Our Projects
Evaluation of AFAMEE and FAMEE applicants
The Fellowship Committee has created criteria for nominating Associate Fellows and Fellows. Applications are first processed by the AMEE Office. The chair and the chair elect are in charge of the reviews and nominations of AFAMEEs and FAMEEs in consultation with members of the Committee for FAMEEs. Nominations are valid for five years. As of 2019, the AFAMEEs and FAMEEs nominated five years ago have been re-evaluated, highlighting their progress over these years.
Events and materials for health professions educators
To inspire scholarly advancement for health professions educators, the Fellowship Committee has delivered symposia, best-practice sessions and workshops at AMEE 2020, 2021 and 2022 conferences. These sessions have focussed on different types of scholarship and practical suggestions for progressing as educational scholars at their own institutions, nationally and internationally. Furthermore, members of the Committee have contributed to the AMEE guide on redefinition of the health professions education scholarship and other publications (Cleland et al. 2021; Ramani et al. 2021, ten Cate 2021).
Webinars for the AFAMEEs
In the last two years, the Fellowship Committee has organized webinars for AFAMEEs between AMEE conferences. Online events are also important for the inclusion of the AMEE community, because not all AMEE members are able to participate in on-site conferences and events. In these webinars, experienced Fellows have facilitated discussion and reflection on multiple forms and pathways of scholarship and practical advice on contributing to AMEE. These low-threshold online events have received positive feedback and will continue.
Mentor models for professional growth
Mentoring plays a vital role in one’s scholarly progress and professional growth. A subgroup of the Fellowship Committee created a speed mentoring model that was successfully implemented at AMEE conferences in 2018 and 2019 (Ramani et al. 2020) and a mentoring PCW at AMEE 2022. These sessions aimed to connect novice and mid-career educators with international educational leaders and scholars and the mentoring PCW focussed on mentor development. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the creation of an innovative mentoring model, combining speed mentoring and world café in an online environment (McKimm et el. 2020). This innovative model of online mentoring reached health professions educators across the globe and has supported them in scholarly progress, professional growth and networking.
AFAMEE and FAMEE bios
Being appointed as an AMEE Associate Fellow or AMEE Fellow is an important step in the career of a health professions educator. AMEE wishes to show an appreciation for this achievement and thereby shares the bios and photos of newly appointed AFAMEEs and FAMEEs in the AMEE newsletter and social media.
Our Committee
Eeva Pyorala - Chair
Rashmi Kusurkar - Chair Elect
Subha Ramani - Past Chair
Ming-Jun Ho
Pat Lilley
Johnny Lyon Maris
Madalena Folque Patricio
Gary D. Rogers
Daisy Rotzoll
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
David Taylor
Olle ten Cate
Trevor Gibbs and Trudie Roberts were key actors in establishing the AMEE Fellowship program. They served until the end of 2022 in the committee. We wish to thank them for their commitment to the committee and the AMEE Fellowship program over the years.