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Say hello to our featured member Mildred Lopez!

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…. Read more »

A Medical Science Educator Article Review From Dr. Inaya Hajj Hussein

This month the IAMSE publications committee review is taken from the article titled “Scoping Review: Research Training During Medical School” 2022 by Heather Murray, Jennifer Peyandak and Melanie Walker. The article will be of interest to all medical educators involved in curricular design and implementation, seeking to find the best approach to promote research training… Read more »

#IAMSE23 Welcomes the University of California’s Michelle Daniel as Third Plenary

The 2023 IAMSE meeting in Cancun, Mexico will offer many opportunities for faculty development and networking to bring health sciences and health education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Teaching & Learning in Health Sciences: Linking Current Theory to Practice. The third of our four plenary speakers is Michelle Daniel from University of… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2023 Session 5 Highlights

[The following notes were generated by Thomas Thesen, Ph.D.] Presenters: Teresa Chan MD (McMaster University, Canada), Satid Thammasitboon MD, MHPE (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) Eric Gantwerker MD, MS, MMSc(MedEd), FACS, AFAMEE (Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA) Card and Board Games for Health Professionals Education The Winter 2023 IAMSE Webinar Seminar Series, titled… Read more »

#IAMSE23 Welcomes Maastricht University’s Anique de Bruin as Second Plenary

The 2023 IAMSE meeting in Cancun, Mexico will offer many opportunities for faculty development and networking to bring health sciences and health education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Teaching & Learning in Health Sciences: Linking Current Theory to Practice. The second of our four plenary speakers is Anique de Bruin from Maastricht… Read more »

#IAMSE23 Welcomes WFME’s Ricardo Leon-Borquez as First Plenary

The 2023 IAMSE meeting in Cancun, Mexico will offer many opportunities for faculty development and networking to bring health sciences and health education across the continuum together. This year’s main topic is Teaching & Learning in Health Sciences: Linking Current Theory to Practice. The first of our four plenary speakers is Ricardo Leon-Borquez, current president… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2023 Session 4 Highlights

[The following notes were generated by Thomas Thesen, Ph.D.] Presenter: Sarah Edwards, BMBS FHEA MSc(MedEd) MSc(PEM) (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, UK) and Michael Cosimini, MD FAAP (Oregon Health and Science University, USA) Card and Board Games for Health Professionals Education The Winter 2023 IAMSE Webinar Seminar Series, titled “Not Just Fun… Read more »

#IAMSE23 Registration is NOW OPEN

We are pleased to announce that registration for the 27th Annual Meeting of IAMSE, to be held June 10 – 13, 2023 in Cancun, Mexico is now open. At this annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) faculty, staff, and students from around the world who are interested in health science… Read more »

IAMSE Winter 2023 Session 3 Highlights

[The following notes were generated by Thomas Thesen, Ph.D.] Presenter: Amy Beresheim, PhD and Adam WilsonPhD (Rush University, USA) Escape Rooms: Breaking Away from the Lull of Lackluster Curricula The Winter 2023 IAMSE Webinar Seminar Series, titled “Not Just Fun & Games: Game-based Learning in Health Professions Education,” had its third session on Thursday, January… Read more »

Don’t Miss These Great IAMSE How-to Guides!

As you may know, IAMSE has published six how-to manuals with several more to come in the next year. New to the series is: A Step-by-Step Guide to Case-Based Collaborative Learning (CBCL). Each manual is available as a digital download and priced at only $15 for IAMSE members. Not an IAMSE member yet? Join here today! A Step-by-Step… Read more »

Edwards and Cosimini to Present “Card and Board Games for Health Professionals Education”

Implementing effective, advanced active learning instructional methods into the classroom can be a challenge for health professions educators. Game-based teaching is a promising and increasingly popular learner-centered teaching approach that stimulates engagement, motivation, and effective learning. The Winter 2023 IAMSE Webinar Series will survey the use and benefit of games in health care education and… Read more »

Say hello to our featured member Jonathan Amiel!

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…. Read more »