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Please select the AAMC affinity group(s) you wish to join:

Biomedical Research Advancement, Training, and Oversight Group: Connecting professionals advancing biomedical research, education, training, COI and innovation.Clinical Leadership and Physician Enterprise Group: Convening leaders who deliver, manage, and continuously improve inpatient and ambulatory clinical services within academic health systems.Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction, and Research Group: Brings together faculty, learners, and staff professionals engaged in the design, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of medical education.External Relations Group: ($130 annual membership dues apply.) Connecting professionals involved in alumni relations, communications, community relations, development, marketing, and other roles focused on engagement.Faculty and Staff Vitality Group: Supporting medical school faculty and staff professionals in advancing development, engagement, inclusion, career growth, teaching, leadership, and well-being.Finance and Business Affairs Group: Advances financial and administrative management in academic medicine, focusing on strategic budgeting, resource allocation, planning, and leadership.Graduate Medical Education Group: Bringing together senior administrators, faculty, and staff responsible for the oversight and implementation of graduate medical education programs.Learner Access, Support, Opportunity, and Retention Group: Convening leaders, faculty, and staff who support medical school applicants and students, from pre-matriculation through graduation and transition to residency.Medical Education Leadership and Administration Group: Uniting faculty leaders and staff professionals who manage and support the operational and strategic functions of the medical education mission in the dean’s office and at regional medical campuses.Planning and Operations Group: Connects strategic and operational planners across strategic planning, facilities planning, space management, business continuity, and other areas of interest.Technology and Data Group: Unites IT leaders to advance academic medicine, focusing on IT support, analytics, info systems, cybersecurity, and digital transformation across all missions.

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Participation in AAMC councils, organizations, and other select AAMC groups is determined through appointment or position-based membership. If you are interested in learning more about any of these groups please select from the following:

Council of Academic Health Systems Executives (CAHSE)Council of Deans (COD)Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS)Organization of Resident Representatives (ORR)Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)Compliance Officers Forum (COF)Government Relations Representatives (GRR)

Some AAMC affinity groups offer additional engagement opportunities through committees and communities. Please select the committees and/or communities you'd like to join.

The Biomedical Research Advancement, Training, and Oversight Group includes those serving in different Communities of Practice at their institution. As an added value to being a member of the group, we invite you to enroll in the Community of Practice that best suits your institutional role. (Please select all that apply):

Institutional Research Leadership Community: Consists of research deans, vice presidents of research, deans of clinical and translational research, and other senior institutional research leaders.Research Education and Training Community: Consists of graduate deans and PhD, MD-PhD, and postdoctoral program directors and administrators. Conflict of Interest and Research Compliance Community: Consists of conflict of interest and research compliance professionals.

Please select the population you most closely work with (can select multiple):

PhD studentsMD-PhD studentsPostdoctoral scholarsOther/Not applicable

If other

The Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction, and Research Group offers additional engagement opportunities based on institutional roles. To maximize the value of your group membership, we invite you to select the role that most closely aligns with your institutional responsibilities. (We encourage at least one selection.)

Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Educators/Administrators: Individuals engaged in or in direct support of medical student training.Graduate Medical Education (GME) Educators/Administrators: Individuals engaged in or in direct support of resident training.Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Educators/Administrators: Individuals engaged in or in direct support of faculty development, continuous professional development, and/or lifelong learning.Researchers/Scholars: Individuals who engage in medical education research, scholarship, and/or evaluation.Medical Education Staff Professionals: Staff professionals and leaders who work in support of the educational mission across the continuum (UME, GME, CPD, and scholarship).Clerkship Directors/Coordinators: Subset of UME educators/administrators specifically focused on medical student clerkship training.Program Directors/Coordinators: Subset of GME educators/administrators specifically focused on overseeing/managing residency training.

To optimize your membership with the External Relations Group, we invite you to select the discipline(s) in which your work most closely aligns. (Please select all that apply; a selection is required to join the group.)

Alumni RelationsCommunicationsCommunity RelationsDevelopmentMarketing

The Faculty and Staff Vitality Group engages its members through Communities of Practice. To optimize the value of your group membership, we invite you to select all communities that represent your interests. (Please select all that apply; we encourage at least one selection.)

Collaboration, Engagement and Community: Focuses on strengthening connections across individuals and institutions, fostering engagement, and supporting workplace environments. Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development: Centers on faculty lifecycle support, including appointments, promotion and tenure, professional development, and the systems that support faculty success. Human Resources: Highlights HR strategies and practices that support recruitment, retention, performance, and workplace effectiveness across institutions. Professional Staff: Focuses on the growth, visibility, and development of professional staff through shared practices, collaboration, and career advancement support. Resilience and Well-Being: Focuses on tools, strategies, and institutional approaches that support sustainable careers and promote overall well-being for faculty and staff. Workforce Impact in Medicine and Science: Explores leadership development, career advancement, and strategies that support participation and success across the academic workforce.

The Finance and Business Affairs Group offers additional engagement opportunities. We invite you to enroll in any of the following committees/communities. (You may join more than one committee or community; enrollment is optional.)

Department Administrator Community: Open to any department administrator (e.g., basic, clinical, center) or others that have an interest in departmental issues. Health System Finance Community: Focuses on the business operations of academic health centers and the work of individual business managers within health systems.Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers Committee: Advances data-driven decision-making in academic medicine by sharing knowledge, tools, and dashboards to help guide strategy, mission, and operations.

The Graduate Medical Education Group offers additional engagement opportunities. To optimize your group membership, we invite you to enroll in one of the following Communities of Practice. (Please select the community that best represents your primary role.)

Graduate Medical Education Director: Under DIO direction, administrative oversight of institutional GME, including ACGME and regulatory compliance, budgets, and GME faculty and staff development.Graduate Medical Education Associate/Assistant Director: Manages required data collection, reporting, duty hour monitoring, and evaluations. Assists with program oversight, policy implementation, and operations.Graduate Medical Education Coordinator: Liaison for program directors, GME faculty and staff, administrators, and trainees. Manages rotations, documentation, recruitment and onboarding processes. Residency Program Director: Clinical oversight, education design, assessment, faculty evaluation, residency recruitment processes, and adherence to ACGME standards and mandates.Graduate Medical Education - Other: Additional GME staff including senior administrators and non-clinician administrators with strategic and professional oversight implementation responsibilities.

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The Learner Access, Support, Opportunity, and Retention Group offers additional engagement opportunities through their Communities of Practice. To optimize the value of your group membership, we invite you to select the community that best aligns with your responsibilities. (Please select all that apply; we encourage enrollment in at least one community.)

Recruitment, Admissions, Selection, and Enrollment Community: Oversees the full lifecycle of applicant recruitment and matriculation into medical school.Student Advising, Support, and Records Management Community: Supports medical student success and wellbeing from matriculation to graduation. Provides academic and career advising. Manages records and student progression. Student Opportunity, Access, and Retention Community: Promotes equitable access to learning and environments where all feel respected and included, fosters social connectedness and fair academic progression. Financial Aid Management and Education Community: Manages financial aid, literacy, counseling, and support for medical students navigating training pathways including clinical away rotations, and detours.Research, Engagement, Growth, and Scholarship Community: Supports scholarly activity, mentorship, professional and leadership development for students, staff, and faculty.

Please select the committee(s) you would like to join for the Planning and Operations Group. (You may join more than one committee; enrollment is optional.)

Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers Committee: Advances data-driven decision-making in academic medicine by sharing knowledge, tools, and dashboards to help guide strategy, mission, and operations.Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning Committee: Supports academic medicine by sharing best practices and resources related to emergency response, disaster preparedness, and operational continuity. Facilities Planning and Space Management Committee: Shares best practices and explores space utilization, hybrid work environments, design innovations, construction planning, and space management software.Strategic Planning and Management Committee: Enhances strategic planning and strategic initiative development by sharing best practices and developing actionable resources for the broader community.

Please select the committee(s) you would like to join for the Technology and Data Group. (You may join more than one committee; enrollment is optional.)

Chief Information Officer Roundtable Committee: Designed to facilitate high-level dialogue and peer exchange on the evolving role of information technology in advancing institutional priorities.Data-Driven Academic Medical Centers Committee: Advances data-driven decision-making in academic medicine by sharing knowledge, tools, and dashboards to help guide strategy, mission, and operations.Education Technology Committee: Engages members on education technology issues, trends and related infrastructure, as well as interfacing with other AAMC groups.IT Operations Roundtable Committee: Encourages knowledge sharing, engagement, collaborative thinking, networking and the sharing of promising practices pertaining to IT operations. Research Technology Committee: Engages members on research technology issues, trends and related infrastructures while working collaboratively with other AAMC groups.Technology and Data Access Standing Committee: This committee welcomes all who have an interest in learning about, promoting, and championing equal opportunities in informatics.

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