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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