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Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME) 


SOME Announces Two Innovation in Medical Education Awards

Application Deadline: January 31, 2012.

SOME will be offering two $1,000 awards in the area of Innovations in Medical Education. The Application Deadline is January 31, 2012. Winners will be notified by February 15, 2012 and awards will be presented at the annual AACOM Awards Banquet in conjunction with the March AACOM Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. A monetary award will be provided. Learn more.


Get connected to your colleagues across campus and across the country!

The Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators is an open-membership society of osteopathic medical educators (faculty and staff) who are involved in planning and/or providing osteopathic medical education programs along the full continuum of osteopathic medical education. The Society seeks to include those involved in educational programs through the colleges of osteopathic medicine, osteopathic post-graduate training institutions (OPTIs), specialty colleges, and continuing medical education programs. The mission of the society is to promote the continuous collaborative improvement of osteopathic medical education.

SOME Listserv - Please Join Us!

If you wish to communicate on the SOME Listserv, email Linda Heun lheun@aacom.org indicating the following:

  1. That you are responsible for creating and/or implementing an osteopathic medical education program and are eligible to be an official voting member of SOME.

    or if #1 does not apply to you -
  2. Indicate that you would like to be put on the listserv to participate in the discussions. 
  3. Also, note that you agree to abide by Community Guidelines, List Instructions, and Agreement.

After receiving confirmation from Linda Heun you will be able to send an email to the group at some@lists.aacom.org

AACOM Staff Liaisons:
Linda Heun, PhD, VP for Medical Education, lheun@aacom.org
Tyler Cymet, DO, Associate VP for Medical Education, tcymet@aacom.org

View Steering Committee Roster 


    SOME Collaborative Site 
    Includes Official Documents, member directory, space for announcements, calendar, discussions and more.


      Operating Strategies of the Society

      The strategies of this Council shall be to:

      A.    share information regarding current educational practices, including content, processes, and administrative oversight, along the continuum of osteopathic medical education

      B.    implement best practices for medical education programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education

      C.    promote, plan, conduct and disseminate the results of individual and collaborative osteopathic medical education research

      D.    provide opportunities for collaboration among the colleges of osteopathic medicine and among educational programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education

      E.    develop and recommend administrative policies that would promote and reward education scholarship,

      F.    present recommendations to the Board of Deans and to prepare and present other
      reports which may be requested by the Board of Deans.

      Leadership of the Society:

      The Society is led by a Steering Committee that is representative of the full continuum of osteopathic medical education, including continuing medical education. Membership on the Steering Committee is determined by a vote of the Society membership in attendance at the Annual Meeting.

      Steering Committee Members

      Name

      Title

      Institution

      Position

      Patricia S. Sexton, DHEd

      Chair

      A.T. Still University of Health Sciences - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

      Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Community and Preventive Health

      Mark A. W. Andrews, PhD

      Past Chair

      Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill

      Professor of Physiology and Director of Examination Management

      Elaine Soper, PhD

      Chair
      Elect
      West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

      Associate Dean, Assessment and Educational Development

      Luke H. Mortensen, PhD, FAHA, EMT Secretary Des Moines University - College of Osteopathic Medicine Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

      Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, FCCP, FACOI

      Member

      Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

      Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

      Polly Leonard, DO

      Member

      Univeristy of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

      Associate Clinical Professor

      John Graneto, DO, MEd

      Member

      Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

      Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine

      Marti Echols, PhD

      Member

      Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine Assistant Dean of Medical Education
      Gillian Bice, PhD Member Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Director of Academic Support
      Chelsea A. Nickolson, OMS-2 Student Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine COSGP Med Ed Representative
      To be named Resident

       

       
       
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