Holiday Message from IAMSE

Dear IAMSE Members:

2009 will not be remembered as a great year for the economy, but I am very proud of how IAMSE continued to move forward, offering its members and the medical education community a wealth of resources and new experiences. Our first European meeting in Leiden was memorable, providing both a chance for our members to travel and network outside North America and an demonstration of the mission implicit in the first letter of IAMSE. Its financial success came from the passion and loyalty of many members traveling without expected funding, and from exceptional organizing and European outreach from Peter de Jong and his committee. I feel that can serve as a model for future meetings outside North America, including 2012 in Izmir. Our Webcast Audio Seminars continue to reach new audiences, and the recent series set attendance records. And the Board has opened a search for a compensated editor for a renamed IAMSE journal: Medical Science Educator: The Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators. We will enjoy hearing ideas from the membership as to how to best continue the fine scholarship of our sponsored journal in the face of increasing competition in the education scholarship arena. Finally, the members approved a reworking of our committee structure that should reduce silos and promote collaboration. These innovations in the face of economic downturn speak well for our organization and the creativity of its members.

Foremost, I wish to thank you, one of our committed and talented IAMSE members. Collectively you further the aims and excellence of our organization and make us a leader in faculty development for the health sciences. In an era of efficiency, financial bottom lines, and reduced education hours, IAMSE remains the scientific conscience of our professions, working to ensure that professionals know the how and why of their work, not just the what (and the cost). I wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and look forward to a terrific year for our organization in 2010.


Frazier Stevenson, M.D.
President, IAMSE

IAMSE Call for Nominations Sought - Master Teacher/Scholar Awards

Dear IAMSE Member:

At the 2007 annual meeting, IAMSE issued its first Master Teacher Award and Medical Education Scholarship Award. We would now like your nominees for the 2010 awards, which will be presented at the annual meeting in New Orleans.
The Master Teacher Award honors an IAMSE member who, over the course of many years, has consistently demonstrated extraordinary excellence in teaching, both at his/her institution and within IAMSE. Any teaching can be recognized, but nominations of members who have been active teachers at the annual IAMSE meetings or web seminars are particularly encouraged.

The Medical Education Scholarship Award recognizes an IAMSE member who has a distinguished record of educational scholarship, including educational research and/or dissemination of excellent and scholarly approaches to teaching and education. This could include development of multimedia medical educational programs, research in the areas of curriculum design and evaluation, student assessment, or innovative programs and methods.
These awards may be self-nominated, or by an IAMSE colleague. Details regarding each award, required materials, and deadlines are found in the download listed below. All nomination/application packets must be received by Julie Hewett (julie@iamse.org) no later than January 31, 2010. Nominations/applications for both awards will be reviewed by the Awards Committee in the Spring of 2010. Both awards will be given at the 2010 annual meeting in New Orleans.

Download the award criteria: http://www.iamse.org/IAMSE_awards_criteria_2010.pdf

Thank you,

Joseph P. Stein, PhD
Chair, Awards Committee

Susan Pasquale, PhD, MT-BC, NMT
Chair, Educational Scholarship Committee

Position Open - Editor-in-Chief JIAMSE

POSITION OPEN
Editor-in-Chief
JIAMSE

JIAMSE is the peer-reviewed online journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). JIAMSE presents original research, reviews, opinion pieces and resources for an audience interested in medical education. The journal is published four times a year with additional supplements for meeting abstracts.

We are seeking a qualified individual to lead the journal. The Editor-in-Chief is expect to continue to develop and grow our journal. Details about the duties and responsibilities can be found by clicking here.

Any interested individual should send a letter of application and CV in one file via e-mail to julie@iamse.org by Friday December 18th. Please write Editor-in-Chief in the subject line. The letter should indicate your interest in the position and why you feel you are qualified to take on this role.

Thank you,
Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief JIAMSE

IAMSE Web Seminar Continues

Thursday, October 8, 2009
1:00 - 2:00 pm et

Register Here!

A Distributed Community Instructional Model of Medical Education

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was created by the Government of Ontario with a specific social accountability mandate "To provide innovative undergraduate and post graduate medical education programs to met the needs of the students and the health care needs of the underserved population of Northern Ontario".

As the first new fully accredited medical school in Canada in over 30 years, the original class of fifty-five students graduated in May of 2009. This presentation describes the curriculum experiences created to meet the needs of the students and people of Northern Ontario and the processes involved in an area of 1,000,000 square kilometers challenged by economic, geographic and political factors.

Objectives:

* Describe the "engagement" strategies employed to obtain consensus on curricular direction for NOSM

* Identify innovative features of the NOSM curriculum in contrast with "traditional" curricular models

* Describe the integrative nature of the NOSM curriculum with a focus on the medical or explanatory sciences

* Identify the nature of Governance in a medical school as "not-for-profit corporation" with two university partners

* Define the impact of 70 partner communities on communication, construction and institutional culture.

Red Hot Chili Pepper - Clinical and Basic Science Integration at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

IAMSE Web Seminar Series Continues .....

Thursday, October 1, 2009
1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Click Here for Registration


Red Hot Chili Pepper - Clinical and Basic Science Integration at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

We read the journals and listen to the seminars about exciting new paths for medical education in the 21st century, and then face the reality of time, money, space and intransigence. What would I do if I had a clean slate? This seminar series will provide an overview of contemporary possibilities and then focus on some of the ways five new medical schools from around the world faced the opportunities and challenges of developing their curricula. They incorporated the latest approaches in simulation and virtual-patient teaching, integrative learning, early and continued patient contact, and even restructured the way faculty are appointed to departments. Each medical school has its own approaches and limitations yet there are common goals from which we can all learn. This webcast series will highlight new educational approaches in medical education and practical experiences for their implementation.

Introduction: Educating the Physician of the 21st Century: Providing the Slate for Medical Schools to Write On

IAMSE Web Seminar - If I Had a Clean Slate ... New Medical School Curricula

Date: September 17, 2009
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Registration: http://iamse.org/development/2009/was_registration.htm



Introduction: Educating the Physician of the 21st Century: Providing the Slate for Medical Schools to Write On

Almost 100 years ago, a teacher named Abraham Flexner was commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation to review medical education in the United States and Canada and using a clean slate, to write the future of medical education. The slate that Mr. Flexner created has influenced medical education for the past century. Over the past 100 years, many elements of the slate have gotten smeared and some have disappeared altogether. It is now time to wipe the slate clean and create a new picture of medical education. During this session we will imagine that we now have the same opportunity that Flexner had (but without funding from the Carnegie Foundation) - to develop the approach to medical education in the 21st century. What will we include on the slate; what should we include on the slate? What does medical education in the 21st century look like? What would we retain from Flexner's slate? What would we erase and add to the slate? What questions was Flexner wrestling with at the beginning of the 20th century and how have those questions changed, or remained the same, at the beginning of the 21st century? We will consider a brief history of medical education - how we got where we are today - and then explore the opportunities and the challenges facing medical educators as we develop a slate for medical education in the 21st century.

Presenter: M. Brownell Anderson, M.Ed.

For additional details: http://iamse.org/development/2009/was_2009_fall.htm

Please Join IAMSE in Malaga during the AMEE Meeting

LUNCH INVITATION – AMEE 2009, Malaga Spain

The IAMSE Board of Directors welcomes and invites all medical science educators for a networking lunch with colleagues from all over the world.

When: Tuesday, September 1
Time: 12:45 – 14:15
Where: Restaurant Pavilion 2

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is based on the guiding principle that all who teach the sciences fundamental to medical practice should have access to the most current information and skills needed to excel as educators. Through IAMSE, medical science educators from over 40 countries have a rich network of information and mutual support, and belong to an organization dedicated to their professional development.

The IAMSE lunch directly follows the symposium 7C: ‘Teaching Basic Science to Students and Residents’ in Conference Room 2.1. This symposium is organized and presented by IAMSE-members.

For more information regarding IAMSE, please visit our booth during the Exhibit hours or visit us online at www.iamse.org

See you in Malaga!

If I Had a Clean Slate ... New Medical School Curricula

Fall 2009 IAMSE Web Seminar Series:


We read the journals and listen to the seminars about exciting new paths for medical education in the 21st century, and then face the reality of time, money, space and intransigence. What would I do if I had a clean slate?

This seminar series will provide an overview of contemporary possibilities and then focus on some of the ways five new medical schools from around the world faced the opportunities and challenges of developing their curricula. They incorporated the latest approaches in simulation and virtual-patient teaching, integrative learning, early and continued patient contact, and even restructured the way faculty are appointed to departments! Each medical school has its own approaches and limitations, yet there are common goals from which we can all learn. This webcast series will highlight new educational approaches in medical education and practical experiences for their implementation. All Sessions are 1 hour in length and start at 1:00 pm Eastern

Sept. 17 Introduction: Educating the Physician of the 21st Century: Providing the Slate for Medical Schools to Write On

Oct. 1 Red Hot Chili Pepper - Clinical and Basic Science Integration at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

Oct. 8 A Distributed Community Instructional Model of Medical Education

Oct. 15 Medicine in a Virtual World - Using Simulation Technology to Enhance the Curriculum

Oct. 22 The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Oct. 29 Team-based Learning: from 0 - 60+ in 18 months

For additional information and registration:
http://iamse.org/development/2009/was_2009_fall.htm

IAMSE Board of Director Election Results

Dear IAMSE members:

Thanks to all of you who voted in the recent IAMSE elections. Current Board members William Jeffries, Floyd Knoop, Susan Pasquale, and Ferhan Sagin were reelected to new three year terms, and you elected one Board newcomer--Amy Wilson-Delfosse from Case Western in Cleveland who has recently taken on leadership of our Membership Committee. Welcome, Amy, and congratulations to all who were elected. I also want to express my appreciation for the other candidates who agreed to be nominated for this important task, and hope they will try again. I hope that many of you will seek to become more involved in IAMSE leadership in the future. The best way to do so is to become visible and involved. Present a seminar at the annual meeting or volunteer for committee membership, and while you are there, take on a special project. We are a dynamic and inclusive organization that rewards involvement! I can speak from personal experience here, as I did not attend my first IAMSE meeting until 2002, but am now President of the organization.

The revisions to our Bylaws were approved with 97% approval. I will write you with more details on the implications for our committee structure soon, but the Board hopes that one important sequela will be improved integration of our various educational activities, so that a theme presented at our annual meeting might be followed up later in the year with a Web Seminar or JIAMSE feature article.

We are doing very well in registrations for our first European annual meeting this June-July in Leiden. The over 220 preregistrants are a record for annual meetings, and we are very appreciative to those of you who are making the sacrifice to attend a distant meeting in hard economic times. This should be an exciting chance to renew old connections and meet new educators in a lovely historic city. So start studying Dutch (see the IAMSE website for help), reading your maps, reviewing the works of Rembrandt and preparing for a wonderful cultural experience. I look forward to greeting you there!

Frazier Stevenson
President, IAMSE

MedBiquitous Annual Conference Update

Hotel Reservation Deadline Extended

The deadline for hotel reservations for the MedBiquitous Annual Conference has been extended to April 13. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center for the special rate of $169 per night. To guarantee a room at this rate, reserve a room online
(http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0812163163&key=19C67), or contact the Sheraton directly and mention MedBiquitous.

Sheraton Baltimore City Center
101 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
+1-410-752-1100

Online Registration Deadline Approaching

The deadline for online registration for the MedBiquitous Annual Conference is April 21. Register online now at: http://www.regonline.com/medbiq2009

The conference gives participants the opportunity to learn how technology standards and innovations can support common solutions to the challenges in healthcare education and assessment. The program includes unconferences, interactive workshops, panels, and innovation
demonstrations on virtual patients, SCORM for Healthcare, competency-based learning, e-learning, quality improvement, Web 2.0, and many other topics related to innovation in healthcare education.

Speakers include:

* Dr. David Cook, Associate Director of Medicine and Director of the Office of Educational Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
* Gabrielle Campbell, M.B.A., Director, Business Development, Association of American Medical Colleges
* Ronald Harden, OBE MD FRCP FRCS FRCPC, Association for Medical Education in Europe
* Richard Hawkins, M.D., American Board of Medical Specialties
* Kate Regnier, M.A., M.B.A., Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
* Nabil Zary, Ph.D., DBE DSc FRCP, Project leader, Karolinska Insitute

More information on the conference is available on the conference home page: http://www.medbiq.org/annualconference

Valerie Smothers
Deputy Director
MedBiquitous
email: valerie.smothers@medbiq.org
tel: 410-385-2367 x131
fax: 410-385-6055
web: http://www.medbiq.org

Handling the Job of Chief Resident A Leadership Preparation Conference for New Chiefs

June 5-7, 2009
Marriott Waterside Hotel * Tampa, Florida

Early Registration Cut-off and Hotel Reservation Deadline is May 15.
Reserve Your Place By Registering Today!
www.sma.org/chief09

Conference Features and Highlights:

Interactive Presentations Using Case-Based Discussions
Practical and Useful Problem-Solving Strategies You Can Implement Immediately
Emphasis on Leadership Skills to Handle Difficult Individuals and Stressful Situations
Faculty Available for Personalized, One-on-One Discussions
& More!

Attendees will also have access to the Physicians-in-Training Community which provides the opportunity for continued learning and development of leadership skills as well as a platform to effectively advocate for issues of importance. The community provides a forum for change by allowing participants to identify priorities from interaction with colleagues thus empowering each other to become a cohesive voice to improve the effectiveness of healthcare while enhancing their professional identity.


View the Schedule or Register today!
www.sma.org/chief09


You may also call Professional Development at 1-800-423-4992 ext. 620 for information.


Southern Medical Association...Advocacy, Leadership, Quality and Professional Identity

MedEdPORTAL Relaunch!

On April 7, 2009, the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) launched the MedEdPORTAL 2.0 repository and Web site (www.aamc.org/mededportal). MedEdPORTAL is a free medical and dental publication service that promotes access to high-quality, peer-reviewed educational teaching and assessment resources online.

While the new MedEdPORTAL Web site may look familiar, the back-end of the system has undergone dramatic improvements. The Web site is now fully integrated with a powerful content and digital asset management system to host resources online. Through major enhancements, the new MedEdPORTAL site provides you with the ease of downloading resources directly from the Web site; allowing 90 percent of MedEdPORTAL’s 1,300 publications to be available for download or by directly linking to external Web sites. The remaining 10 percent of publications will continue to be disseminated by MedEdPORTAL staff due to size limitations or because those publications are assessment tools in which authors have requested protection through a human firewall.

The new MedEdPORTAL Web site also features a robust search engine that will allow you to search for published resources through a greater number of metrics (e.g., the “Find” function searches the published abstract in addition to any text included in the published resource files, such as PowerPoints, Word documents, PDFs, etc.). In addition, the new Web site collects a variety of end-user data that can be used by authors to demonstrate the particular impact and utilization of their published materials.

We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues and to disseminate it to your respective listserves. Please visit the new MedEdPORTAL 2.0 repository Web site at www.aamc.org/mededportal.

Questions? Contact MedEdPORTAL at mededportal@aamc.org.

MedEdPORTAL
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1127
Email: mededportal@aamc.org
Phone: 202-828-0496
Web: www.aamc.org/mededportal

Medial Biochemistry Education Strategies Workshop

Workshop Details:

April 25-29, 2009
Ocean Creek Resort, Myrtle Beach SC

Sponsored by Association of Medical and Graduate Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Association of Biochemistry Course Directors.

View the Brochure Here

Visit the Website Here

Submission Deadline - ICRE "Innovations in Residency Education"

The submissions deadline for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s 2009 International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) is fast approaching. To join our dynamic team of educators your submission must be received by

• March 8, 2009 – deadline for workshop proposals.
• March 27, 2009 – deadline for abstracts.

Click here for information and online submission instructions.

ICRE 2009 explores the theme, Innovations in Residency Education and will be held September 24 – 26, 2009, in beautiful Victoria, B.C.

Submissions related to the following tracks will be considered for presentation

• Teaching and learning in residency education;
• Competency-based residency education;
• Resident assessment: cutting edge tools and practical techniques;
• Clinician educators: careers and competencies;
• Health policy for postgraduate medical education (PGME);
• International medical graduates (IMGs): navigating through a changing landscape;
• Challenges and innovations in international PGME;
• What works? Ideas in residency teaching and assessment;
• Research in residency education; and
• Simulation (includes education, patient safety, novel integrations of technology, and organization and administration).


The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
774 Echo Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5N8
Tel: 1-800-668-3740
Website: http://rcpsc.medical.org/

Applications for AACOM's 2010 OHPI Program Due March 1

Please Note: Applications for AACOM's 2010 OHPI Program Due March 1

Time is running out to apply for the 2010 Osteopathic Health Policy Intern (OHPI) Program. All applications must be received by AACOM on or before Sunday, March 1, 2009.

Each year, the OHPI Program enables up to two osteopathic medical students to spend two months working in the government relations department at the AACOM headquarters. AACOM endeavors to identify the two-month period that best accommodates the students’ schedules.

The objective of the program is to allow selected student interns to develop an understanding and operational knowledge of how federal health care policy is developed and how to have an effective impact on public policy formulation. The intern positions are paid and certain expenses are covered.

For more information, including application requirements, please review the OHPI Program web page.

Are you Following the IAMSE Blogs?

I thought I would take this opportunity to highlight the blogs that are currently being used to communicate with the membership. I highly encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feeds so that this content is automatically delivered to your reader. If you are unfamiliar with RSS feeds, my recommendation is that you start with Google reader and watch this quick video that explains its use http://julnet.typepad.com/technology/2009/01/rss-in-plain-english.html


IAMSE News
This blog is updated with current news not only about IAMSE but happenings within Medical Education.
http://iamse-news.blogspot.com/


IAMSE Conference News
This blog contains highlights regarding the 2009 conference as well as additional information about Leiden and the Netherlands
http://iamse2009.blogspot.com/


IAMSE Tech Corner
This blog is written by several IAMSE members on the Technology committee highlighting a wide variety of technology resources.
http://iamse-tech.blogspot.com/


JIAMSE
This blogs is written by the Publications committee and highlights previously written and published articles in JIAMSE.
http://jiamse.blogspot.com/


Lastly .. are you on Linkedin? If so, consider joining the IAMSE Group -
http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=134281

Deadline Reminders!

Dear IAMSE Members ~

Just a couple of reminders!

2009 Call for Board of Directors - DEADLINE 2/16/2009
I invite you to submit your nomination for "Board of Director.” To submit your self-nomination, please write a paragraph limited to 300 words, that includes a response to the following three points:

*Your teaching activities over the last five years
* Your involvement in IAMSE activities since the first meeting in 1993
* Why you wish to be a Board member or Officer, or your goals for the organization
If you wish to nominate another individual, please submit their name, contact information and a statement as to why you feel they should be nominated.
Send to Julie@iamse.org

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Call for Nominations - IAMSE Teaching Awards DEADLINE 2/13/2009

Download the award criteria: http://www.iamse.org/IAMSE_awards_criteria_2009.pdf

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Research paper abstract deadline: AMEE 2009 Conference, Malaga

Wednesday 14 January is the deadline for receipt of research paper abstracts and PhD reports for the AMEE 2009 Conference in Malaga, Spain, to be held from 29 August to 2 September. Further information and the abstract submission form is available on the AMEE website: www.amee.org

The deadline for abstracts for short communications, posters and conference workshops is 13 March.

We have an exciting program with leading international plenary speakers, symposia and large group sessions on a range of topics covering curriculum planning, teaching and learning methods including new technologies, and assessment, the popular Fringe sessions and the Secrets of Success demonstrations. There are 37 pre-conference workshops to choose from, and courses on medical education covering essential skills, the use of technologies, assessment and research methods, with the opportunity of obtaining a certificate in medical education.

The AMEE Conference is now the leading international conference in medical education, and each year more educators join us. We look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful city of Malaga.