Planning Committee

It's time again to nominate persons to join the RIME Program Planning Committee. The details of the Committee's work and the criteria for nomination are below.

The RIME Program Planning Committee is responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Research in Medical Education Annual meeting. The Committee members, with the guidance and support of Brownie Anderson, have several responsibilities, including to:

• plan the structure of the meeting;
• issue the calls for submissions;
• review the submissions for research presentations and symposia;
• provide constructive feedback to authors on all submissions;
• and identify areas of research methods and skills that would benefit from development.

The term on the RIME Program Committee is normally three years. Membership is determined by election, in which all RIME Section members are eligible to vote. Each year, the election is for two positions: a physician and a non-physician educator.

A major responsibility of Committee members is the review of research papers that are submitted. The review includes detailed constructive feedback, which is provided on all submitted papers. The review takes place from late March and through the month of April. There are generally two two-day meetings yearly, in November/December, and in May.

The Nominating Committee reviews all nominations with a view to the individual's demonstrated experience and expertise in medical education research. This criterion is essential, as the review of submitted papers requires a good knowledge of the field, as well as the ability to provide constructive comment to the authors on how the work might be improved. The Committee also considers the need for the RIME Committee to have perspectives that cross the medical education continuum, and that include expertise in different research methodologies.

To help you in considering persons to nominate, the specific criteria to be considered are as follows:

• Demonstrated productivity and peer-reviewed publications in medical education research
• Participation in previous RIME program as BOTH a reviewer and presenter
• Doctoral degree preferred
• Responsible, fair-minded, willing to serve and hard-working
• Staff or faculty in good standing at an accredited medical school or at a unit that serves a medical school, residency program or medical education related agency, e.g., NBME, ACOG, ABIM
• Willing to serve for the full three years
• May not have served previously on the RIME Program Planning Committee

If you have questions, please contact Paul Hemmer, Chair, RIME Nominations Committee or any other members of this committee:

• Gretchen Guiton at gguiton@mednet.ucla.edu (WGEA RIME Section Chair)
• Linnea Hauge at lhauge@med.umich.edu (CGEA)
• Maria Blanco at Maria.Blanco@tufts.edu (NEGEA)
• Kitty McMahon at Kathryn.McMahon@ttuhsc.edu (SGEA)
• William McGaghie at wcmc@northwestern.edu (Member-at-Large)
• Karen Hauer at khauer@medicine.ucsf.edu (Member-at-Large)

We look forward to your input.

RIME Program Planning Committee Membership (1985-2008)

Note: Institutions listed are those of the member at the time of service on the committee in alphabetical order.
** Denotes current members.

For more information regarding nominations for the RIME Program Planning Committee, contact M. Brownell Anderson at mbanderson@aamc.org.