All COD members can benefit from consistent engagement with a peer network to provide decision-making support and reduce professional isolation. The COD Peer Groups are intended to:
- Provide peer-based resources to support deans’ effectiveness in areas essential to the sustainability/function of the mission areas.
- Leverage wisdom, expertise, and lived experience of colleagues within the COD in specific functional areas to provide support beyond what’s available through current mechanisms (e.g., COD colleague-to-colleague inquiries).
- Mitigate feelings of professional isolation in the dean’s role and provide a regular mechanism to broaden individual perspectives.
More information about COD peer Groups is below.
COD Peer Groups
COD Peer Groups provide regular opportunities for COD members to engage with their peers nationally via informal, participant-led meetings. Peer Group meetings create space for networking, shared problem-solving, and sharing of new ideas and innovations. Peer Groups meet primarily virtually, though group members may choose to convene at appropriate times during in-person AAMC meetings such as Learn Serve Lead and the COD Spring Meeting to reinforce relationships.
Each COD Peer Group is comprised of 8-10 deans, with participants assigned randomly. Engagement of the Peer Group is organized and overseen by the Peer Group Host, an individual within the group who has volunteered to take on this additional responsibility.
Read more (PDF) about COD Peer Groups guidelines and expectations. To join or volunteer to host a COD Peer Group, please email COD@aamc.org.