Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators (SOME)

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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.

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Operating Strategies of the Society

The strategies of this Council shall be to:

1. share information regarding current educational practices, including content, processes, and administrative oversight, along the continuum of osteopathic medical education
2. implement best practices for medical education programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education
3. promote, plan, conduct and disseminate the results of individual and collaborative osteopathic medical education research
4. provide opportunities for collaboration among the colleges of osteopathic medicine and among educational programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education
5. develop and recommend administrative policies that would promote and reward education scholarship,
6. 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. See the bottom of this page to see the current members of the Steering Committee.

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Guidelines for SIGs within the Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators
• Specialty Colleges
• Patient Safety Education
• Clinical Rotation Collaboration
• Medical Education Research
• Instructional Technology
• Learning-Centered Education
• Faculty Development
• Problem-Specific/Structured Knowledge Curriculum (PS/SKC)
• Basic Science Medical Education
• Continuing Medical Education
• Simulation for Learning and Assessment
• Quality Improvement in Osteopathic Medical Education

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Group Officers:

Steering Committee Chair:	Donald J. Sefcik, DO, MBA Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Chair Elect:	Mark A.W. Andrews, PhD Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Secretary:	Bartley Gordon Yee, DO Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Steering Committee Member:	Joseph S. De Gaetano, DO, MSEd, FAAFP, FACOFP Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Bruce D. Dubin, DO, JD University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Marguerite Elliott, DO, MS University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Family Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Craig J. Lenz, DO Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Nehad l. El-Sawi, PhD Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Jeremy M. Huff, DO Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Steering Committee Member:	Patricia S. Sexton, DHEd A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Member:	Matthew LaPorta, OMS-IV University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine
AACOM Staff Liaison(s):	Linda R. Heun, PhD Vice President for Medical Education Office of Medical Education <meded@aacom.org> (301) 968-4143
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