Tuesday, September 30, 2008

2008 Generalists in Medical Education Meeting

Conference Announcement!

Conference registration is now open for the 2008 Generalists in Medical Eudcation Meeting

http://www.thegeneralists.org/conference.html

Come join us at the Hyatt Regency Hotel San Antonio October 31st and November 1st

The Steering Committee

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Team-Based Learning Conference March 09

Dear Colleagues in Medical Education:

We invite you to the 8th Annual Conference on Team Based Learning in Higher Education, March 5-6, 2009 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

This year's meeting will be HISTORIC as this year the Team-Based Learning Collaborative officially expands its charter to become fully interdisciplinary!

You are invited to submit proposal abstracts on any topics relevant to team based learning. We are asking for 3 different types of abstracts.

1) INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS DUE OCT 1.
90 - 120 minutes, lively and interactive with clear
learning objectives.

2) ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS DUE NOV 1.
10-15 minute presentations of innovative projects
or research to be delivered at a plenary session.

3) POSTER ABSTRACTS DUE JANUARY 1.
Teaching innovations, research, etc.. Awards given for best poster!

Instructions for abstract submission are available at: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/teambased/

This is the meeting to attend this year!

We are looking forward to your submissions and hope to see you in Austin in 2009!


Monday, September 22, 2008

Registration OPEN! Fall Web Seminar Series ...

Innovative Models for Student Assessment and Course Evaluation


Details can be found at:
http://iamse.org/development/2008/was_2008_fall.htm

Series begins October 1st!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Welcome!

So the news of the day is that IAMSE now has a News Blog!

As items of noteworthy publication come along, this is where they will be posted.

For today we would like to thank everyone who participated with the IAMSE sessions during the AMEE meeting in Prague. If you would like to see the photos from the sessions:
http://flickr.com/photos/iamse_wv/collections/72157607148476551/

Enjoy ....