Group on Resident Affairs (GRA)

Members of the Group on Resident Affairs are responsible for graduate medical education at the institutional level. They have titles such as: Dean for GME (Associate, Assistant); Designated Institutional Official (Associate or Assistant); Senior Program Director for GME; Executive Vice President for GME (Associate or Assistant); Senior Vice President for Educational Affairs, GME, or Accreditation; or Vice Dean, Vice President or Vice Chair for GME. Each voting member is appointed by the dean of an accredited U.S. medical school, the chief executive officer of a member of the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, or the president of one of the AAMC Council of Academic Societies.

Associate Members

Each voting member of the GRA may appoint one associate member from his or her institution. Appointments are solicited in October and May.

Rules and Regulations

The name, purpose, membership, meetings, business, and responsibilities are defined in the GRA Rules and Regulations.

Have an important issue? Let's talk about it!

The GRA listserv is a unmoderated AAMC email list that allows GRA members to exchange information about GME issues. Through threaded discussion, the listserv allows members to post questions and engage in conversation around top-of-mind issues with fellow colleagues.

The listserv is for GRA members only. To post a question email: gra@aamc.org.

Purpose

Recognition of an individual who exemplifies excellence and collegiality and has made innovative contributions over a significant period to colleagues in the DIO/ institutional GME community within the Group on Resident Affairs. This recognition can be for lifetime achievement in the field or significant organizational contributions to the GRA.

Criteria

The awardee must be or have been active in the GRA with demonstrated consistent leadership, sustained engagement, and tangible contributions to the GRA community. Current involvement is not essential, though will be considered as a positive factor. Contributions should have had substantive positive impact on the education, administrative processes, or public image of the GRA and its membership.

The awardee should be affiliated at the time of the award with an AAMC member institutional or stakeholder organization or retired from such. Consultants are not eligible.

GRA seated steering committee members are not eligible to be nominated until at least three years after the conclusion of their term.

Process

Prior award recipients are queried for prospects from the GRA Community. AAMC Director presents to the GRA Steering Committee for endorsement the recommended recipient. The award will be conferred during the GRA Spring Professional Development Conference.

Prior Awardees

• 2017 - Sharon A. Hall, MSM
  Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC)
   
• 2018 - Lois L. Bready, MD
  University of Texas Health - San Antonio
   
• 2019 - Ann M. Dohn, MA
  Stanford Health Care
   
• 2020 - Lawrence Marshall Opas, MD
  Keck School of Medicine of USC
   
• 2021 - Kathryn M. Andolsek, MD, MPH
  Duke University School of Medicine
   
• 2022 - Marilane B. Bond, EdD, Med, MBA
  Emory University School of Medicine
   
• 2023 - Karen Broquet, MD
  Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

The purpose of the GRA Steering Committee is to forge a union of diverse membership around a common mission by representing the GRA membership as national leaders and planning activities that help them stay informed about key developments in GME.

The GRA subcommittees include the program planning committee, focused on the content development at the annual GRA professional development conference; the Core Competency Committee, tasked with reviewing and revising “Core Competencies for Institutional GME Leaders/Designated Institutional Officials; the Nominations Committee to produce nominations for the Chair-Elect and other open positions on the GRA Steering Committee; and the Resource Clearinghouse Committee, which works to sustain and maintain the clearinghouse. 

In addition, the GRA has an Advisory Committee for the GME Leadership Development Certificate Program.

• Alexis L. Ruffin, MS,  Director, Institutional Sustainability
• Kenyetta Wood, Specialist, Constituent Engagement

Contact GRA staff at gra@aamc.org.