15th Annual IAMSE Meeting Reminders!

Dear Colleagues,

As you are preparing to register for the 15th Annual IAMSE meeting we would like to remind you that April 15th is the Early Bird Registration Deadline. You will save $100 on your registration costs by submitting now!

All IAMSE attendees and exhibitors are also encouraged to make hotel reservations by utilizing the official IAMSE hotel. We recognize that attendees have many options with area hotels and that you may be looking only at the per night cost in making your decision. However, we encourage you to take a few minutes to understand the importance of selecting an official IAMSE hotel and the other factors beyond the per night rate.

IAMSE has a long history of consistently fulfilling the minimum number of room nights to be sold according to our contracts with the hotels. However, with the current economic climate and outside competition it gets more difficult each year to assure these rooms will be used by the attendees and exhibitors.

What does this mean to you?

* When we are able to maintain a consistent history of hotel rooms sold, it helps us negotiate the lowest hotel rates possible for future IAMSE meetings.

* IAMSE earns credit for each room night utilized by an attendee or exhibitor when the reservation is at an official conference hotel. This credit helps to offset the rental costs of the hotel.

* Our hotels contracts protect you. Booking within the IAMSE hotel block gives us the opportunity, if the need does arise, to assist you with any hotel problem you may experience while at the meeting. When you choose other hotels we have no contacts or leverage to help rectify a problem or inconvenience that you may have encountered.


Please do not hesitate to contact us if there is anything we can do to help assist you with the registration process!

Additional information regarding the conference details, registration and hotel information can be found at http://www.iamseconference.org

I look forward to seeing you in St. Petersburg, June 18-21st

Amy Wilson-Delfosse, Chair
2011 IAMSE Program Committee

IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship

We encourage those who have completed the Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) course to take note of a program offered by the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) – the IAMSE Medical Educator Fellowship Program.

Full information on the Fellowship is available on the IAMSE website at http://iamse.org/fellowship.htm. Enrollment is through the 2011 annual meeting’s registration form. There will be two required workshops at the St. Petersburg meeting, one 2-hour module on 6.18.11 from 4:00-6:00pm and a 1-hour module on 6.21.11 from 7:00-8:00am.

Please keep the dates and times in mind when booking your travel.

For additional information regarding the 2011 IAMSE Meeting and for registration, please go to http://www.iamseconference.org

I look forward to seeing you in St. Petersburg!

Amy Wilson-Delfosse, Chair
2011 IAMSE Program Committee