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Postdoctorate Leaders Section
In October 2002, the GREAT Group established a Postdoctorate Committee
to focus on policy issues related to postdoctorate education. During the
course of this committee's deliberation, increasing consensus developed
within the GREAT Group Steering Committee and the membership of the desirability
of forming a Postdoctorate Leaders Section to meet a national need. In
February 2008, the AAMC Executive Council approved a proposal to establish
a new Postdoctorate Leaders Section of the GREAT Group. Membership in
this body includes the institutional leaders of postdoctoral training
programs at medical schools.
The mission of the Postdoctorate Leaders Section of the GREAT Group is
to support and enhance the quality of postdoctoral research training and
professional development by providing a forum for the faculty members
and administrative officials responsible for postdoctoral education and
training policy matters at LCME accredited medical schools and teaching
hospitals.
GOALS
The goals of this Section are to:
- Facilitate and enhance the ability of institutional leaders to provide
quality postdoctoral research training and professional development
for postdoctoral appointees at their institution.
- Support the development of institutional policies for postdoctoral
appointees such as equitable compensation, benefits, term appointment
limits, leave policies, and grievance procedures;
- Support and provide guidance for the development and functioning
of postdoctoral offices;
- Develop opportunities to share models of good practices for postdoctorate
policies and educational programs;
- Acknowledge, support, and develop strategies that promote successful
mentoring relationships among postdoctoral trainees and their faculty
mentors;
- Acknowledge and support strategies that promote diversity to broaden
the participation of underrepresented populations;
- Foster interaction and collaboration with funding agencies and professional
organizations; and
- Identify metrics that allow institutions to systematically assess
the quality of their postdoctoral research training and professional
development efforts and assist them in gathering and analyzing data.
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