Since joining IAMSE about 3 years ago, I have quickly come to feel part of the IAMSE family. It is a delight every year to reconnect with colleagues at the IAMSE meeting, and to meet new people, all of whom are interested in promoting foundational science education in the medical professions. I enjoy how the group brings together physicians, physician assistants, basic scientists, nurses, and educators from a wide variety of other disciplines. We all face the same challenges and opportunities with our learners, and I truly appreciate that the IAMSE members are there for me any time I have a question, and that they are interested in learning about the things that I am working on in education as well. Not only have I have been welcomed into the group, but I have had the opportunity to join the Membership Committee and work on the IAMSE Connects newsletter. I hope to encourage others to join IAMSE so that they can enjoy the same benefits that I have – this is a great group in which to build a career and cultivate lifelong relationships with likeminded colleagues.
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IAMSE – Spring 2017 Webcast Audio Seminar Save the Date!
IAMSE is pleased to announce the Spring 2017 Web Seminar Series!
Remediation in Health Science Education
As a follow-up to the IAMSE fall 2016 web seminar series on assessment, the spring 2017 IAMSE web seminar series will continue with exciting, informative sessions focusing on remediation. The goal of remediation is to correct the course of students who have gone astray in their journey to become a health professional. However, because of the varying components in a professional health science curriculum including basic science knowledge, clinical skills, and professionalism coupled with ever changing curricular modifications; effective remediation in health science education has become a complex issue with many challenges. To explore some of these issues, the spring web seminar series will provide a series of presentations by speakers who will share their experiences and expertise in remediation. The fundamental groundwork for the understanding of the importance of successful remediation will be laid and examples of programs who have applied these principles to integrated basic science courses and clinical skills will be provided. A timely presentation on the approaches to remediation of the new paradigm in undergraduate medical education assessment: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) will be included. Licensing exam failures are a major concern in health professions education and one session will be dedicated to a panel presentation of identification of students in jeopardy of not passing and/or remediation of these exams from the perspectives of allopathic (USMLE Step-1), osteopathic (COMLEX), and physician assistant (PANCE) medical programs. The series will also contain a session on the many issues (philosophical, educational, and legal) of “forward-feeding” assessment information on learners to faculty in subsequent courses. The audience will be invited to contribute to the series by sharing their experiences and insights using the phone line or our newly implemented backchannel communication.
March 2 – Remediation of Basic Science in Integrated Blocks – Presented by Giulia Bonaminio and Jeannette Guerrasio
March 9 – Remediation of “High Stakes” Professional Exams (USMLE Step-1, COMPLEX, PANCE) – Presented by Aubrey Knight, Nicole Wadsworth, and Pat Kenney-Moore
March 16 – Remediation of EPAs and “Trust Decisions” – Presented by Bryan Martin
March 23 – “Forward Feeding of Assessment Information” Should We Do It? – Presented by Lynn Cleary
March 30 – Remediation of Clinical Skills – Presented by Cate nicholas and Cami Curren
Registration is set to open in January. Please visit www.iamse.org for more information.
IAMSE Winter WAS: Improving Medical Student Mental Health: A Multifaceted Approach
Improving Medical Student Mental Health: A Multifaceted Approach
Presented by Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd
January 12, 12 PM ET
Dr. Slavin will provide an overview of a multi-faceted initiative at Saint Louis University School of Medicine that is designed to enhance the mental health of pre-clinical medical students. He will describe the various components of the initiative, the mental health outcomes for students, and the resilience and mindfulness curriculum that is taught to the students.
For more information and to register for the Winter 2017 Audio Seminar Series, please click here.
IAMSE – Reminder: Call for Educational Scholarship Applications Due 1/15
As a reminder, IAMSE is currently accepting applications for the IAMSE Educational Scholarship Grant. The deadline for submitting applications is January 15, 2017. Applications are to be submitted in duplicate to Brandi Hinkle (brandi@iamse.org) and Norma Saks (norma.saks@rwjms.rutgers.edu) via email before the deadline. Please submit your grant proposal in one file which includes your name. Instructions for grant proposals may be found here.
All IAMSE members are eligible to submit a grant proposal. Preference will be given to new projects, and must be relevant to the mission of IAMSE. The results of funded projects must be presented at a future IAMSE meeting. The initial funding award will be announced via email, and at the 2017 IAMSE meeting.
All information regarding the IAMSE Educational Scholarship Grant, including the application process, eligibility, proposal format, and evaluation criteria can be found on the IAMSE website (www.iamse.org).
IAMSE Winter WAS: Physician burnout and distress – causes, consequences, and a structure for solutions
Physician burnout and distress – causes, consequences, and a structure for solutions
Presenter: Colin West, MD, PhD
January 5, 12 PM ET
This session will briefly review data on physician burnout and dissatisfaction before considering current knowledge of the contributors to and consequences of physician burnout and distress. We will then discuss evidence in support of both individual-focused and organizational solutions, and how these may be aligned with the known drivers of burnout and distress to optimize benefits.
For more information and to register for the Winter 2017 Audio Seminar Series, please click here.
#IAMSE17 – Reminder: Deadline for Poster Abstracts December 15!
The deadline for poster abstract submission is quickly drawing near! As a reminder, IAMSE is currently accepting Oral and Poster abstracts to be presented at the 21st Annual IAMSE Conference. The deadline for submission is Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 5 PM ET!
Please click here to submit your abstract
Please note: The first time you enter the site, if you have not already done so previously, you will be required to create a user profile.
The 2017 IAMSE Meeting will be held in Burlington, Vermont from June 10-13, 2017. All abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site. Authors will be notified with a decision regarding their abstract submission by March 1. There is no limit to the number of abstracts you can submit.
IAMSE Web Seminar Early Release Option
Do you live outside of the North American time zones and cannot conveniently join the IAMSE Web Seminars on Thursdays at Noon ET?
IAMSE would like to offer you the opportunity to receive the archived version (slides and audio) within a week of the actual seminar at a discounted rate! The discounted rate is based off of your current country’s GDP.
Discount rates are:
Category 3 (20% discount)
Category 2 (30% discount)
Category 1 (60% discount)
This information is also available on the current series’ registration page.
If you would like to take advantage of the Early Release Option for the Web Seminars, please contact Brandi Hinkle (brandi@iamse.org) in the IAMSE administrative office for more information.
IAMSE Exhibiting at APMEC Meeting
The 2017 Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) will be taking place in Singapore from January 11-15th. At the meeting IAMSE is offering a special in-conference symposium on the topic of Integration of Basic Science and Clinical Medicine. Also, the IAMSE booth will be present at the conference to exhibit. So if you plan on attending this meeting, consider joining us at our session and do not forget to swing by the exhibit and say hello to our representatives!
For more information on the APMEC Meeting, please click here.
IAMSE – Winter 2016 WAS Archive Now Available
The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce that the archives for the 2016 Winter Series of the Webcast Audio Seminars, Research in Health Sciences Education, are now available 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.
If you have any questions or problems accessing the archives, please just let us know at support@iamse.org.
Jonathan Wisco – Board of Directors
IAMSE is many things; but to me, it is the only professional society in which basic scientists, clinicians, and medical educators work together through a mentoring process to solve issues and overcome barriers in curricular design and pedagogical effectiveness. IAMSE is an excellent resource for learning and applying new techniques, and the development of teaching technologies. Finally, IAMSE is the hub for emerging efforts to integrate across disciplines and professions.
IAMSE – Call for Travel Awards – Due 2/3
The IAMSE Conference Travel Awards support students or junior faculty to attend the IAMSE Annual Meeting. The amount of the 2017 Travel Awards will be $1,500, and is meant to cover expenses related to attendance at the IAMSE annual meeting in Burlington, such as conference registration, lodging, and airfare. Any IAMSE member who will attend the 2017 Annual Meeting is eligible to apply, though preference will be given to those submitting conference proposals for a poster abstract.
To be considered for the award, an applicant must submit the following items:
- A current CV
- A 300 word Personal Statement
- An abstract or description of the work, if applicable
Applications must be submitted via e-mail, in duplicate, to: Brandi Hinkle (brandi@iamse.org) and Joe Stein (steinj@upstate.edu) by February 3, 2017.
Registration Now Open for Winter 2017 Webcast Audio Seminars
Registration for the WAS 2017 Winter Series is now open!
Creating a Culture of Well-being at an Academic Health Center
Reports from various sources indicate that chronic stress and burnout is prevalent in the health professions, affecting over half of primary care practitioners and even more in several specialties. This trend may begin earlier with the observed decline in empathy during medical student and residency training and the alarming rates of burnout in medical and other students in the health professions. As educators, administrators and academic health leaders grapple with developing interventions to address these issues, evidence is emerging that programs aimed at fostering resilience and stress reduction such as mindfulness, reflective capacity and appreciate inquiry, also lead to increased empathy and improved well being. Furthermore, the AAMC, ACGME and other national organizations are working to improve the learning environment and facilitate the creation of a culture of well-being at academic health centers. The IAMSE 2017 Winter Web Seminar Series has an impressive panel of leaders who will share their expertise on trainee stress and burnout and curricular interventions that have been shown to address these issues. The series is designed to help faculty, course directors and administrators understand the issues and hear about successful approaches and innovations to improve the health and well-being of students, residents and faculty. In Session 1, Dr. Colin West will provide an overview to the issue of student stress and physician burnout and share outcomes from the large studies conducted by the team at Mayo Clinic. In Sessions 2-5, Drs. Stuart Slavin (St. Louis University), Catherine Pipas (Dartmouth), Adi Haramati (Georgetown) and Michael Krasner (University of Rochester) will describe the rationale and approaches they undertook at different institutions and in various learners and trainees. We hope that this series will bring these serious issues to your awareness and provide you with possible solutions and ideas on how to move forward at your institution.
January 5 – Physician burnout and distress – causes, consequences, and a structure for solutions – Presented by Colin West
January 12 – Improving Medical Student Mental Health: A Multifaceted Approach – Presented by Stuart Slavin
January 19 – Strategies for promoting personal health & wellness and leading change at the individual level – Presented by Catherine Pipas
January 26 – The Imperative for Incorporating Mind-Body Medicine in Health Professions Education – Presented by Adi Haramati
February 2 – Cultivating Resilience and Reducing Burnout for Health Professionals: The Power of Presence, Reflective Practice and Appreciative Dialogue – Presented by Michael Krasner
For more information or to register, please click here.