Ann Poncelet, MD, succeeds Helen Loeser, MD,  who retired in June.

Helen's leadership over the past four years has advanced the impact of the AME as a community of educators committed to catalyzing excellence in education and recognizing our distinguished educators in the health professions.

An engaged educator, leader, and active AME member since 2001, Ann is dedicated to AME's educational leadership and its continuing role in interprofessional education and strengthening the educators community.  Read more...

UCSF's School of Medicine will be presented with the ASPIRE to Excellence in Faculty Development Award in August at the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 2016 International Conference in Barcelona, Spain.  The conference  brings together more than 3,500 teachers, researchers, and leaders in health professions education from around the world.

AME members  Catherine Lucey, MD , Vice Dean for Education;  David Irby, PhD , CFE education researcher; and  Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD , CFE's Director of Faculty Development, will accept the award on behalf of the school in Barcelona. Read more...

Congratulations to Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD, who was the recipient of the Academic Senate's 2016 Distinction in Teaching Award, and honored with other award recipients at the Academic Senate's Award Ceremony on June 2. The Distinction in Teaching Award has been given since 1958, and Babik joins a remarkable list that includes many AME members. Babik is a recent inductee to the AME, inducted at last year's ceremony.  Read more...

Recognize outstanding UCSF medical education staff and submit a nomination for the  2016 Boyden Staff Award , which recognizes front-line staffers at all levels of medical education who directly impact the School of Medicine's medical education mission.  Nominations are due online Monday, July 11 . Read more...

Recognize your peers with an AME Excellence in Teaching Award. These peer-nominated awards are intended to highlight any outstanding front-line teachers of SOM learners at all UCSF teaching sites that might otherwise go unrecognized.

Nominations are due online Wednesday, July 13. Read more...

Even though the annual Kim Award is presented to an AME member, its significance is a reminder that all in our educator community need to find our own work-life balance and make time to rest, refresh, and rejuvenate. We hope everyone is doing some of that this summer!

AME member and 2015-16 Kim Award recipient Marieke Kruidering, PhD ,  used the Kim Award to  bring balance to her life with some well-needed rest and relaxation with her husband, who had suffered an accident prior to their vacation.  Carole and Ed Kim (SOM '75)  endowed the Kim award to promote well-being, rejuvenation and work-life balance for an Academy member. It has two (lovely) conditions: it must be spent within the year and cannot be used on anything work-related. 

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Innovations Funding 2017 Call for Concepts will be issued on July 11

Mapping the Landscape, Journeying Together: 2016 Request for Literature Review Proposals The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Submission Deadline: July 14

Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education and Practice Submission Deadline: July 15

Health Disparities Symposium Abstract Submissions and Registration Submission Deadline: August 5 (flyer - PDF)

16th Annual Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) Submission Deadline: July 15

2017 Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Annual Meeting Submission Deadline: August 16

2017 Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health Application Deadline: August 26

Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Conference 2017 Submission Deadline: October 3

Social Workers as Workplace-Based Instructors of Alcohol and Drug Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Emergency Medicine Residents.  Duong DK, O'Sullivan PS, Satre DD, Soskin P, Satterfield J. Teach Learn Med. 2016 Jul-Sep;28(3):303-13.

Dissemination of Evidence From Systematic Reviews Through Academic CME Providers: A Feasibility Study. Fordis M, King JE, Bonaduce de Nigris F, Morrow R, Baron RB, Kues JR, Kessler H, Mazmanian PE, Colburn L. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2016 Spring;36(2):104-12.

Evaluation of a Surgery-Based Adjunct Course for Senior Medical Students Entering Surgical Residencies.  Green CA, Vaughn CJ, Wyles SM, O'Sullivan PS, Kim EH, Chern H. J Surg Educ. 2016 Jul-Aug;73(4):631-8.

Incorporation of Ultrasound Education Into Medical School Curricula: Survey of Directors of Medical Student Education in Radiology. Phelps A, Wan J, Straus C, Naeger DM, Webb EM. Acad Radiol. 2016 Jul;23(7):830-5.