Academy Service Expectations

Members in good standing will:

• Maintain the high level of work in education and teaching that qualified them for membership
• Provide significant contributions toward advancing the Academy's mission
• Actively participate in Academy activities and attend Academy events
• Annually attest to the AME Principles of Professionalism

Service Expectations of All Members:  

• Members are asked to attest to annual documentation on their participation and service to the Academy   
• Academy-wide meetings attendance (50% of activities over a 2-year period.)
  • Celebration of New Members in September
  • Fall Meeting in December 
  • Winter Meetings in February and March (generally offered five times throughout February and once at Fresno in March)
  • Education Showcase in May
  • Summer Meeting in June 
• Mentoring junior faculty members, formally or informally: talk about the Academy and actively involve mentees in our work or programs 

Service Expectations of New Members (during the first three years of membership):  

• Serve as an actively participating member of an Academy interest group, action group or committee (see table: AME Committee and Interest Groups). 

Encouraged for all members: 

• Serve as an actively participating member of an Academy interest group, action group or committee (see table: AME Committee and Interest Groups) 
• Serve on a search committee for an Academy endowed chair  
• Coach potential applicants 
• Improve teaching through Academy co-sponsored activities: 
  • Formal mentoring through the Academy or become a Teaching Observation Program observer 
• Serving as a liaison at activities related to the Academy mission in other venues: representing the Academy at selected academic conferences, membership on select institutional academic committees, mission-related education-focused grand rounds presentations, reviewing membership applications for sister academies, participating in the Academies Collaborative 
• Participating in Educational Scholarship Conference (ESCape) and Equity and Justice in Education (EJE). 
• Facilitating faculty development activities, on a departmental level or under the auspices of the Center for Faculty Educators or Graduate Medical Education teaching workshops. 
• For 2023-2025: Members with 3+ years of Academy membership may opt to support the CFE faculty development redesign by serving as a departmental liaison or champion of > 10 hours in lieu of committee/action group assignment. 

Service Expectations of Sustaining Members: 

• Will be invited to all Academy general meeting and social events
• May be asked to participate in special projects to individual talents/interests- but will NOT be assigned to service activities routinely
• Will be asked to submit a 1-2 paragraph assessment of contributions towards the AME’s mission, for review on a three-year cycle – but will NOT be required to complete the full continuation review (e.g. no expectation to update Educator’s Portfolio)