The Master Scholar Award recognizes an International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) member who has a distinguished record of educational scholarship, including educational research and/or dissemination of excellent and scholarly approaches to teaching and education. This could include development of multimedia medical educational programs, research in the areas of curriculum design and evaluation, student assessment, or innovative programs and methods.

2014 Award Winner—Sheila W. Chauvin, Ph. D., M. Ed.

Dr. Sheila Chauvin is a charter member of IAMSE and has served on the Board of Directors and several committees. At LSUHSC-New Orleans, she established and continues to direct the Office of Medical Education Research and Development and the health sciences center-wide Academy for the Advancement of Educational Scholarship and is a tenured Professor. Dr. Chauvin has an extensive record of educational scholarship and extramural support for a wide variety of research and development projects. She teaches regularly in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Program and serves an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education and the AAMC MedEdPORTAL publication and is a member of the International Editorial Board for Medical Education. Dr. Chauvin reviews manuscripts for a variety of academic journals and was recognized in 2011 and 2012 with the Academic Medicine Excellence in Reviewing award and in 2012 with the Medical Education Choice Critics award. Among other awards, she was recognized by the AAMC Southern Group on Educational Affairs with the 2008 Career Educator Award. Over the past 39 years, Dr. Chauvin has created numerous successful and sustainable educational and professional development programs. More recently, she has been working with colleagues at other institutions to create and enhance teaching academies. In 2009, Dr. Chauvin and her colleague, Dr. Britta Thompson, created the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) certificate program that became a nation-wide program affiliated with the AAMC in 2013, for which they now serve as National Program Directors.

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