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Committees

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Open to All SACME Members

The general duties of the Communications and Marketing Committee are to recommend policies to leadership regarding strategies to guide and maintain membership communications and develop and implement communication channels (e.g., the newsletters, the Society listserv, the Society website, membership recruitment brochures, etc.).

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The Membership Committee processes applications from prospective members; determines eligibility; and forwards applications to the Society Board of Directors for election to membership. 
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The Program Committee plans the content and structure of the Annual Meeting and leads the planning, development, and evaluation of webinars and other ongoing educational initiatives.
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The Scholarship Committee ensures that SACME members have opportunities to learn the scholarly approaches to doing and assessing CME/CPD. The goal of the committee is to foster scholarship through education, mentoring, and support of both novice and experienced scholars.

The charge to the SACME Scholarship Committee is to provide guidance to the SACME Board in growing and maintaining SACME’s role as the international academic leader in CME/CPD scholarship. Members work in subcommittees to:

    • Assess and report on the status of the discipline
    • Build capacity to conduct and enhance research by scholars and CME/CPD consumers and to establish an institutional scholarly environment
    • Develop and support/facilitate research

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The Technology-Enhanced CPD (TECPD) Committee's priority is to take a proactive strategic role in addressing challenges and utilizing opportunities associated with the digital transformation of CPD. 

Mission: SACME's Committee on Technology-Enhanced CPD is to support and guide SACME members in enhancing the entire spectrum of CPD activities through the innovative use and study of technology to enhance the impact of CPD, emphasizing learning theories, pedagogies, and evidence.

Structure: The TECPD Committee operates through a structure that ensures broad oversight and focused attention on specific areas of interest. This structure is divided into three distinct levels: the main committee, one subcommittee, and multiple ad hoc workgroups. Each level has a unique role and set of responsibilities that contribute to the committee’s overall mission.

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By Invitation Only

The Finance Committee provides oversight of the overall financial affairs of the society; develop, monitor, and make recommendations to the Board regarding the current operating budget; prepare and submit the operating budget for the subsequent fiscal year for approval by the Board; monitor the Society’s investments and make recommendations regarding those investments to the Board; and ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

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The Strategic Affairs Committee guides and informs the Board of Directors by developing effective process and performance approaches for advancing the strategic plans of the Society; guides committees and prepares recommendations to the Board of Directors on current and future strategic initiatives, as appropriate; oversees organizational and committee work plans designed to advance strategic priorities; and establishes processes to guide the solicitation and management of grant funding to support the scholarship of CME/CPD in the future.

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The Nominating & Awards Committee is comprised of the Regional Representatives, the Immediate Past-President, who serves as committee chair, and President-Elect, who serves as co-chair. The executive director serves as auditor.

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