Lindsey Claus Sweeps Awards at IAMSE Meeting

Third-year medical student Lindsey Claus swept the student awards at the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) annual meeting, receiving a Student Educational Scholarship Grant, a Travel Grant, and an Outstanding Student Oral Presentation Award. It is the first time a BU student has won all three awards in the same year.

Claus received the Student Grant award for her research project, “Building Self-Directed Dyadic Learning Experiences Through Preclinical Ultrasound Education,” which will provide the first comparative study of portable and nonportable ultrasound probes’ effectiveness in helping students with cognitive load and self-directed learning.

As part of the Travel Award, IAMSE will cover Claus’ conference registration to attend the next annual meeting, to be held in Cancún, Mexico.

The Outstanding Presentation Awards recognize the most outstanding medical education peer-reviewed oral or poster presentations at the meeting. Claus received this honor for her presentation, “Preclinical Ultrasound Education Using a Near-Peer Educational Model.”

Born and raised in Mansfield, Mass., Claus concentrated in mathematics at Harvard College before turning to medicine. Her research interests include medical education, ultrasound, clinical reasoning, and the application of machine learning to medical decision-making.

Also contributing to Claus’ work were fellow medical students Jessica Landau-Taylor, Brett Cassidy, and Minali Prasad, along with Jonathan J. Wisco, PhD, associate professor of anatomy & neurobiology.

IAMSE is a nonprofit professional development society, organized and directed by health profession educators with the goal of promoting excellence and innovation in teaching, student assessment, program evaluation, instructional technology, human simulation, and learner-centered education. ●