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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