Web Seminar Updates
IAMSE Web Audio Seminar Series “Testing your test: Assessing the Quality of Test Items”
Testing Your Test: Assessing the Quality of Test Items Presenter: Veronica Michaelsen March 17, 12 PM ET For an assessment to be an acceptable measure of student learning, it must be a valid and reliable and contain high quality test items. But how can you determine if your assessment makes the grade? Psychometric and item… Read more »
IAMSE Web Audio Seminar Series “Planning for Curriculum Mapping”
Planning for Curriculum Mapping Presenter: Dina Kurzweil March 10, 12 PM ET Curriculum mapping acts as a catalyst for opening up lines of communication among all educators. The use of curriculum mapping encourages leadership, faculty and staff to have conversations within their own department, school, and university, increasing collegiality and breaking down silos. This session… Read more »
IAMSE Web Audio Seminar Series “Instructional Design – Learning Objectives; Backwards Design, Blooms Taxonomy”
Instructional Design – Learning Objectives; Backwards Design, Blooms Taxonomy Presenter: Michelle Yoon March 3, 12 PM ET It is often said that medicine and healthcare is both a science and an art. Likewise, teaching is often referred to as both a science and an art, and the same can said specifically in reference to teaching in… Read more »
IAMSE 2016 Spring Audio Seminar Series Registration Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2016 Spring Audio Seminar Series is now open! Sessions begin Thursday, March 3 at 12 PM ET. Curriculum Design and Evaluation Curriculum development and evaluation in the modern health sciences environment poses many challenges from the perspective of course developers. Faculty members face an ever-increasing demand… Read more »
IAMSE Web Audio Seminar “How to Publish Your Results”
How to Publish Your Results Presenter: Peter de Jong February 4, 12 PM ET In publishing scholarly work, there are several opportunities available to present your results to a specific audience. One way of sharing your results is presenting at conferences on medical education. These conferences can be found at a national as well as… Read more »
IAMSE Web Audio Seminar “How to Find Funding for your Educational Research”
How to Find Funding Presenter: Jane Dumsha January 28, 12 PM ET One barrier to research is the attainment of funding resources to launch and continue quality studies. This session will outline resources for the early stages of research and provide guidance for grant proposal preparation, if it is determined that external funding is needed…. Read more »
IAMSE Winter Audio Seminar “How to do Educational Research”
How to do Educational Research Presenter: David Yens January 21, 12 PM ET What is educational research in medical and health professions education? What types of research are conducted? What methods are used? These will be illustrated with examples from the literature. Following a brief review of these topics, an example of the educational research… Read more »
IAMSE Winter Audio Seminar “How to Get Started in Educational Research”
How to Get Started Presenter: Grace Brannan January 14, 12 PM ET This session will introduce the audience to the basics of medical education research and scholarly work. We will discuss topics that can be studied or reported, best practices and challenges, and things to consider before engaging in medical education research. We will illustrate… Read more »
IAMSE Web Seminar “Overview of the Status and Future Direction”
Overview of the Status and Future Direction Presenter: Geoff Norman January 7, 12 PM ET Medical education research is a relatively new field, which can trace its origins precisely to a group in Buffalo, NY, led by George Miller in the 1950s. These individuals came from diverse backgrounds, with virtually no relevant prior academic achievement…. Read more »
Registration Now Open for the 2016 Winter Audio Seminar Series
Registration is now open for Winter 2016 Audio Seminar Series! Sessions start on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Research in Health Sciences Education As health scientists and clinicians, we approach bench and bedside research in logical steps: define questions, plan approaches, fund projects, gather and analyze data, and publish results. As health science educators, our responsibility to our… Read more »
IAMSE – Winter Web Seminar Series: Research in Health Sciences Education
IAMSE is pleased to announce the Winter 2016 Web Seminar! Research in Health Sciences Education As health scientists and clinicians, we approach bench and bedside research in logical steps: define questions, plan approaches, fund projects, gather and analyze data, and publish results. As health science educators, our responsibility to our students is to be as… Read more »