Welcome Message

Greetings,

As residency programs require their residents to obtain competencies in the six defined areas of: (1) patient care, (2) medical knowledge, (3) practice-based learning and improvement, (4) interpersonal and communication skills, (5) professionalism, and (6) systems-based practice, medical schools have also begun to evaluate how their curricula helps to prepare medical students to achieve these same competencies. To help facilitate and advance behavioral scientists’ conversation and consideration of these competencies in undergraduate and graduate medical education, the theme of the ABSAME 2008 Annual Meeting will focus on Developing and Assessing Core Behavioral Competencies. Because the behavioral sciences play a vital role in the education and training of medical students and residents, this year’s theme is designed to help behavioral scientists further develop and assess the desired core competencies in their medical school curricula and graduate medical education training.

We look forward to seeing you at San Diego for ABSAME 2008.

Denise D. Gibson, Ph.D.
Nicole Borges, Ph.D.
2008 Program Co-Chairs

Audience

• Physicians, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, nurses, public health practitioners, social workers, and other professionals and/or behavioral scientists engaged in medical education and practice. • Investigators who wish to present their work to a cross-disciplinary membership for critique and dialog. • Medical school and residency level faculty who wish to explore and develop teaching skills and new curricula in the behavioral sciences. • Medical students and house staff planning a career in family medicine, primary-care, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, or preventive medicine.

Membership in ABSAME

Annual membership dues are $125 for regular members and $50 for student members. Institutional memberships which entitle your institution to five individual memberships are available for $550 per year. Membership year is from July 1 to June 30.

Registration fees for the 2008 Annual Meeting are $395 for Members and $520 for non-members (a student rate of $100 is available).

Payment of registration fee at non-member rate provides ABSAME membership for 2008-2009 year.