Applications Due:  January 15, 2009
Candidates informed of Outcome:  March 15, 2009

AACOM’s National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) was created to promote collaboration and excellence in osteopathic medical education. The Academy is a community of medical educators who have met rigorous standards for membership.  The Academy is administered from within AACOM’s Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME). Membership in the Academy is earned and requires a five-year commitment to mentor and support educational excellence and scholarship in others in the osteopathic medical education profession.

Academy goals include:

• Modeling and promoting teaching excellence throughout osteopathic medical education.
• Fostering and valuing scholarship in teaching and learning that moves beyond excellent practice to the development of peer-reviewed educational products that are publicly available.
• Fostering networking and collaboration among institutions of osteopathic medical education by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas about educational endeavors including teaching, evaluation, curriculum design and implementation, faculty development and educational research.

Faculty members are encouraged to self-nominate for membership in the Academy or may be nominated by their dean or chairperson. For application information, materials, and deadlines, visit http://www.aacom.org/InfoFor/educators/naome/Pages/default.aspx.