Deadline: Friday, October 25, 2024, 11:59 PM ET
Background
Holistic Review, is a flexible, mission-driven approach to recruit and assess an individual’s competencies by considering their experiences, attributes, and academic metrics in order to select applicants who will best contribute to the program’s unique goals, learning environment, and the practice of medicine. Originally developed for admissions, the AAMC's Holistic Review Framework and principles are being extended throughout the academic medicine ecosystem. An end goal is to contribute to cultivating a broadly diverse physician and research workforce capable of delivering high quality, culturally responsive care and advancing biomedical research and health care delivery.
Holistic Review aims to foster learner-centered and asset-focused policies and practices in medical schools and teaching hospitals. The AAMC Holistic Review Framework and its underlying principles are now being extended into new areas of academic medicine, such as faculty hiring, resident selection, and student affairs. AAMC’s Holistic Review Team works with schools and institutions that are leading holistic innovations and partners with them to lift up, professionalize, and systematize promising work based on the principles of Holistic Review so that it can be replicated by other professionals across all the mission areas of academic medicine.
The Advancing Holistic Principles Advisory Committee (AHPAC) comprises members spanning the medical education continuum, including faculty. Established in 2007, it informs the vision for holistic principles, offers consultation, develops resources, contributes to the scholarly literature, and advises AAMC staff on holistic review initiatives. To see some examples of resources created by and in partnership with our committee, please visit our website.
Representation Sought
The Advisory Committee is currently seeking members representing the following role-based perspective:
- Medical School Dean
Time Commitment and Activities
Term: 3 years with a maximum of two, consecutive, three-year terms.
Time: Quarterly 2-hour virtual meetings with one extended virtual meeting.
All members of the advisory committee also serve on one or more committee-initiated working groups. Working groups typically hold monthly 1-hour meetings and engage in projects in between these meetings. The total time per month is 3-6 hours.
Call for Self-Nominations
Indicate your interest in becoming a member of the advisory committee by:
- Responding to the questions here. (You will be asked to create an account to begin the process.)
- Submitting a brief CV (no longer than 4 pages). Please upload the CV via the link above.
Submissions
Submissions are due by Friday, October 25, 2024, 11:59 PM ET.
Selection Criteria
Nominee submissions will be reviewed by a core team of AAMC staff members. Selections will be based on the following criteria:
- Role-based perspective;
- Alignment with the advisory committee’s mission and charge;
- A systems mindset
- Willingness to challenge conventional thinking and practice
- Interest in contributing to scholarship
- Contribution to the overall diversity of backgrounds and perspectives of the committee
Decisions
Decisions will be sent via email by Friday, November 22, 2024. Nominees who are not selected to participate on the advisory committee may be invited to participate on or give input to working groups associated with their role-based perspective.
Materials and Questions
Please use this link to apply and submit your CV. (You will be asked to create an account to begin the process.) Send any questions to holisticreview@aamc.org.