2009 Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Regional Conference in New Orleans

Tulane University is excited to be hosting the Southern Group on
Educational Affairs (SGEA) Regional Conference in New Orleans, April 2-4,
2009. This year's meeting, with its theme "Effective Teamwork = Excellence
in Patient Care" will also offer a track on inter-professional education and
several pre-conference workshops that focus on medical education research,
team-based learning and simulation in graduate medical education. The
call for abstract submissions for workshops and oral or poster presentations
is now open with a deadline of December 5, 2008.

For more information, please visit the SGEA 2009 Conference website at:
<http://tulane.edu/som/sgea/> or contact the course directors directly:

N. Kevin Krane, M.D.
kkrane@tulane.edu <kkrane@tulane.edu>
Annie J. Daniels, Ph.D.
adaniels@tulane.edu <adaniels@tulane.edu>

Make your Hotel Reservations Today!

Make your hotel reservations for the 2009 Conference Today!

Visit www.iamseconference.org for more details ... or go directly to the Reservations Site Here.

Request for help for the Office of Educational Development at UTMB in Galveston

October 2008

Dear Colleagues,

As you know the Galveston/Houston area was struck by hurricane Ike a few
weeks ago. The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston was
severely damaged by the storm and the Office of Educational Development
(OED) which is on the first floor was flooded with about five feet of
salt water from Galveston Bay, destroying all their equipment, books and
papers. OED is one of the earliest medical education programs
(established February 1971) to support excellence in teaching and
assessment.

As former members of the Office we are organizing a drive to collect
donations to help our friends and former colleagues rebuild their
office. While eventually they could use books, educational material and
equipment, it will be quite some time before they would be able to
receive these as the UTMB campus remains closed and it is not clear
where OED will be housed in the future. They would however welcome
donations as well as cards and letters of support.

If you would like to send a donation, card or letter, please use the
following address as the campus mail system is in the process of being
restored:

Ann Frye, PhD, Director
Office of Educational Development / UTMB
c/o OMERAD
A-202 E Fee Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

If you would like to send an e-mail passing on your support, please send
it to awfrye@utmb.edu

If you would like to make a donation, checks can be made out to OED/UTMB.

We will pass on your letters and cards to OED as soon as they are able
to receive them. Please note, there are some other efforts being
organized to help OED and the offices of medical education damaged by
Hurricane Katrina. We hope you support these efforts as well. In
addition, A display and announcement will also be made for pledges and
donations at the annual AAMC and The Generalists in Medical Education
conference in San Antonio, TX; November 2008.

Thank you,

Gwendie Camp
Linda Perkowski
Emil Petrusa
Jack Scott
Dave Solomon

Fulbright Scholar Awards Program Details

The Fulbright Scholar Program offers U.S. faculty, administrators and
professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of
academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars. For
information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at
www.cies.org for descriptions of awards and new eligibility
requirements. If you are interested in requesting materials, please
write to apprequest@cies.iie.org.

Meeting Announcement - Innovations in Medical Education

Registration for the Innovations in Medical Education conference March
14-15, 2009, Pasadena, California is now open.

Abstract submission deadline
is October 15, 2008. http://mededonline.usc.edu/upcomingconf.html

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Dixie Fisher, PhD
1975 Zonal Ave, KAM 214
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Email: dfisher@usc.edu
Phone: (323) 442-2746