Building Medical Education Skills and Community Outside UCSF
While UCSF has many rich opportunities, we encourage our clinician-educator faculty to seek external opportunities as well. These include education focused meetings as well as special societies that include education as part of their broader array of content. These opportunities not only allow for learning but also leadership opportunities as part of committees, and ways to meet external faculty who may be able to serve as a reference for promotion.
Medical Education Opportunities
- Association of American Medical Colleagues (AAMC) Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA)
Annual Meeting: This meeting is focused more on undergraduate than graduate medical education and is well attended by medical education leadership from medical schools across the Western US. There are great workshops for learning as well as oral and poster abstract sessions to present and learn.
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2025 Western Collaborative Spring Conference
Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA)
Western Group on Student Affairs (WGSA)
Western Organization of Student Representatives (WOSR)
Portland, Oregon
Early May 2025
The 2025 Western Collaborative Group invites abstracts for oral abstracts, posters, workshops, panel and small group discussions for the 2025 conference. Proposals may represent completed original research or innovations in medical education, student support, and advising. Abstracts can focus on any level of medical education (Recruitment, Admissions, UME preclerkship or clerkship, Transition to Residency, GME, CPD, or across the continuum). All abstracts should be submitted no later than October 10th, 2024 11:59pm HT. For more information, please contact: Ana Henriquez
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- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Annual Meeting: This national meeting brings education leaders from around the country to share innovations, outstanding workshops, and talks from thought leaders. Oral and posters area accepted for presentation. - Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM)
Annual Meetings: This society brings together all the leaders in internal medicine with a focus on residency and clerkships but also some on specialty fellowships as well. Meetings are organized twice a year and include outstanding workshops as well as oral and posters for presentation. - Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Annual Meeting: This meeting brings together folks dedicated to work in graduate medical education and includes both outstanding workshops as well and sharing of innovations.
How to get the most out of your own specialty societies in medical education?
Many specialty societies have sub-groups dedicated to education. There are often opportunities to volunteer on committees, meet faculty from other institutions to collaborate, share ideas, and serve as references for promotion.