Dear IAMSE Members, 

The Membership Committee is delighted to bring you another issue of IAMSE Connects, your quarterly newsletter that keeps you connected to all aspects of IAMSE. Enjoy!

Kenneth Royal from the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine received a Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Kentucky's College of Education for contributions to educational research and practice. A laudable accomplishment after only 8 years in practice! Congratulations!

Featured Member: Ingrid Bahner

IAMSE has had a profound impact on my growth and success as a medical educator and I value being a member of this wonderful group of people who are so passionate about health science education and so committed to advancing best practices. Towards this goal, the annual meetings are wonderful opportunities to exchange ideas and expertise, to network and to have lively discussion. In particular appreciate the interprofessional exchange across the health sciences that IAMSE cultivates so ardently. I always leave the meetings truly inspired. Fortunately, the annual meetings are not the only opportunity to interact and learn from my colleagues across the world. IAMSE continues the conversation and education of its membership by providing several webinar series on the ongoing evolution and revolution in medical education.

Each series addresses a current and pressing topics in health science education. These webinars feature outstanding speakers and I have benefited immensely from this opportunity to engage with my colleagues year-round, beyond the annual meeting. So much so that I actually joined the committee that organizes these webinars. I enjoy working with my committee colleagues to develop highly relevant topics and recruit outstanding speakers for our audience. In addition, I am currently serving on the student professionalism development committee to increase the participation of students in IAMSE and to foster their growth as scholars. Thus, I am enthusiastic about the future of IAMSE and I hope many more will join us on what promises to be a continued fabulous journey.

Welcome to our new members!

From the WAS Committee: Be sure to save the date for the Winter 2018 WAS - Competency-based Education: Where are we now and where are we going? - which is set to begin January 11, 2018!

The Membership Committee welcomes new committee members Dan Webster, Mark Bevensee, Claudio Cortes and Eve Gallman.

We know you have colleagues who would benefit from IAMSE membership! Encourage them to join by having them visit the IAMSE website here.

The Editorial Board of Medical Science Educator is pleased to announce that 3 new Associate Editors took office: Giulia Bonaminio  (University of Kansas School of Medicine, USA), Bonny Dickinson (Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, USA) and Sandra Monteiro (McMaster University, Canada). Associate Editor Dave Bolender stepped down from the Editorial Board due to his retirement. Dave has been an Associate Editor since one of the very first issues of the journal in 1996.

Student Reseach Committee is now Student Professional Development Committee
We have changed our name to reflect our expanded scope broadly promoting student professoinal development, in addition to research. Directed by student survey data, we are working with other committees to further improve the student experience at our meeting, and in our association. Our efforts benefit from inclusion of students on the committee.

2017 Upcoming Meetings:

PAEA – Physician Assistant Education Association
October 25-29, 2017
Denver, Colorado, USA

The Generalists in Medical Education
November 3-7, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

AAMC – Association of American Medical Colleges
November 2-3, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

PNEG – Professional Nurse Educators Group
November 10-12, 2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

NVMO – Netherlands Association of Medical Education
November 16-17, 2017
Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands

Poster and oral abstract submission is open! Deadline: December 1, 2017!

We would like to remind you that we are currently accepting poster and oral abstracts for presentation at the 2018 IAMSE conference.

The 22nd Annual IAMSE Conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from June 9-12, 2018. The IAMSE meeting offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical science educators from many professional disciplines and spanning the continuum of health care education.

All abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site.

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.

Submission deadline is December 1, 2017. Authors will be notified with a decision regarding their abstract submission by March 1.

The website is beautiful, easy to navigate, and helps you keep connected. Check it out! http://www.iamse.org/ And don’t forget to drop your ideas in the IAMSE Idea Box while you are there!

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