IAMSE Connects Needs YOUR Input!

Dear IAMSE Member,

The next issue of the electronic membership newsletter of the International Association of Medical Science Educators … IAMSE Connects … will be issued in January of 2011. The purpose of this newsletter is to connect the IAMSE membership with information, opportunities, resources and each other. We are very pleased to dedicate one section of this newsletter to recognize the professional accomplishments of our members but we need your help! Have you received awards or promotions or landed a great new job in the last year? We would like to know about it and celebrate your accomplishments in our newsletter. Please send your news to Julie@iamse.org by January 1, 2011 for inclusion in the January 2011 edition. Sorry, we can only include professional accomplishments in the newsletter, but welcome you to share your personal news on the IAMSE Facebook page!

Thanks for your help!

Amy Wilson-Delfosse, Ph.D.
Chair, IAMSE Membership Committee
Vice President, IAMSE Board of Directors

"New Places, New Opportunities, New Ideas in Medical Education Series"

Dear Colleagues -

Please join us for the upcoming IAMSE Web Seminar Series: "New Places, New Opportunities, New Ideas in Medical Education Series"

The series will begin January 18, 2011

New medical schools are opening their doors every year in response to an increasing demand for medical practitioners and, correspondingly, medical education. Do they avail of this opportunity to do business as usual or to be innovative and do something different? We asked this question of six medical schools whose curricula reflect their unique missions and their responses form the basis of this seminar series. New opportunities in medical education that they speak to include: increased training in medical research skills across all four years of the undergraduate curriculum; a true integration of inter professional training into medical education; a committed focus on professionalism enabled through a program of mentored self assessment and reflection; and, dealing with cultural differences with a transplanted curriculum.

All Sessions will be held on Tuesday's from 12:00 noon Et until 1:00 pm Et

Jan 18 12:00 pm ET
Integration of Basic and Clinical Sciences Across the Curriculum in a Community Based Distributed Campus Educational Model: A Work in Progress at the Florida State University College of Medicine

Jan 25 12:00 pm ET
Curriculum Integration and Student-centered Learning at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Feb 1 12:00 pm ET
Educating Physician Thought Leaders at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Feb 8 12:00 pm ET
Promoting Learning over Teaching: Organizing Principles for Curriculum Design at Hofstra University School of Medicine

Feb 15 12:00 pm ET
Affiliation of West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine with the Oman Medical College to Provide a Quality Medical Curriculum in the Sultanate of Oman.

Feb 22 12:00 pm ET
Medical Education in Brazil


For more information regarding the series or to register - please go to:
http://iamse.org/development/2011/was_2011_winter.htm
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Mark your Calendars for hte Upcoming IAMSE Web Seminar!

Dear Colleagues,

Mark your calendars now to join us for the upcoming IAMSE Web Seminar Winter Series -

New Places, New Opportunities, New Ideas in Medical Education Series

New medical schools are opening their doors every year in response to an increasing demand for medical practitioners and, correspondingly, medical education. Do they avail of this opportunity to do business as usual or to be innovative and do something different? We asked this question of six medical schools whose curricula reflect their unique missions and their responses form the basis of this seminar series. New opportunities in medical education that they speak to include: increased training in medical research skills across all four years of the undergraduate curriculum; a true integration of inter professional training into medical education; a committed focus on professionalism enabled through a program of mentored self assessment and reflection; and, dealing with cultural differences with a transplanted curriculum.

All Sessions will be held on Tuesday's from 12:00 noon Et until 1:00 pm EDT

Jan 18 12:00 pm ET
Integration of Basic and Clinical Sciences Across the Curriculum in a Community Based Distributed Campus Educational Model: A Work in Progress at the Florida State University College of Medicine

Jan 25 12:00 pm ET
Curriculum Integration and Student-centered Learning at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Feb 1 12:00 pm ET
Educating Physician Thought Leaders at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Feb 8 12:00 pm ET
Promoting Learning over Teaching: Organizing Principles for Curriculum Design at Hofstra University School of Medicine

Feb 15 12:00 pm ET
Affiliation of West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine with the Oman Medical College to Provide a Quality Medical Curriculum in the Sultanate of Oman.

Feb 22 12:00 pm ET
Medical Education in Brazil

Click here to follow session developments and registration

Registration for the Fall Web Seminar Series is now Open!

Dear Colleagues,

Come join us for the 6-part web seminar series - "Team-Based Learning - Fundamentals, Implementation and Research."

This series, offered in conjunction with the Team-Based Learning Collaborative (www.TBLCollaborative.org), will take you from the very beginning steps explaining the core principals of Team-Based Learning, leading into implementation in your classroom and will end with topic of research.

Registration can be made for a single topic or for the entire series. Institutional registration is available for those who would like to bring
a team, or group of faculty.

Session Topics:
TBL 101 - Where to Begin
Voices of Experience - Adopting TBL Into your Course
Peer Evaluation - The Keys for Success
Writing TBL Questions
The 12 Tips of Creating a Good TBL Course
Research in Team-Based Learning

These sessions will each be 1-hour long and start at 12:00 pm ET. The weekly series begins on September 23rd and ends October 28th.

To register or obtain additional information please visit the IAMSE website at:
http://www.iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_fall.htm

For more information please contact Julie@iamse.org

New Editor-in-Chief of JIAMSE

Peter de Jong, PhD, Named New Editor-in-Chief of JIAMSE

Effective July 1, 2010, the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) has named Peter de Jong, PhD, advisor at the Center for Innovation in Medical Education at the Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, as the new Editor-in-Chief of JIAMSE. Dr de Jong succeeds Dr Uldis Streips, who did lead the journal for the last 4 years.

Dr de Jong is 45 years old and from the Netherlands. He has been trained in medical technologies and basics sciences (PhD in Biophysics/Physiology) at the universities of Eindhoven and Maastricht. Currently he is appointed at the Leiden University Medical Center in the field of using technology in education. In the past, Dr de Jong has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education NVMO and has been chairing several major (inter)national educational meetings. Also, he chaired for many years the NVMO Special Interest Groep on E-learning working on collaboration between all 8 medical schools in the country. Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of IAMSE, which he will step down from as of July 1st when he takes office as Editor.

JIAMSE is the official peer-reviewed online journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators and has been published since 1991. It is designed to present scholarly activities, opinions, and resources in basic medical science education for all who teach the sciences fundamental to medical practice. The journal presents opportunities to enhance excellence and innovations in teaching, student and program assessment, computer technology, human simulation, learner-centered education, and in many other areas. The journal is published four times a year with additional supplements. As of January 1, 2011 JIAMSE will be renamed and become Medical Science Educator: The Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators.

Time to Vote! 6 Word Story Contest

Dear IAMSE member,

We had 41 six word stories submitted and now it's time to vote on your favorite. The attached word document has all of the entries listed.

Please send an email to Jeanne Schlesinger with the number of your favorite story. For the subject line please put "6 word story voting".

At the end of May I will tally all the votes and let everyone know which story wins.

Thank you!
--Jeanne

http://www.iamse.org/IAMSE 6 word stories.pdf

Contest for all IAMSE members - check it out!

Click on this link to find out more about IAMSE's 6 word story contest. Submit your entries to Jeanne Schlesinger by April 30 at .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpp1x9jW4o

Thanks,
Jeanne
Chair, Development Committee

IAMSE Web Seminar - Key Themes in American Medical Education: 1910-2010 and Beyond

Key Themes in American Medical Education: 1910-2010 and Beyond


Over the past 100 years, what themes have dominated calls for reform of American medical education? What can we learn from these themes about current calls for reform, and what underlying principles should guide architects of medical education in the future?

Presenter: Richard Gunderman, M.D., Ph.D.


Details: http://iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_spring.htm

IAMSE Web Seminar Continues

Join for the next IAMSE Web Seminar session:


Association of American Medical Colleges Review of MCAT Exam: Where are We?

MR5: The Fifth Comprehensive Review of the Medical College Admission Test

In October 2007, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) began a comprehensive review of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). This review represents the fifth time that the MCAT exam has been reviewed since it was first administered in 1928. The review is being conducted by a 22-member committee appointed by the AAMC. Included on this committee are: current and former medical school deans; admissions, educational affairs, student affairs, and diversity officers; basic and clinical sciences faculty; pre-health advisors and other baccalaureate faculty; and one medical student.

The committee is tasked with reviewing the current MCAT exam and recommending changes that keep pace with advances in medical education and practice. During the session, Drs. Rosenfeld and Oppler will address the following questions: What does the current MCAT exam measure? What is the MR5 project and what are its goals? What has the committee accomplished so far? (and) What are the upcoming steps in the project? In addition, the presenters would like to build on participants' expertise and experience by asking about their goals for a future test and their knowledge of research and other work that should inform the review.

Presenter: Scott H. Oppler, Ph.D. & Gary Rosenfeld, Ph.D.


To register: http://iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_spring.htm

Message from the IAMSE President March 2010

Dear IAMSE Colleagues

This winter has been busy for the Board. We have been evaluating applications for a new paid editor for our journal, and have just selected Peter de Jong from Leiden. You will recall that he was program chair for our excellent meeting in the Netherlands last summer. We are very excited about this, and hope that Peter will expand our international outreach and continue our tradition of fine scholarship and cutting edge faculty development. Stay tuned for more updates on our journal at the New Orleans meeting.

By the way, please make plans to attend the 2010 annual conference now. Susan Pasquale and her intrepid program committee have planned a great program for you, providing both education and a renewal of your contacts with your IAMSE colleagues, all in festive New Orleans. Recreate in the French Quarter, join our Grand Extravaganza on Tuesday in the bayous and mansions of Louisiana (but watch for alligators), and soak in the characteristic ambiance of the most distinctive of American cities The IAMSE website has all the details and program previews.

I hope you will take the opportunity to review our pending Board and Bylaws elections. Several committees have worked hard to revise our procedures for selecting our officers so that they have adequate continuity to grow in their positions, yet be elected from the membership at large, not just from sitting Board members. Please read the information and make an informed vote on both the Bylaws and on our Board candidates, who will lead the organization in the three years of their terms. We rely on you, the members, to provide our organization’s forward direction by exercising your vote.

I hope all of you have a great spring, and look forward to talking in New Orleans.



Frazier Stevenson
President, IAMSE

IAMSE Connects with Social Media - Blogs & RSS Feeds

Dear IAMSE Members,

Through the work of the Membership Committee we would like to announce the next “Colleague to Colleague Session” where IAMSE members can come together in an informal way by telephone to discuss topics of interest.

Our sessions will be offered on each month and will be addressing the issue: “IAMSE Connects using Social Media”. During these 1-hour sessions we will spend our time looking at specific ways various social media applications are being used, answer questions that may arise and provide technical advice when possible. These sessions will not include a formal presentation but will be a more focused discussion of the topic.

The next session which is open to IAMSE members only, will start on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10:00 AM ET. Our main topic will be on the use of Blogs and RSS Feeds. If you have specific questions or applications that you would like to see addressed in future sessions, please contact Julie@iamse.org.

To register for this session or for more information, please email julie@iamse.org

IAMSE Web Seminar - Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians

IAMSE Web Seminar Continues:

March 23, 2010
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
Registration & Details: http://iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_spring.htm

Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians: Association of American Medical Colleges and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Report

For most of the last century allopathic medical schools have functionally recognized that medical practice should be based on science. The preparation for that scientific practice of medicine has generally been defined by a set of premedical courses heavy in the natural sciences continuing into the initial portion of medical training with more intense biological discipline based studies. The recent growth in the biological knowledge important to medical practice; the increased dependence on informational science and statistical evaluation of medical data; and the growing importance of physical science based medical technologies has placed increased demand on the medical education system. Since increasing the length of medical training is neither popular nor feasible, educators are faced with finding ways to increase science in the curriculum without increasing the amount of time devoted to learning it. Recognizing this, the AAMC and HHMI convened a committee of premedical and medical science educators to define what science a physician would need to use to practice medicine in the 21st century and then to determine where in the medical education process that science should be learned. The committee made several recommendations for consideration by the medial and premedical education community. The committee: 1) agreed that medical and premedical science education should focus on competencies rather than courses; 2) identified 11 overarching general principles for medical science education; and 3) established 8 competencies that every entering medical student should have mastered and 8 broad competencies every medical student should demonstrate prior to graduation. The committee then identified sample learning objectives and specific curricular examples to guide the interpretation of the learning objectives and competencies.

The presentation will focus on how the AAMC-HHMI report came to be; some of the philosophical underpinnings of the report; the structure of the competencies, learning objectives and examples; and the possible changes in premedical and medical curricula that could result.

Presenter: William R. Galey, Ph.D.

IAMSE Spring Web Seminar Series Continues ....

The next session of the IAMSE Web Seminar Series will continue with:


Controversies and Competencies: The Future of Medical Education

It's been 100 years since Flexner's landmark report transformed medical schools worldwide. How far have we come since? Where do we go next? Competency-based medical education (CBME) has been hailed as the next transformation in medical training, but its promise is tempered with some perils. This session will discuss some of the current controversies and criticisms of contemporary medical education and the emerging directions on the horizon that promises to remake all of health professions education.

Presenter: Jason R. Frank, M.D., M.A. (Ed)

Additional Details or to register - http://iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_spring.htm

Registration is now OPEN for the Spring 2010 Web Seminar Series

Registration is now OPEN for the Spring 2010 Web Seminar Series:

Celebrating Flexner Centennial: Past, Present, and Future

Medical education in North America has been shaped over the past century by a significant explosion of new knowledge, advanced technology and more complex institutions. The recent evidence from the basic and clinical sciences suggests that a new era will configure increased scientific and regulatory oversight, learner-centered curriculum and student learning opportunities that reflect the social, ethical and economic needs of an ever-changing society. This webcast series will reflect on significant transitions and stages of change in medical education with a fresh look at future trends likely to enrich student learning and critical thinking.

Details and registration can be found at:

http://iamse.org/development/2010/was_2010_spring.htm

Call for Nominations - IAMSE Board of Directors

Dear Members of IAMSE,

It's time once again to begin thinking about selection of those to serve on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). This is the governing body that determines the direction of IAMSE and all our various programs and activities. Each spring five of the Director positions become subject to election.

This message is a call to our membership for those who wish to be considered by the Nominating Committee as potential candidates. The formal "job descriptions" for IAMSE Director and Officers are posted at http://www.iamse.org/position_descrip.htm

The position of Director is an important responsibility. During the 3-year term of service, each is expected to be an advocate for the organization and to bring fresh ideas to IAMSE. In addition, each Director will be in charge of an IAMSE-sponsored project.

Board meetings are held via conference call every two months, and additional business may be conducted through e-mail.

If this opportunity to expand your influence in medical education while advancing the work of IAMSE fits your personal career goals, then 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 questions:


* 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.

Deadline for submission: February 15, 2010

Please submit these materials to: Julie@iamse.org

Introduction to Social Media in Medical Education

Seats still remain for our special web seminar:

Introduction to Social Media in Medical Education

During this one hour web seminar, you will be provided an overview of the more popular social media applications currently being used in medical education. We will review the purpose of the applications, benefits of use, as well as areas for caution. This session is meant to be an introduction to help provide a basic understanding of social media and networking.

This one hour seminar will be offered on Wednesday, January 20, 10:00 am and again at 1:00 pm Eastern. There is NO fee for participation and will be open to the first 30 registrants for each time slot.

Click here to register