Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME) 

SOME Announces Two Innovation in Medical Education Awards

Application Deadline: January 31, 2013

SOME will be offering two $1,000 awards in the area of Innovations in Medical Education. The Application Deadline is January 31, 2013. Winners will be notified by February 27, 2013 and awards will be presented at the annual AACOM Awards Banquet in conjunction with the April Joint AACOM & AODME Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. 

Learn more and see 2012 Award Recipients.

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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

SOME Signup Page

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

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