Call for proposals for AAMC GDI and GFA Joint Professional Development Conference
The AAMC is accepting proposals for breakout sessions and posters for the Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) and the Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Joint Professional Development Conference taking place June 12-14, 2023 in Indian Wells, Calif. The conference will offer leaders and emerging voices in faculty affairs, faculty development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion a forum to strengthen their network and share success stories. Attendees will also have an opportunity to explore new strategies to address topics including developing the next generation of leaders, transforming the culture of academic medicine, systemic inequities, and advancing community engagement. Interactive panel presentations, small-group discussion formats, and submissions that incorporate collaboration are highly encouraged. The deadline for proposals is Nov. 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and acceptance notifications will be sent in January 2023.
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Reminder: Complete the AAMC Survey on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Policies
All faculty affairs deans (or their designee) at U.S. medical schools should have received an invitation to complete the AAMC’s survey on faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure policies. We’ve already heard from almost half of all medical schools – our thanks if you’ve already completed the survey.
We hope all schools can complete the survey by October 31, 2022. The information you provide on your medical school’s policies will help the entire community understand the changing landscape of faculty employment policies.
Contact William T. Mallon, Ed.D., AAMC senior director of strategy and innovation development, if you haven’t received an invitation or if you have any questions. Thanks for your participation!
AAMCNews: 2022 AAMC Award winners announced
Throughout their careers, these esteemed members of the academic medicine community have had an outsized impact on medical education, patient care, and the biomedical sciences.
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AAMCNews: Teaching medical students to perform an often-dreaded exam
Gynecological teaching associates (GTAs) use their own bodies to help students gain expertise in pelvic exams. Here’s why the job was so empowering for one GTA.
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Increasing the number of Black men in medicine
The number of Black men in medicine has remained virtually stagnant since 1978, and that continues to have significant implications for patient care and advancing health equity. The AAMC hosted a session during the recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference that explored the issues at the root of this crisis and proposed policy and systems-based solutions from introducing and revising policies to building a stronger academic infrastructure and changing the narrative. Speakers included current students, residents, and leaders from academic medicine, as well as community partners. Additionally, an opinion piece published in The Hill by AAMC Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer David A. Acosta, MD, and National Medical Association President Garfield Clunie, MD, discusses the distressingly low number of Black men in medicine and how academic medicine can address it with policy and systemic solutions.
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New Academic Medicine Podcast episode on gender diverse representation in patient simulation
Luca Petrey and Laura Weingartner, PhD, MS, and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Arianne Teherani, PhD, and Daniele Olveczky, MD, joined the Academic Medicine Podcast to discuss a new scoping review of the literature on the inclusion of standardized patient characters and actors with diverse gender identities in simulation cases. This is the second episode in a three-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available, or read the transcript at the link below.
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