Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committees

Develops and maintains effective education programs for the Academy. Develops recommendations and monitors activities related to other education issues of importance to the Academy.

Chair: Joseph I. Sirven, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

Vice Chair: Jaffar Khan, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

Staff Liaison: Kim Chandler, Deputy Chief, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

Job description

The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee develops recommendations for policies and activities related to all education matters that involve the Academy and its membership. The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee has responsibility for the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s education portfolio including, but not limited to:

  • Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ programs offered at the Annual Meeting, Regional Conferences, and via remote learning (e.g., online, print, webinars) formats
  • Pipeline, undergraduate, and graduate programs and resources
  • New education offerings and formats.

The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee has responsibility for the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s CME mission and its ACCME accreditation, develops recommendations and monitors activities related to other educational issues of importance to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ and sets education priorities, and identifies opportunities.

Responsibilities

Attend two meetings each year:

  • February (~2-day in-person meeting): to review and evaluate the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s CME and education (across the lifetime) portfolio; act on all matters related to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ education; to identify new opportunities and/or sunset existing offerings and set priorities
  • September (~2-day in-person meeting): to review and evaluate the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s CME and education (across the lifetime) portfolio; act on all matters related to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ education; to identify new opportunities and/or sunset existing offerings and set priorities
  • Participate in emergent education-related activities over the course of the year, including workgroups on policy issues, awards, setting education priorities, collaborations within and outside the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, etc (via conference calls).
  • Participate in remote meetings via Zoom as needed.

Meeting schedule

Attend two meetings each year:

  • January or February meeting to review educational activities for the past year, review subcommittee activities, and set Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ education priorities (two to three days).
  • September meeting to review Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ educational activities for the upcoming year and subcommittee activities, including reviewing the educational program for the Annual Meeting (two to three days). 

Estimated time commitment

Five hours per month plus meetings

Committee composition

The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee will include the following:

  • Chair – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee
  • Vice Chair – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee (overlap with position of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Subcommittee Chair is permitted)
  • Chair – Conferences Subcommittee
  • Chair – eLearning Subcommittee
  • Chair – Graduate Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­
  • Chair – Pipeline Subcommittee
  • Chair – Undergraduate Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Subcommittee
  • Additional members are assigned at large, based on multiple subspecialty expertise and education-type expertise
  • Neurology Resident (1-2)
  • Editor, Continuum®, ex officio (term limit is in accordance with the Continuum Editor role)

Subcommittees

The following subcommittees report to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Committee. Select a subcommittee to view more details.