviad Haramati, Georgetown University. The ESME course requires a separate registration and is held on a full day prior to the IAMSE conference, continues… Read more »

#IAMSE19 – Plenary Speaker Highlight: Claudia Krebs

The 2019 IAMSE meeting offers many opportunities for faculty development and networking, and brings medical sciences and medical education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Adapting to the Changing Times in Health Sciences Education. One of our four confirmed keynote speakers is Claudia Krebs from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr…. Read more »

IAMSE Spring 2019 Webinar Series: “Going Lecture Free for Gen Z”

The 2019 IAMSE Spring Webcast Audio Seminar Series is right around the corner! This season will focus on the role of basic science in current medical education. How can basic science instruction continue to fulfill its mission of providing a scientific approach to the practice of medicine? The IAMSE spring series is addressing this question… Read more »

#IAMSE2020A in Kuala Lumpur – Call for Focus Sessions

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for focus sessions for the special, one-day IAMSE conference to be held in conjunction with the 2020 Ottawa Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 28, 2020. The IAMSE conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences… Read more »

IAMSE Spring 2019 Webinar Series: “The Changing Roles of the Basic Science Educator”

The 2019 IAMSE Spring Webcast Audio Seminar Series is right around the corner! This season will focus on the role of basic science in current medical education. How can basic science instruction continue to fulfill its mission of providing a scientific approach to the practice of medicine? The IAMSE spring series is addressing this question by presenting… Read more »

Say Hello to Our Featured Member 2019 Annual Meeting Site Host Rick Vari

Our association is a robust and diverse set of educators, 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… Read more »

IAMSE – 2019 Board of Directors Slate Online

I am pleased to present the Nominating Committee’s slate of candidates for the 2019 election of members for the Board of Directors of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). In accordance with our bylaws, the committee has delivered these names and supporting materials for posting to our website. I now invite you to… Read more »

Registration Now Open for the Spring 2019 Webcast Audio Seminar Series!

Register your institution for the series! or Register yourself for the series! Basic science education in the medical curriculum is facing a challenge. Despite the fact that health science curricula teach foundational science integrated with clinical science, lecture halls are essentially empty and students rely more and more on review books to prepare for USMLE Step 1…. Read more »

#IAMSE19 – Plenary Speaker Highlight: Geoff Talmon

The 2019 IAMSE meeting offers many opportunities for faculty development and networking, and brings medical sciences and medical education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Adapting to the Changing Times in Health Sciences Education. One of our four confirmed keynote speakers is Geoff Talmon from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska,… Read more »