The GFA community is a network of educators, clinicians, researchers, and professional staff committed to collaboration and innovation. We welcome your ideas and energy as we address the complex challenges facing faculty today. Explore the resources available through your GFA membership, including the Make the Most Out of Your Group on Faculty Affairs Membership (PDF) guide.
How to Join the GFA Network
Primary Representative
Each medical school dean and health system executive from a Council of Academic Health System Executives-member institution is invited to designate one individual to serve as the GFA Primary Representative. This representative should be a faculty or professional staff member with an administrative role in faculty affairs or faculty development. Eligible roles may include oversight of appointments, promotions, and tenure; faculty recognition programs; leadership and career development; mentoring initiatives; and faculty recruitment and retention efforts that ensures a broad range of skills, aspirations, and viewpoints. The Primary Representative serves as the institution’s main point of contact for all official GFA-related correspondence from the AAMC.
Additional Representative
In addition to designated Primary Representatives, faculty and professional staff with roles in faculty affairs or faculty development at their institutions are also encouraged to join the GFA. Membership is open, and individuals may be nominated by their dean or CEO, or they may self-nominate.
GFA Virtual Communities (Formerly GFA Listserv)
The GFA hosts an online community platform for medical school faculty, administrators, and staff engaged in faculty affairs and faculty development. Members can exchange ideas, ask questions, and share solutions. Login required. Request to join the GFA Community.
More Ways to Get Involved
The best way to engage with your GFA colleagues is to get involved! Here are some ways to connect:
- Attend and participate in a future GFA Professional Development Conference.
- Maintain your institution’s faculty roster data by working with the AAMC Faculty Roster team. Contact FAMOUShelp@aamc.org for more information.
- Nominate a colleague for the Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award.
- Complete surveys for faculty roster data.
- Provide feedback on the best ways we can serve you as a GFA member by emailing gfa@aamc.org.