AAMC Group on Education Affairs (GEA) Chair-Elect Nominations

Term of Service, Characteristics, Skills and and Responsibilities And Nomination Form

Term of Service: 5-year commitment

• Chair-elect (1 year – Nov 2023 – Nov 2024)
• Chair (2 years – Nov 2024 – 2026)
• Past-chair (2 years – Nov 2026 – 2028)

Terms officially begin and end during Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting in November.

Eligibility: Any member of the GEA may be nominated or may self-nominate for Chair-elect.

To nominate, please fill out the Chair-elect nomination form and submit your brief CV and/or bio via email to gea@aamc.org no later than 11:59 pm PT on September 21st, 2023.

Candidate Characteristics:

• Be actively involved in GEA, served on committees of either region, section, or national
• experience with and understanding of the larger GEA organization
• Manage people and maintain a positive outlook; exhibits ability to stay the course
• Awareness of the similarities, differences, and transition points along the continuum of medical education
• Have experience with change management
• Takes Initiative, is proactive
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Willingness of candidate to commit to chair tasks and responsibilities (outlined below)
• Must hold a position with an AAMC Member institution (medical school, teaching hospital, and/or academic society)

Responsibilities:

• Representation of GEA as necessary (e.g., collaborating with other groups, external organizations)
• Responsibility for nomination process as past chair
• Advocate for and represent the GEA at Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting
• Work with AAMC staff in planning GEA steering committee calls and meetings
• Facilitate/Co-facilitate phone calls with chairs (incoming, current, past) and AAMC staff
• Lead committee in prioritizing activities
• With AAMC Staff, ensure GEA activities and priorities are aligned with AAMC priorities
• Provide regular updates to the community via newsletter

Major Time Commitments:

• Attend up to two in-person steering committee meetings (November at LSL, May/June).  Meetings may be conducted virtually in lieu of in-person depending on a variety of factors.
• Attend monthly hour-long steering committee phone calls
• Attend monthly hour-long chair’s calls (inclusive of Chair-elect, Chair, Past-chair, and AAMC Staff)
• Periodic attendance of hour-long region and section committee calls

Responsibilities Requiring Institutional Support

• Attend Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting
• Attend regional spring meeting – either own regional spring meeting or another region’s spring meeting