AMSA's National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence

AMSA's National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence

Deadline: Extended through January 5, 2009!!

Medical school professors have a significant impact on your education.
The AMSA National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes the contributions of your outstanding medical school professors.

The award will be presented at AMSA's 59th Annual Convention in Arlington, Virginia. Apply online at: http://www.amsa.org/chapoff/natapple.cfm. The nominating student will receive coach airfare to AMSA's convention and free convention registration. The professor will receive one night hotel accommodation, coach airfare, and a waived registration fee.

AACOM Medical Education Mini-Research Grants 2009 RFP

AACOM Medical Education Mini-Research Grants
2008-09 Request for Proposals

Purpose

To support medical education research mini-grants in one of three areas described below. While collaborative, multi-institution research studies are most appropriate for these question areas, this mini-grant could support a pilot study or serve as the basis for seeking matching funds at individual institutions.

(1) Identification of best practices in the teaching/learning and assessment of the seven core competencies.

(2) Integration of real-world experiences into training for the core competencies.

(3) Identification of the unique benefits of osteopathic medical education.

2009 Deadlines

Proposals due: 4:00 pm (EST), DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 9, 2009

Notification of outcome: February 10, 2009

Note: Each grant will be for a period of one year and will not be renewable.

Format

Proposal must be submitted as an electronic Word (or PDF) document – no longer than three to five pages, with margins of at least 1” on all sides. The text portion of the application materials must be in 12 point, Times New Roman font, with 1.0 line spacing. This document and the relevant support letters will be uploaded into the Proposal Form below.

Eligibility

Applicants must be educators at Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, including their OPTI programs.

Proposal Document

Proposals must include:

A. Proposal narrative for research proposals (three to five pages maximum, not including literature cited or biographical sketch):

a. Specific research aims

b. Background and significance

c. Research design and methods

d. SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-delimited) objectives

e. Plan for ‘publication’ of results

f. Sustainability

g. Literature cited

h. Relevant professional background of principal investigator(s).

B. Budget – 2009 mini-research grants will be supported to the maximum amount of $5000.00.

Provide a budget justification detailing each budget line item. Include only direct costs related to the research project. Not allowable are capital expenditures, rent/utilities or any other indirect costs.

Support Documents

1. Letter(s) of commitment from department chair(s) (and external collaborator(s) if relevant)
2. Institutional IRB support document or waiver
3. Approval by college or hospital research office

Funding Information

Proposals will be reviewed by an Osteopathic Medical Education Research Institute review panel. Notification of the review outcome will be made by February 10, 2009.

Priority will be given to projects that provide the potential for inter-institutional collaboration. Proposals with specific, feasible strategies for continuing or sustaining the project/activity beyond the grant period will also be given preference

Submit a Proposal Now! On this form please zip or scan all component documents into ONE single document which contains both your Proposal Document, including narrative and budget, and the three required support documents.

First International Conference on Virtual Patients

The first International Conference on Virtual Patients will take place
June 5-6, 2009 in Krakow, Poland. The aim of the conference is to
promote usage of virtual patients in medical curricula. The conference
is open for participants with considerable experience in the field of
virtual patients as well as for those who just started considering
including problem-based learning tools at their schools. All submitted
papers are peer-reviewed. The deadline for submissions is December 31,
2008. For more information, see: http://www.icvp.eu

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

Harvard Macy Assessment Program - Seats Open!

THREE SEATS REMAINING IN OUR MARCH ASSESSMENT PROGRAM – APPLY NOW AT WWW.HARVARDMACY.ORG

A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Science Education program will be held March 7-13, 2009, at White Oak Plantation outside Jacksonville, Florida. Tuition includes all course materials and room and board at the White Oak Conference facility. The program is limited to 35 applicants. Course faculty includes Eric Holmboe, MD; Richard Hawkins, MD; Helen Mann, PhD; John Norcini, PhD; Lou Pangaro, MD, Thomas Viggiano, MD and others. This is a great opportunity to consult with well recognized experts in assessment and evaluation during this six day residency program at a beautiful conference and wildlife conservation center outside Jacksonville. The teaching formats include topic presentations, large-group case discussions, small-group literature analysis, collaborative working groups and expert panel discussions as well as the chance to consult one on one with leaders in the field. Discounts given to teams of two or more from the same institution. The program is appropriate for faculty in health science education (nursing, veterinary, dentistry, medicine and other allied health fields) involved in evaluation and assessment activities at their institution.

New Conferences, Medical Education Links, Events

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

New Conferences, Medical Education Links, Events

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Conferences, Congresses, Symposia, Workshops, Events, Volunteer Opps

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Call for Abstracts: 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14) & CyberPsychology Conference, June 21st to 23rd 2009 in Lago Maggiore, Verbania, Italy: http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com

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17th Annual International Medical Students' Congress

Cairo, Egypt : 14-16 February 2009

http://www.ausss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=4

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Call for Abstracts: 14th Annual CyberTherapy (CT14)

& CyberPsychology Conference, June 21st to 23rd 2009 in Lago Maggiore, Verbania, Italy: http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com

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National Coordinator on Education: national leadership position! Apps due by Midnight E.S.T. on Sunday, November 8th, 2008 ! For application form e-mail ramshors@bcm.edu

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27 October 2008: State of the World's Health, WHO releases the Global Burden of Disease study: www.who.int

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Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course

Global Health Program, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

West Virginia University June 9, - July 31, 2009

email nsanders@hsc.wvu.edu

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36th Annual Conference - New Technologies + Proven Strategies = Healthy Communities May 26 - 30, 2009, Washington, DC

http://www.globalhealthconference.org

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Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education and Action: 18th Annual Conference of the Global Health Education Consortium, to be held from April 3-5, 2009, in Seattle, Washington:
www.globalhealthedu.org/Pages/e_2009_CallforAbstracts.aspx

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Winter School in Austria

Online-Registration:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paPygsVtnR1YztIYG_HPKLg&hl=en

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Child Family Health International

www.cfhi.org

CFHI Spring 2009 Scholarships

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Africa: Training New Trainers workshop

amstc.training@gmail.com

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2009 Human Rights Advocates Program Human Rights Advocacy & Globalization Center for the Study of Human Rights ? Columbia University

Completed applications are due by December 19, 2008

http://hrap.hrcolumbia.org/application

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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

19th IPPNW European student conference: Deadline Oct 31, 2008

http://www.ippnw. org/

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Falling through the Cracks: Access and the Underserved

AMSA Regions 5,7,9 Conference: December 5th-7th

Register online: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/AMSA.aspx

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2008-2009 Health Care Justice Gathering

A gathering at the beautiful Gesundheit! Institute in West Virginia with programs from December 31th, 2008 - January 3rd, 2009.

Email inquiries to hcjg0809@gmail.com

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AMSA Region X: Student Leadership Institute: Health Care For All: Where we are and Where we are going! Thursday November 20th, 4pm-9pm: Touro University Nevada jsamsaregionx@gmail.com

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THINK GLOBAL INITIATIVE PROJECT.

Call for the Regional Assistants & Coordinators for the project:
Deadline for applications is November 7th!! www.ifmsa.org

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' MEETING ON PUBLIC HEALTH (ISMOPH) Satellite Event of the 12th World Congress on Public Health

April 26th-27th, 2009

Istanbul, Turkey

Application form is available on our website: http://www.ismoph2009.org

The deadline for application: November 16th 2008

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Medical Mass Causality and Special Needs Training Courses Fall 2008 www.HomelandDefenseJournal.com

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1st Medical Students Conference with International Participation

April, 2009 in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Please, use this e-mail address if you have any question:

nore@hccm.ru, adastramnd@mail.ru, evgenikud12@hotmail.com

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First Annual Conference on Engaging Reflection in Health Prof Educ & Practice, May 13-15/09. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Engaging Reflection in Health Professional Education and Practice, hosted by The University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Education, and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. London, Ontario, CANADA, on May 13-15, 2009. Detailed information about the conference http://www.reflectivepractice.ca). Submission Deadline is December 15, 2008

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Second annual AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. This event is being held in Carefree, AZ on February 3-6, 2009. Abstracts are due November 17, 2008. Please go to the website

http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/meetings--workshops/cancer-health-dispar
ities.aspx

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U.S.-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH SCHOLARS PROGRAM

http://steer.uthscsa.edu for information and a downloadable application

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Tulane University: Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Regional Conference in New Orleans, April 2-4, 2009.

http://tulane.edu/som/sgea/

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Falling through the Cracks: Access and the Underserved AMSA Regions
5,7,9 Conference December 5th-7th register online:
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/AMSA.aspx

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18th Annual GHEC Conference & 7th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference April 4 - 5, 2009 Theme: Transcending Global Health
Barriers: Education and Action: Location of 3-day event: University of Washington Seattle, WA: Abstract submission, go to:
www.globalhealthedu.org/Pages/e_2009_CallforAbstracts.aspx

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Canadian Society for Life Science Research's 3rd Annual Conference

3rd Annual meeting/conference (Toronto): November 7 & 8, 2008

http://www.cslsr.ca/

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The 13th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Leiden University Medical Center, June 29-July 3, 2009, Leiden, The Netherlands. www.iamseconference.org

http://www.iamse.org/

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Risk Management Seminar for Health and Safety 2009 (RMSHS2009)

Period: March 26 (Thurs) to March 30 (Sat), 2009

Venue: The University of Tokyo, Medical Campus, Tokyo, Japan

Host organizer: Union of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine (URMPM).

http://www.urmpm.org/

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ECRI Institute, in cooperation with the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, the Milbank Memorial Fund, Health Affairs, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center, is planning this year's annual conference for December 2-3, 2008, in Washington, DC.

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Improve Your Teaching: 2-day Medical Education Teaching (MET) Workshops

When: Negotiable

Where: At your university

Who: MET workshops are intended for Faculty, Residents, Fellows and Students seeking to improve medical education and clinical teaching skills.

How: contact violato@ucalgary.ca

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Lead Change: Engage and Mobilize Your Campus or Community To Make A Global Impact: If you would like to be a Global Impact Corps volunteer:

http://www.uniteforsight.org/fundraise/signup.php

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VIPSI-2009 BELGRADE, April 2-5 (10th anniversary, with Nobel Laureate Martin Perl): The main goal of this conference is to bring together the elite VIP scientists from all over the world, and to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of related fields that interact.

If you are interested (www.internetconferences.net),

please submit title-abstract to vipsi.conferences@gmail.com

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The 2009 USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium

June 1-4 at the Atlanta (GA) Marriott Marquis. The theme:

Leading the Public Health Workforce in America.

abstract submissions deadline: November 14, 2008 (5 PM ET).

www.phscofevents.org

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The MedBiquitous Annual Conference 2009

April 28-30, 2009, Baltimore Maryland

MedBiquitous is seeking high-quality abstracts for half-day workshops,

panel presentations, and technology demonstrations on a variety of

topics related to the use of learning technologies and technology

standards for healthcare education and competence assessment.

Abstracts are due November 1. For details, visit:

http://www.medbiq.org/callforabstracts

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The Argentinian Association for Mental Health

http://www.aasm.org.ar/en/template.php

2009 conference

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28th International Education Exhibition

International Gathering of Globally Recognized Universities,

Business Schools and Colleges for New Admissions of students

November 8-9, 2008 Expo Center, Karachi

http://www.admissionsexpo.com http://www.asianstudentfair.com

For Reservation Application, please click to:
http://www.admissionsexpo.com/reservation2.html

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6th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (Feb 2008) at the National University of Singapore. We had about 500 visitors from 35 countries during the 5th APMEC. during Please visit the website http://medicine.nus.edu.s
g/meu/apmec6/index.shtml
for further information.

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HEART (Humanistic Elective in Alternative medicine, Activism, and

Reflective Transformation), the American Medical Student Association???s

(AMSA) fully-accredited, student-organized elective

WHEN: March 30-April 24, 2009

WHERE: The beautiful Sequoia Retreat Center in Ben Lomond, CA

http://www.sequoiaretreatcenter.com/

http://www.amsa.org/heart to apply now!

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Duquense's new certificate program in healthcare ethics.

Great training in teaching ethics, serving on ethics committees, etc.

The website is: www.duq.edu/chce

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The Innovations in Medical Education conference hosted by the Division of Medical Education, University of Southern California Keck School of

Medicine, will be held March 14-15, 2009 at the Pasadena Hilton.
http://mededonline.usc.edu/upcomingconf.html

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Conference on Families and Health

*Coming Back to Family: Nurturing Relationships in the Medical Home*

March 5-8, 2009 ~ Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront ~ Jacksonville, FL - Submission Deadline: September 8

Submit Online at:
http://www.stfm.org/stfmpresenter/submission/start.cfm?confid=158

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Physicians for Social Responsibility's Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit.

The Toolkit can be downloaded or ordered free of charge directly through our website www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pediatric_toolkit

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Check out the new GHEC website, www.globalhealthedu.org

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Child Family Health International www.cfhi.org

Announcement: Child Family Health International programs from fall / winter are open for registration. Sale is on!

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COB Events

http://www.cob-eg.org/events.html

A whole list of international medical conferences

For example with varying deadlines:

October: 18th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons , Gastroenterologists and Oncologists.

Etc.

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International Conference on Gender-based Violence and Sexual and

Reproductive Health: 15 - 18 February 2009, Mumbai, India

The abstract (about 300 words) typed on plain paper, Send by e-mail to the organizing secretary.

gbv2009@yahoo.co.in or bdonta2007@yahoo.co.in

The final date to receive abstracts is 15 October 2008.

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RESOURCES

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AMEE

The Association for Medical Education in Europe is a worldwide organization with members in 90 countries on five continents. Members include educators, researchers, administrators, curriculum developers, assessors and students in medicine and the healthcare professions.

http://www.amee.org

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A comprehensive list of current conferences are posted at these site and one of them permits posting for free as a public service to announce your conference events:

http://mededonline.usc.edu/upcomingconf.html

http://www.aacom.org/education/conferences/reports.html

http://www.cma.ca

http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/fd/conferences.htm

http://www.medicalconferences.com/

http://www.medical-events.com/

Mental Health

http://www.wfmh.org/conference/

http://www.aasm.org.ar/en/template.php

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Volunteer

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Contribute to a new project that you might find called Medpedia.com, which is being introduced to a select group of clinicians, researchers, expert patients, and medical students. Its Board of Advisors includes some of the top people in medicine, and it's an exciting time to join the Medpedia community. http://www.medpedia.com/

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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

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Dominican Medical Association invite you to experience our hands-on elective programs, cross-cultural training and help our communities as a medical volunteer.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.aaahealthcenters.com and www.multiculturalcouncil.org.

Child Family Health International - www.cfhi.org

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South eastern Senegal - email: dab2108@gmail.com

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SERVE & LEARN POSITION WITH THE GHANA HEALTH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE - http://www.ghei.org

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Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times

Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring

http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

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