Wednesday, March 16, 2011

IAMSE WAS - Use of Simulations and Simulators in Medical Training

Use of Simulations and Simulators in Medical Training

Presenters: Sheila Chauvin & John Szarek

Over the past few years simulation and simulator technology has experienced an exponential growth worldwide. Until recently, simulation, especially using human patient simulators, has been the provenance of clinical educators in the education of students in their clinical years. Simulation is becoming increasingly common in the pre-clinical years. In addition to using simulation early in medical school training for clinical procedures and skills, it is increasingly being used to support teaching and learning the basic sciences. Based on the results of a recent national survey of allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, we will discuss the current state of basic science education and the use of human patient simulators to enhance students' learning. We will describe how the use of human patient simulators has been implemented in medical school preclinical curricula including barriers encountered and strategies for dealing with them. The session will include specific curricular examples and a discussion of the educational benefits of using human patient simulators in basic science education.

For additional information and registration please visit the website:
http://iamse.org/development/2011/was_2011_spring.htm

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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 April 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 April 1, 2011 for inclusion in the April 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

Thursday, March 10, 2011

IAMSE Web Seminar - Engaging Students with Classroom Technologies

Please join us for the next IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar:

Engaging Students with Classroom Technologies
Presenter: Peter de Jong

Technology first entered the classroom many years ago. Nowadays, almost every lecture hall and small group classroom is fully equipped with computer and projector. Blackboards have been replaced with interactive whiteboards which opened new ways to use multimedia and the internet as part of teaching.

At the moment, one very well known classroom technology is the use of wireless voting systems. These Audience Response Systems (ARS) are rapidly being introduced in the daily practice of higher education. Software is available and seemingly easy to use. In practice however, many presenters do not use the technique properly and do not make optimal use of the Audience Response system. As a result, the didactical advantages of the technique are often not utilized. This lecture will focus in on didactical issues of using ARS in teaching. Principles of ARS will be discussed and good practices in medical education will be shown.
A second technique that will be discussed is the use of MP3 devices to individually instruct students with an audio tour. The audio can be enriched with pictures, short movies or animations if the devices allow that to be played. This technology is used for example for guiding students through a medial museum without the need of a teacher being present.

Session Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:00 noon ET

For additional details and registration -
http://iamse.org/development/2011/was_2011_spring.htm

Board of Director Slate Posted

Dear Members of IAMSE,

I am pleased to present the Nominating Committee's slate of candidates for the 2011 election of members for the Board of Directors of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). In accordance with our bylaws, the committee has delivered these names and supporting materials for posting to our website. I now invite you to review the individuals and their qualifications at http://www.iamse.org/boardcandidates_2011.htm

This information will remain posted throughout the month of March, and on April 1st an electronic ballot will be activated. At that time, IAMSE members in good standing will be invited to select four (4) of the candidates for the position of Director.

Write-in candidates will be accepted per the IAMSE Bylaws until March 20, 2011. To qualify for nomination by petition, each candidate must have the support of at least 15 IAMSE members in good standing. All petitions and letters must be addressed to and received by the Association Manager on or before midnight Eastern Time (GMT-5) of March 20.

Julie K. Hewett, CMP
IAMSE Association Manager