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#IAMSE23 Registration is NOW OPEN

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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 education join together in faculty development and networking opportunities. Sessions on curriculum development, assessment, and simulation are among the common topics available at the meeting.

Featured plenary speakers include Professor Kara Caruthers (Meharry Medical College, USA), Dr. Michelle Daniel (University of California San Diego School of Medicine, USA), Dr. Anique de Bruin (Maastricht University, The Netherlands), and Dr. Ricardo Leon-Borquez (World Federation for Medical Education).

Additional meeting details and registration can be found at www.iamseconference.org.

Register for #IAMSE23 Today!

#IAMSECafe Archives

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IAMSE Cafe Virtual Sessions

9/2/2025 – IAMSE Virtual Forum Preview with Demidmaa Tuvdendorj & Amy Stone
8/19/2025 – Ambassadors Part 2 with Di Eley, Elisabeth Schlegel, & Sireesha Bala
7/15/2025 – How Educators Are Using AI with Youngjin Cho & Khiet Ngo
7/1/2025 – Foundations Course with Amber Heck & Aviad Haramati
6/3/2025 – Ambassadors with Di Eley, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan & Kevlian Andrew
5/20/2025 Conflict Management with Greg Pennington & Carolyn Humphrey
5/6/2025 Implementation of Self-Directed Learning with Fomba Kanneh, Alena Wade, & Jessica Milner
4/15/2025 Professionalism with Dr. Michelle Carroll-Turpin & Kristin Kassaw
4/1/2025 Coaching in Medical Education with Dr. Rachelle Curcio & Chris Burkett
3/18/2025 2025 Interprofessionalism with Jeevan Diwakaran & Lydia Aguilera
3/4/2025 2025 Conference Preview with Samuel Ikonne
2/18/2025 Academic Advising – Best Practices (Panel) with Tahnee Netro & Mercy Azeke
2/4/2025 Mandatory Attendance/Non-Mandatory Attendance with Chasity O’Malley
1/21/2025 ASME Introduction with Chasity O’Malley
1/7/2025 Career Pathway for Medical Educators with Katie Huggett
12/17/2024 End of Year Celebration with Tameka Clemons
12/3/2024 Medical Laboratory Science: The Profession that Supports Most Health Care Decisions with Deepak Sharma, Bei Zhang, John Gerlach, Kathleen Hoag, and Rachel Morris
11/5/2024 IAMSE Virtual Forum Wrap Up with Katie Huggett and Leah Sheridan
10/15/2024 IAMSE – Foundations Course with Chasity O’Malley and Amber Heck (RESCHEDULED)
10/1/2024 How to Support Struggling Students with Tameka Clemons and Dawn Shell
9/17/2024 Wellness for Faculty and Staff with Falicia Harvey and Jeff Fritz
9/3/2024 IM-REACH with Chasity O’Malley and Alice Fornari
8/20/2024 A Conversation IAMSE 2024 Career Awardees Dr. Leah Sheridan and Dr. Jorge Cervantes with Pushparaj Shetty, Leah Sheridan, and Jorge Cervantes
8/6/2024 Wellness for Students with Rakhi Negi, Samiksha Prasad, and Aishwarya Aiyer
6/4/2024 Third Party Resources – Who to Trust? with Chasity O’Malley, Atsusi Hirumi, and Harold Bell 
4/16/2024 Effect of Curricular Refresh and Renewal on Students with Jonathan Wisco and Anna Blenda
4/9/2024 Effect of Curricular Reform on Faculty with Kathryn Huggett and Gary Smith
3/26/2024 IAMSE 2024 Conference Promo with Rakhi Negi and Kim Dahlman
3/5/2024 It isn’t “self-directed” anymore if you have to direct it, or is it? with Jonathan Wisco
2/20/2024 Impact of Research on Undergraduate Medical Education with Tameka Clemons
2/6/2024 Do I need a mentor or a coach? Exploring faculty development resources to support professional growth with Kathryn Huggett
1/30/2024 Annual Goal Setting and Accountability Check-In Session with Rakhi Negi and Chasity O’Malley
1/16/2024 Winter Solstice Book Club with Chasity O’Malley
12/19/2023 End of Year Celebration with all Cafe hosts
12/5/2023 Clerkship Readiness After Step 1 P/F with John Folk
11/21/2023 Lessons Learned During the IAMSE Virtual Forum with Ian Murray
11/7/2023 A Futurist’s Perspective on Medical Education with Denise Kay
10/17/2023 Early Career Award with Rakhi Negi                                                                                      10/03/2023 Professionalism with Chasity O’Malley                                                                                          9/19/23 Accreditation Standards Around DEI with Rakhi Negi
9/5/23 Foundational Sciences vs. Basic Science Factoids with Wendy Lackey Cornelison and Neil Osheroff
8/15/23 How to Distinguish Students After Step 1 P/F with Dr. Dave Harris (chat description)
8/1/23 Tips for Getting Students to Buy in to Active Learning with Tameka Clemons
6/20/23 I23 Recap with Wendy Lackey Cornelison and Amber Heck
5/16/23  Overcommitement with Chasity O’Malley                                                                                          5/2/23  KNN with Dr. Dave Harris, Sarah Williams, Joelle Worm                                                                  4/18/23 Imposter Syndrome with Wendy Lackey Cornelison                                                                             3/21/23 IAMSE 2023 Annual Conference Preview with Amber Heck                                                                3/7/23 Curriculum Refresh with Jon Wisco  
2/21/23 What Does Research Mean to Undergraduate Medical Education? with Rakhi Negi
2/7/23 What are You Reading This Winter? with Katie Huggett
1/17/2023 Foundational Competencies with Lisa Howley and Eric Holmboe
*If you would like to give feedback on this initiative please fill out the form here or email CBME@aamc.org
12/20/2022 End-of-Year Celebrations with Jon Wisco
11/15/2022 Best Practices for Preparing a Successful Grant Proposal for the IAMSE Educational Scholarship and Curriculum Innovation Grants with Amanda Chase, Amber Heck, and Algevis Wrench
11/1/2022 Should I Stay or Should I Go? When Your Next Career Move is Somewhere Else with Katie Huggett
10/18/2022 The Aquifer Sciences Curriculum Database: A Collaborative Development between the IAMSE community and Aquifer with David Harris and Dr. Tracy Fulton
10/4/2022 Sharable Open Education Resources (OER) With ScholarRx with David Harris
9/20/2022 Mitigating Implicit Bias in Medical School Curricula with Jacqueline Powell and Jayne Reuben
9/6/2022 Early Career Award Winner with Jaya Yoda
8/16/22 Toolkits for Medical Science Educators: A Resource for Professional Development and an Opportunity for Scholarship with Nicole Deming, Amber Heck and Jon Wisco
8/2/22 Moving Up in MedEd with Christina DeLucia and Diana Lautenberger
7/19/22 Summer Reading with Chasity O’Malley – Chat Log
6/21/22 IAMSE 2022 Meeting Recap with Kelly Quesnelle
5/3/22 Mentoring in Health Professions Education with Alice Fornari and Darshana Shah
4/19/22 How to Make the Most of Conference Attendance with Heather Christensen
4/5/22 #IAMSE22 Annual Meeting Preview with Maria Sheakley
3/15/22 Third Party Resources with Kelly Quesnelle
3/1/22 Assessment Styles with Jon Wisco
2/15/22 What is the Optimal Timing of Course Evals? with Jon Wisco
2/1/22 Maintaining Professionalism Through Fatigue with Wendy Lackey
1/18/22 Practical Tips for Connecting With Students with Jon Wisco
1/4/22 The Changing Landscape of MedEd with Adi Haramati, Giulia Bonaminio, Frazier Stevenson, Amy Wilson-Delfosse, and Neil Osheroff
12/7/21 IAMSE New Member Meet and Greet with Kelly Quesnelle
11/16/21 Technology in Health Sciences Education During COVID-19: Gains, Losses, and Transformations with Poh Sun Goh and Sol Roberts-Lieb
11/2/21 IAMSE Fellowship and ESME at IAMSE with Adi Haramti, Amber Heck and Amanda Chase
10/19/21 IAMSE Ambassador Program: Global perspectives on medical and science education with Claudio Cortes and Joseph Grannum
10/5/21 Teaching and Incorporating the Health Humanities with Alice Fornari2/2/21 To teach, or not to teach (to the test), that is the question with Jon Wisco
9/21/21 Open Forum to Discuss Basic Science in the Clinical Years with Kelly Quesnelle
9/7/21 Meaningful, Sustainable Transdisciplinary Collaboration: What would it look like? with Atsusi Hirumi
8/17/21 Opportunities for Health Sciences Education in One Health with Margaret McNulty and Rebecca Lufler
8/3/21 Evaluations of Our Teaching with Wendy Lackey
7/20/21 Incorporating Telehealth Into Basic Science Education with Jon Wisco
7/6/21 Virtual Simulations with Jon Wisco
6/1/21 The State of Medical Educators in Developing Nations with Sylvia Olivares and Smart Mbagwu
5/18/21 Building bridges between health science educators from diverse programs with Jennifer Lamberts, Jayne Reuben, and Jonathan Wisco
5/4/21 Outreach Programs with Kelly Quesnelle
4/20/21 The New Horizon of (Medical) Education with Cafe Hosts
4/6/21 IAMSE 2021 Annual Conference Preview with Mark Hernandez
3/16/21 Career impacts of the COVID Year with Lisa Coplitt
3/2/21 Conducting and Disseminating Medical Education Scholarship
2/16/21 The paradigm shift implications on courses and curricula as a result of moving to pass/fail USMLE Step 1 with Doug Gould
1/19/21 The Basic Sciences and the Medical Humanities: An Integrative Approach with Hedy Wald. Suggested reading and faculty development opportunities discussed during the call.
1/5/21 Best Practices for Mentoring with an Eye and Ear Toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice with Heather Christensen
12/15/20 Unconventional Teaching Methods with Jon Wisco
12/1/20 Resiliency with the IAMSE Cafe hosts
11/17/20 Learning During and From a Crisis: The Student-Led Development of an online COVID-19 Curriculum with Abby Schiff and Katie Shaffer
Links from the conversation during this session can be found below.
11/3/20 Teaching Race and Medicine: Unlearning what we think we know with Staci Leisman
Links from the conversation during this session can be found here.
10/20/20 The future of education programs for residents and medical students with Lourdes Lopez
10/6/20 Technology and Education with Edgar Herrera Bastida
9/15/20 Team-Based Learning in the Virtual Environment with Drs. Raihan Jumat, Irene Lee and Peiyan Wong
9/1/20 Networking 102 – Networking Outside the Box with Kelly Quesnelle
8/27/20 Mentoring to Make a Difference with Katie Huggett – Literature references can be found here.
8/13/20 IAMSE Ambassadors – Pakistan, Australia, and Finland with Di Eley and Yawar Hyatt Khan
7/23/20 The Disappearing Pathology Instructor with Amy Lin and Regina Kreisle
7/9/20 Partnering with medical students to discover educational solutions for on-line learning with Emily Bird
6/25/20 The Future of Medical Education Conferences: What SHOULD it look like? with Bonny Dickinson
6/11/20 Communities of Practice in a Virtual World with James Pickering
5/28/2020 IAMSE Ambassadors – Mexico, China, Caribbean with Raul Barroso, Sateesh Arja and Zhimin Jia
5/21/2020 Faculty Development in the COVID-19 Era with Alice Fornari
5/14/2020 Evolving Anatomical Education during the COVID pandemic: What will this mean for the future of anatomy teaching? with Jon Wisco, Richard Gonzalez and Lane Fortney
5/7/2020 COVID-19 and the New Medical School with Amber Heck and Michael Lee
4/30/2020 MedEd Equity During COVID-19 with Heather Christensen
4/23/2020 IAMSECafe Welcomes Medical Science Educator EIC with Peter de Jong
4/16/2020 Q&A with the IAMSE President with Neil Osheroff
4/14/2020 MedEd Mailbag: Free Resources During COVID-19 with Kelly Quesnelle. Resources discussed and shared during this session can be found below.
4/9/2020 How Re-thinking and Re-designing Anatomy Instruction Into the Online Space Can Lead to Better Classroom and Cadaver Lab Learning Experiences with Jon Wisco
4/7/2020 MedEd Mailbag: Being Productive in Your Own Space with Kelly Quesnelle
4/2/2020 Leading by Example: Practicing Self-care in a Time of Crisis with Adi Haramati
3/31/2020 MedEd Mailbag: The Virtual Teacher with Kelly Quesnelle

 

Resources for Educators During COVID-19

Harvard Medical School Medical Student COVID-19 Curriculum
One of the greatest difficulties facing everyone nowadays is a lack of clarity about what is going on and what lies ahead. We students especially feel a need to deepen our knowledge of the situation, as we are often viewed as resources by our friends and family. However, it soon became clear how challenging it was to process the wealth of information coming our way. A team of us at Harvard Medical School set out to quickly collate and synthesize accurate information about the pandemic to share with those who do not have the time or resources to research it themselves.
Additional resources include Curriculum for Kids, an article written by the team discussing the curriculum, and an opportunity to give direct feedback to the developers.

AAMC COVID-19 Resource Hub
The AAMC continues to monitor guidance from federal, state, and local health agencies as it relates to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Find information and updates from AAMC on this emerging global health concern.

Acland Anatomy
Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors.

MedEd Portal Virtual Resources
This collection features peer-reviewed teaching resources that can be used for distance learning, including self-directed modules and learning activities that could be converted to virtual interactions. As always, the resources are free to download and free for adaptation to local settings. The collection will be reviewed and updated regularly.

BlueLink Anatomy
From the University of Michigan Medical School

Aquifer
Aquifer is offering free access to 146 Aquifer signature cases, WISE-MD (Surgery), and WISE-OnCall (Readiness for Practice) through June 30, 2020, to all current Aquifer institutional subscribers in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Kaplan iHuman
With i-Human Patients, students experience safe, repeatable, fully-graded clinical patient encounters on their devices anywhere, anytime.

Online MedEd
The unprecedented COVID‐19 crisis has upended the medical and medical education landscape. Our aim during this difficult and confusing time is to support you with what we do best—concise, high–yield videos to help you get up to speed efficiently and effectively—so you can feel confident with however you’re being called on to adjust.

ScholarRX Bricks
In response to a request for assistance from a partner medical school impacted by COVID-19, ScholarRx has agreed to make its Rx Bricks program available at no cost to M2 students for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year. This comprehensive, online resource can assist schools in implementing contingency plans necessitated by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Osmosis
You can raise the line by training healthcare workers who don’t have experience treating COVID-19. Encourage healthcare workers you know to complete this free CME course on COVID-19 so they’re prepared to fight the virus.

AnatomyZone
Top-quality anatomy videos, all for free.

Harvard Macy
Crowdsourced List of Online Teaching Resources Collated by the Harvard Macy Institute (@HarvardMacy)

Anatomy Connected

Chronicle of Higher Education

Dartmouth SOM Interactive Rad/Anatomy

Firecracker
We understand some of the unique challenges you are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, as a company, are putting together resources to help you keep up with your courses as well as stay up to date with the latest research and evidence-based practices for addressing this new coronavirus.

LWW Health Library

Bates’ Visual Guide

5 Minute Consult
Primary health care is important to everyone, and now more than ever it’s important that you have access to evidence-based diagnostic and treatment content. To help you with caring for all of your patients, we are offering 30-day free access to 5MinuteConsult.com. Use code 5MC30DayAccess73173 to sign up.

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

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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 month’s Featured Member is our 2019 annual meeting site host, IAMSE President Rick Vari.



Rick Vari, PhD
Professor & Senior Dean for Academic Affairs
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Why was the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine the right choice for the 2019 IAMSE meeting?
We are the right choice for the meeting this year because we did a fabulous conference several years ago and we were already in the queue for a future IAMSE meeting. We had some scheduling issues with our original site for 2019 and we were able to step in and fill the void. We have a wonderful hotel site (at the Hotel Roanoke), and the people who came from all across North America for the Collaborating Across Borders V: An American-Canadian Dialogue on Interprofessional Healthcare and Practice, in 2015 really enjoyed it. As a relatively new medical school, we are excited about continuing our growing success in medical education; hosting the IAMSE meeting is a real honor for us.

What opportunities will attendees see in Roanoke that they’ve not seen in years past?
Roanoke is a beautiful city to have a conference. We’ve localized the venue, which is a major goal for IAMSE. Attendees and exhibitors will appreciate the layout of the conference site. We are adjacent to the Roanoke Market Square with restaurants, breweries, and shopping featuring local items. There are just lots of opportunities for networking and entertainment. The program is outstanding with presentations and sessions on current and future challenges facing health sciences educators. International abstract submission is up, so more colleagues from other parts of the world may be attending. Increased student participation will be another highlight. This year, IAMSE is also hosting a Taste of Roanoke Street Fair which will replace the annual gala dinner. IAMSE 2019 is going to be a very easy conference to attend. If you can stay for the Grand Extravaganza on Tuesday afternoon it is going to be very special with a hiking trip to a beautiful location on the Blue Ridge Parkway and a visit to the Ballast Point brewery (East Coast operation) for dinner. 

Can you tell me more about this new event?
We are blocking off the Market Square in downtown Roanoke. We will have tastes of local food, beverages, and music. This is a chance to interact in a casual fun setting with lots of local food and a live band! It’s going to be a lot of fun.

What session or speaker are you most looking forward to this year?
I’m looking forward to, of course, the Board of Directors and Committee Chairs meeting.  I’ve enjoyed being president and interacting with the Board and Committee Chairs in this planning session provides IAMSE with a sense of solid direction.  The plenary sessions also look very strong. I’m interested in the Gen Z session (Generation Z: The New Kids on the Block) and How to Use Disruptive Technology to Make Education Better – Not Just Different.

It sounds likes there is much to look forward to this year. Anything else you’d like to share?
The local response from the other medical schools in the area in support of the IAMSE meeting in Roanoke has been very strong.  As a new school, this is a tremendous opportunity for us and the other medical schools in the area to get better acquainted.

To learn more about the 2019 IAMSE Annual Meeting, including the plenary speakers, workshops and networking opportunities, or to register, please visitwww.IAMSEconference.org.

Reserve your spot before March 15 to ensure the Early Bird Discount!

IAMSE at GRIPE 2019 in New Orleans

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The IAMSE booth will be exhibiting at the annual winter meeting of the Group for Research in Pathology Education (GRIPE) in New Orleans, LA on January 24-26, 2019. IAMSE Association Manager Julie Hewett will also be delivering a pre-conference workshop titled, “Using Social Media to Disseminate Your Scholarly Work.” If you plan on attending this meeting, don’t miss this session and do not forget to swing by the IAMSE booth and say hello!

Information on the GRIPE Meeting can be found here. We look forward to seeing you there!

Registration for the 23rd Annual IAMSE Meeting is Now Open!

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We are pleased to announce that registration for the 23rd Annual Meeting of IAMSE, to be held June 8-11, 2019 in Roanoke, VA, USA, 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 medical science education join together in faculty development and networking opportunities. Sessions on curriculum development, assessment and simulation are among the common topics available at the annual meetings.


Featured plenary speakers include Don Cleveland, Claudia Krebs, Craig Lenz and Geoff Talmon.


Additional meeting details and registration can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org.

Ochsenbein to Present for Week 2 of IAMSE Fall 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series!

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Environmental Crisis and Disasters…
Surviving the Storm and After

By Sean Ochsenbein, MD, MBA

We are excited to welcome Dr. Sean Ochsenbein, Chief Medical Officer at Ballad Health, who will present Environmental Crisis and Disasters…Surviving the Storm and After at 12:00 PM EDT Thursday, September 11, for the second week of the IAMSE 2025 Fall Webcast Audio Seminar Series titled “Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After.”

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent health consequences of environmental disasters.

Learn More About the Fall 2025 Series

The full IAMSE Fall 2025 WAS schedule can be found on the website.

Sean Ochsenbein, MD, MBA

Environmental Crisis and Disasters…
Surviving the Storm and After

Presenters: Sean Ochsenbein, MD, MBA, Ballad Health
Session Date &Time: September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Session Description: A first-hand perspective of navigating the Hurricane Helene disaster and it’s related distruption on healthcare in the Appalachian region.

Register Today!
IAMSE 2025 Fall WAS FAQ
As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE! 
If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

IAMSE CoG Meetings – September 2025

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IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Three IAMSE CoGs will be meeting in September! The AI CoG, CORE CoG, and Nutrution and Health Promotion CoG will all meet on Zoom. Below are the details for each meeting.

AI CoG

The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EDT on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Due to the Labor Day holiday in the United States on Monday, September 1, this meeting will take place a week later than usual. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

To join the September AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 897 1837 0101
Passcode: 511007

CORE CoG

The Community Outreach, Research, and Engagement (CORE) CoG meeting will take place at 3:00 PM EDT on Monday, September 15, 2025. CORE CoG meetings then take place regularly on the second Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM ET, and the second Monday of the month at 11:00 AM ET every other month. The CORE CoG is led by Peter Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise.

To join the September CORE CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 878 6039 0726
Passcode: 159759

Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG

The Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting will take place at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meetings take place quarterly (March, June, September, December) on the fourth Wednesday of that month at 12:00 PM ET. For more information on the Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG and how to join, contact CoG leaders Jana Simmons (simmjana@msu.edu) or Kearney Gunsalas (gunsalus@uga.edu).

To join the September Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 826 5969 3840
Passcode: 994588

For more information on these CoGs and the other active IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Cois and Hampshire to Launch IAMSE Fall 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series!

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Are We There Yet? Climate Change
and Health in Medical Education

By Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS
Karly Hampshire, MD

We are excited to welcome Dr. Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor at Oregon Health Science University, and Dr. Karly Hampshire, Resident Physician at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who will present Are We There Yet? Climate Change and Health in Medical Education at 12:00 PM EDT Thursday, September 4, to begin the IAMSE 2025 Fall Webcast Audio Seminar Series titled “Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After.”

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent health consequences of environmental disasters.

Learn More About the Fall 2025 Series

The full IAMSE Fall 2025 WAS schedule can be found on the website.

Below we look at the first week’s presentation:

Adran Cois, MD, MBBS (left), and Karly Hampshire, MD (right).

Are We There Yet? Climate Change
and Health in Medical Education

Presenters: Adrian Cois, MD, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health Science University
Karly Hampshire, MD, Resident Physician, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Session Date &Time: September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Session Description: Join us for an engaging session on the integration of climate health and sustainability content in medical education. We will trace the evolution of the climate and health movement within medical training over the past decade and explore strategies for embedding this content in undergraduate and graduate curricula. This session will also spotlight the transformative role of trainee advocacy in driving curricular change and shaping a more sustainable future for healthcare.

Register Today!
IAMSE 2025 Fall WAS FAQ
As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE! 
If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

Registration Now OPEN for the IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that registration for our fourth annual Virtual Forum is now open! Join us October 22-24, 2025, as we host lightning talks, ignite talks, and more! The theme for the Virtual Forum is:

A Global Vision for Health Education: Empowering an International Community of Educators

The IAMSE Virtual Forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading health professions sciences curricula around the world. Participants include students & trainees, basic scientists, providers, clinicians, and other faculty from across various healthcare and educational disciplines. We specifically encourage junior faculty, postdocs, and students to participate in the forum!

Additional details and registration can be found at www.IAMSEForum.org, as well as more information on speakers and sessions through your email. Keep an eye on your inbox. Looking forward to meeting you at the forum!

Thank you,
Demidmaa Tuvdendorj
Chair, IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum
On behalf of the IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Program Committee

Register Today!

Last Call* #IAMSE26 Focus Sessions Due September 1, 2025

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As a final reminder, the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for Focus Sessions for their 30th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held at the Marriott Augusta Convention Center in Augusta, Georgia, USA, June 6-9, 2026. The IAMSE Conference offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together educators from across the continuum of health sciences education. The theme of the IAMSE 2026 Conference is Flourishing Through Change: Adaptability, Innovation, and Growth in Health Sciences.

The purpose of a 90-minute Focus Session is to “focus in” on a specific topic in a small group interactive discussion format. Based on previous years, group size might vary between 10-70 individuals. The exact format for the session is at the discretion of the session leader(s), as long as not more than one-third of the time is being used for formal presentation and the remainder of the time is used for interaction, active learning in small groups, and discussion. The Program Committee welcomes a wide spectrum of submissions, such as multi-institutional and inter-professional collaborations and presenter teams consisting of junior and senior faculty and students. 

All abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission form found here.

Submission Deadline is September 1, 2025.

Abstract acceptance notifications will be sent by November 1, 2025. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.

We hope to see you in Augusta next year!

Thank you,
Will Brooks
Chair, IAMSE 2026 Program Committee

Submit a Focus Session Abstract

Check out the Free IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series Archives!

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The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that the archives for “Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Professions Education,” the 2024 Fall series of the Webcast Audio Seminar are now online!

The Webcast Audio Seminar archives are located on the IAMSE website under the Events heading as Web Seminars. Here, you will be able to search the archives or browse by year and series.

View the Archives for FREE!

In addition, registration for the 2025 Fall series is OPEN! This series, entitled, “Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education… Surviving the Storm and After”, will begin September 4. For more information on the 2025 Fall series, and to register, click here.

If you have any issues accessing the archives, please let us know at support@iamse.org.

Reminder* Registration is OPEN for the Fall 2025 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

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Climate emergencies have the potential to reshape disease patterns, disrupt health‑care systems, and widen health inequities. Recognizing this context, the Fall 2025 IAMSE Webinar Series, Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After, brings together educators and clinicians who have navigated extreme weather, rebuilt disrupted institutions, and embedded planetary‑health competencies into educational programs. Across five sessions, the series will examine how those in health professions education can prepare learners to care for patients and the planet amid accelerating environmental change.

As a reminder, join us this Fall to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent the health consequences of environmental disasters.

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.

Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education… Surviving the Storm and After

More Information About the Series

Join us for each one-hour session beginning Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12 PM EDT. Sessions in the Fall 2025 series include:

  • September 4, 12:00 PM EDT – Are We There Yet? Climate Change and Health in Medical Education, presented by Adrian Cois, Oregon Health Science University, and Karla Hampshire, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • September 11, 12:00 PM EDT – Environmental Crisis and Disasters…Surviving the Storm and After, presented by Sean Ochsenbein, Ballad Health
  • September 18, 12:00 PM EDT – Challenges in Rebuilding: Lessons Learned after Major Storms, presented by Julie Taylor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University
  • September 25, 12:00 PM EDT- Educating for Change: Education’s Role in Addressing the Climate and Health Crisis, presented by Jyoti Mishra, University of California San Diego, Arianne Teherani, University of California San Francisco and University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity
  • October 2, 12:00 PM EDT – Preparing Physicians for Planetary Change, presented by James Irlam, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences

More information about each of these sessions and presenters will be sent out a week before each session. Keep an eye on your inbox!

Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.

Register Today!

As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE!

If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.

Say Hello to our Featured Member Amin Shah!

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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. This month’s Featured Member is Amin Shah.

Amin Shah, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Translational Neuroscience
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

How long have you been a member of IAMSE?
I have been a member of IAMSE since 2021.

Looking at your time with the Association, what have you most enjoyed doing? What are you most looking forward to?
I have enjoyed connecting with dedicated medical educators from around the world during the annual conferences, learning from their expertise and experience in the medical education. I also value the virtual sessions and forums that cover important and current topics, helping me expand my knowledge and stay up to date with the evolving field of medical education topics. I look forward to more opportunities and resources that IAMSE offers and feel privileged to serve on its committees.

What interesting things are you working on outside of the Association right now?
Outside of IAMSE, I engage in teaching and learning, serving in institutional committees, and conducting medical education research. I am excited about my current research, which explores how medical students develop dispositional learning skills during the preclerkship phase of undergraduate MD curriculum. 

As a member of the IAMSE Membership Committee, what do you most enjoy about being a part of that?
It has been a rewarding experience serving on the IAMSE Membership Committee. I enjoyed our regular committee meetings where we discussed strategies and initiatives to engage members, create new opportunities, and welcome medical and health professionals from around the world to IAMSE in an inclusive and supportive way. As a member of the committee, I was able to learn from the dynamic team of the membership committee and grow professionally and personally.

Anything else that you would like to add?
IAMSE is a welcoming and vibrant professional society. I am proud to remain an active member and support its mission and vision wherever I can.

IAMSE CoG Meetings – August 2025

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IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.

Two IAMSE CoGs will be meeting in August! The AI CoG, and the LGBTQ+ CoG will both meet on Zoom. Below are the details for each meeting.

AI CoG

The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.

To join the August AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 897 1837 0101
Passcode: 511007

LGBTQ+ CoG

The LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG meeting will take place on Zoom at 12:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 14, 2025. The next LGBTQ+ meeting will be in November. For more information on the LGBTQ+ Community in Health Professions Education CoG, contact Cory Gerwe at gerwecd@odu.edu.

To join the August LGBTQ+ CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 891 0015 9051
Passcode: 593328

IAMSE Manuals Available for Purchase: New Manual Available!

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As you may know, IAMSE has published nine how-to manuals with several more to come in the next year. New to the series is: Leveraging and Assessing Student Thinking. Each manual is available as a digital download and priced at only $15 for IAMSE members. Not an IAMSE member yet? Join here today!

Leveraging and Assessing Student Thinking. This manual examines eliciting and interpreting student thinking in medical education, helps medical educators practice what it means to teach in a learner-centered way by leveraging student thinking, and provides practical examples of how to elicit and interpret or assess student thinking. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How to Provide Authentic Feedback in Medical Education. This manual provides a quick reference guide to assist educators in providing authentic feedback, how to address feedback in pre-clinical and clinical situations, and the benefits of two-way feedback in improving instruction. This manual is a collective effort between medical educators designed to ensure authentic feedback is structured for both the learner and the learning environment.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Best Practices for Acknowledging & Addressing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities. This manual is an instructional guide to provide healthcare educators with best practices for acknowledging and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD) in medical education. As a collaborative effort written by both medical students and educators, this manual examines the impact of race, racism, and ethnic biases on medical care and health outcomes. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Case-Based Collaborative Learning (CBCL). CBCL combines elements from team-, case- and problem-based based learning using a flipped classroom model. This book presents a detailed “how to” guide on how to create CBCL classroom materials, how to facilitate vivid discussions, and how to support students and faculty in a CBCL curriculum. While originally developed in context of undergraduate medical education, the CBCL method is of interest to anyone in higher education that values flipped classroom methods and discussion-based teaching.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Mentoring in Health Professions Education. This IAMSE Manual defines the field of academic medicine as highly dependent on finding and relating to mentors at virtually every career stage. It describes and analyzes successful mentor/mentee relationships, examines personal experiences, as well as a data-driven approach, to explore the many different roles and perspectives on mentoring relationships and ultimately the mentoring culture. The editors look at the data with respect to the success of different mentoring strategies and diverse programs.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
Rubrics – A tool for feedback and assessment viewed from different perspectives. This IAMSE Manual describes how to use rubrics in higher education, especially in the highly specialized health sciences education setting. The book provides a conceptual framework, practices and a series of checklists that educators can use to design their own rubrics for a variety of situations and content. It highlights varying perspectives, from teachers, students, educational advisors, and curriculum managers, while providing practical tips for developing and using rubrics. 

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning. This “How-To” Guide for Team-Based Learning is a manual that provides an overview of the fundamental components TBL and serves as a blueprint for instructors considering using this technique. The manual also identifies factors that will facilitate or sabotage a successful implementation of TBL. Authored by Ruth Levine and Patricia Hudes, both internationally recognized experts in the field of TBL.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Active Learning. This manual is a compilation of teaching strategies in active learning to adapt to your own large group settings. Each chapter is a specific description of a strategy written by authors who are experienced in using the strategy in a classroom environment with students. The Manual chapters are designed to be accessible and practical to the reader. The manual is edited by Alice Fornari and Ann Poznanski.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.
How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning Japanese Translation. IAMSE is proud to announce that we now have a Japanese translation of this “How-To” guide! The How-To Guide for Team-Based Learning was authored by Ruth Levine and Patricia Hudes and translated by Yukari Igarashi,  Mariko Iida, Yoko Shimpuku, Yoichiro Miki, and Hiromi Seo.

Available for only $15 USD for IAMSE members.

Manuals are also available for purchase on the Springer website here in paperback or digital editions. Please note that all IAMSE manuals are for individual use only.

Last Call* IAMSE 2025 Virtual Forum Lightning Talk Abstracts

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Don’t miss your chance to submit a Lightning Talk abstract for the fourth IAMSE Virtual Forum to be held October 22-24, 2025! The IAMSE Virtual Forum is an entirely virtual synchronous event offering opportunities for faculty and student development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of healthcare education.

IAMSE Virtual Forum Info

Lightning Talks are short 7-minute live presentations followed by 7-minutes of questions and answers that will provide presenters a chance to share their work, including works in process. Abstracts for Lightning Talks must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site here.

The submission deadline is July 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM EDT.

There is no limit on the number of abstracts you may submit, but it is unlikely that more than one presentation per presenter can be accepted due to scheduling complexities. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned in September 2025. Please contact support@iamse.org for any questions about your submission.
 
Looking forward to seeing you virtually this October!

Submit Your Abstract Today!

Congratulations to the 2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort

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As the leads of the IM-REACH Mentoring Program, we would like to congratulate those who have completed the program this year.
 
Mentoring students, postdocs, and faculty and guiding their work is crucial for their success in diverse career paths that encompass leadership, clinical and educational roles. The IM-REACH Mentoring Program is a scholarly professional development program that prepares participants for diverse roles as leaders of mentoring programs, as well as mentors that support mentees in their career paths and academic pursuits. Mentorship is a skill for both the mentor and mentee, a true dynamic relationship that is a journey in pursuit of career engagement and success.

2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort:

  • Jessica Chacon – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
  • Stella Goeschl – Medical University of Vienna
  • Abigail Hielscher – University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
  • Tomika Jones – University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Kelly Kieffer – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Antonio Lopez – Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
  • Jennifer Marsella – University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Sumitra Miriyala – AT Still University
  • Chasity O’Malley – Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Piyush Ranjan – AIIMS New Delhi
  • Joel Roberts – Rocky Vista University
  • Richard Silvia – MCPHS School of Pharmacy – Boston
  • Shiyuan Wang – Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Yuan Zhao – Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 IM-REACH Mentoring Program Cohort. If you are interested in the IM-REACH Mentoring Program, please visit our website here.

Thank you,
Alice Fornari and Darshana Shah
IM-REACH Mentoring Program Leads

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