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GIA Membership
The Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) is one of 15 professional
development groups within the Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC). The GIA is composed of medical school and teaching hospital professionals
working in: alumni affairs, development, public relations/public affairs,
and marketing.
Membership Provides
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AAMC Reporter—The association's flagship newsletter,
offers monthly coverage of major programs and initiatives at medical
schools, academic medical centers, through news articles, feature
stories, opinion pieces, and standing columns.
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Washington Highlights—A weekly newsletter
that offers a summary of the major legislative and regulatory issues
of importance to medical schools and teaching hospitals. It provides
continuous coverage of legislation and regulations on budget and appropriations
and physicians, biomedical and behavioral research. It also tracks
the activities of major commissions and councils as the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission and the Council on Graduate Medical Education.
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Awards for Excellence Program—The awards competition
provides members a unique opportunity to showcase the best in academic
medicine public affairs programming, special projects and publications.
Previous award winners judge the entries in a variety of categories.
Winners are recognized at a special reception at the Annual Meeting
with framed certificates and cash prizes. Abstracts of winning entries
can be reviewed on the GIA Web site.
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Surveys and Reports—As a GIA member, you have
the opportunity to participate in: the biannual web-based GIA Membership
Survey that will provide comparative information on organization structure,
salary ranges and degrees of collaboration in institutional advancement
offices; the annual AAMC Development Survey, which enables member
institutions to benchmark their development programs against those
of other medical schools or teaching hospitals, which are similar
in terms of staff size, organization structure, budget, and amount
of revenue raised. The results of both surveys will be available as
a password-protected GIA Web site.
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GIATALK listserve—Offers the perfect medium
for immediate access to more than 200 senior professionals who can
offer quick responses to key issues and concerns that confront you
in your day-to-day functions.
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Medfund listserve—Serves annual fund professionals
and alumni relations staff who work for medical centers and medical
schools.
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Regional listserve—Individual listserves by
regions for members to conduct a forum to discuss topics to be presented
at both the spring and annual meetings. It is also an opportunity
for communication between the members on common regional interests.
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Discipline-specific listserves—Individual
listserves by discipline (Alumnitalk, Developmenttalk,
Publicrelationstalk, Publicaffairstalk and Marketingtalk)
for members to conduct a forum to discuss topics to be presented at
both the spring and annual meetings. It is also an opportunity for
communication between the members on common interests, challenges
and best practices.
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STAT (Short, Topical and Timely) - Subscribers are
given weekly summaries of the latest news important to the academic
medicine community, plus information about the AAMC activities, initiatives,
policy statements, publications, and data releases.
How to Join
Members are appointed by the deans of medical schools and/or hospital
CEOs whose institutions are members of the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC). The medical school dean and/or CEO can appoint as many
institutional advancement representatives as he or she chooses.
To become a member of GIA, ask your medical school dean or teaching hospital
CEO to send a brief letter of nomination (that includes your name/title/institution
and address/phone/fax/e-mail) to:
Chris Tucker
Executive Secretary, GIA
AAMC
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Fax: 202-828-0455
For additional membership information, contact Sandra Dunmore at 202-828-0455, or sdunmore@aamc.org.
Membership Dues
Dues are $130 per person, per year (July 1 - June 30). In addition to
providing the services listed above, this fee allows the GIA the opportunity
to obtain high-quality speakers for both the Annual Meeting and the National
Professional Development Conference and supports the Awards for Excellence
Competition.
A dues invoice is mailed to the member after nomination is
received at the AAMC office. Dues are not transferable from one member
to another in the same office/institution. If a GIA member leaves an office
and another is replaced, the new member designated will receive a dues
invoice for the fiscal year. Dues are not pro-rated. However, if a person
joins in the last quarter of the dues period, he/she will not receive
an invoice until the next fiscal year.
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