Below are new suggested levels of membership for Duke AHEAD members. We welcome member feedback on this new process. Please direct feedback to dukeahead@duke.edu no later than December 31, 2024.
Although membership designations using the engagement terminology below is by self-report, administrators can request confirmation of membership designations by contacting DukeAHEAD@duke.edu.
Criteria: Attendance of at least 4 Duke AHEAD-sponsored sessions over a 12-month academic calendar year. Sessions may include: Duke AHEAD Noon Conferences, Duke Education Grand Rounds (sponsored by GME, IPEC, or Duke AHEAD), or Duke-AHEAD Co-Sponsored sessions offered in collaboration with NC-AHEC, the Durham VA IPE Noon Conferences, and the School of Nursing IEE Conferences. Participation in Duke AHEAD Education Day counts as attendance at 2 Duke AHEAD sessions.
Terminology: “I actively participated in Duke AHEAD professional development offerings, attending 4 or more sessions per year.”
Scholar Member:
Criteria: Conducting research in connection/collaboration with Duke AHEAD qualifies you for this category of membership. Examples include: advancing a scholarly project through the Duke AHEAD Health Professions Certificate Program, performing scholarly work supported by Duke AHEAD funding (either a Duke AHEAD Grant or an ASPIRE Award), participating in Duke AHEAD’s writing bootcamp and submitting the resulting manuscript, or presenting a scholarly education project at the Duke AHEAD Education Day or another Duke AHEAD event. The product of any of these forms of scholarship should be added to the Duke AHEAD Repository.
Terminology: “I actively engaged in education scholarship in collaboration with Duke AHEAD over the course of this year, and I have contributed my work to the Duke AHEAD Repository.”
Emerging Leader Member:
Criteria: Qualification to this membership entails any of: (a) participation in Leadership for Educators Accelerator Program (LEAP) or the Duke AHEAD Mentorship Program; (b) teaching in the Duke AHEAD Certificate Program, LEAP, or Mentorship Program; (c) leading a Duke AHEAD Grand Rounds or Duke AHEAD Education Day session; or (d) serving by request on a Duke AHEAD committee (e.g., Steering Committee, Grant Review Committee).
Terminology: “I was recognized as an emerging leader through my engagement in [a year-long professional development program offered by Duke AHEAD / leadership of a Duke AHEAD Education Day Workshop].”
Duke AHEAD Fellow:
Criteria: The fellow level recognizes educators who have less than 10 years’ experience as a health professions educators, but who are already demonstrating the potential for major and on-going contributions to health professions education with Duke. This membership level recognizes commitment and service to Duke AHEAD as well as excellence in education within Duke Health. Nominations are solicited every other year. This title is retained, unless it is superseded by a Fellow being selected as a Distinguished Member (see below).
Terminology: “I was selected to be a Duke AHEAD Fellow in recognition of my commitment and service to Duke AHEAD as well as having demonstrated excellence in education within Duke Health.”
Duke AHEAD Distinguished Member:
Criteria: These members have been identified as significant educators within Duke Health with a proven track record of scholarship in the field of health professions education. Distinguished members have educational contributions that include activities at Duke, at other institutions, and at regional, national, and international levels, and specifically to Duke AHEAD. Nominations are solicited every other year. This title is retained.
Terminology: “I was selected to be a Duke AHEAD Distinguished Member, the highest level of distinction offered by Duke’s health professions academy.”
Below are examples of how the different membership designations can be reported on a Duke CV:
Detailed Format Example:
Professional societies, organizations:
2014-present Duke AHEAD (Academy for Health Professions Education & Academic Development)
2014-2016 Member, participated in sessions ad hoc
2016-2020 Active Member, participated in Duke AHEAD professional development offerings, attending 4 or more sessions per year
2018-2020 Scholar Member, received a Duke AHEAD grant to assess the impact of XYZ, which I presented at Duke AHEAD Education Day and contributed to the Duke AHEAD Repository
2022-2024 Emerging Leader, recognized for my engagement in a year-long professional
Development mentorship program, serving annually as a mentor, participating in quarterly Mentorship Community of Practice meetings
2023-present Duke AHEAD Fellow, selected in recognition of my commitment and service to Duke AHEAD as well as having demonstrated excellence in education within Duke Health
Condensed Format Example:
Professional societies, organizations:
2014-present Duke AHEAD (Academy for Health Professions Education & Academic Development)
Member (2014-2016), Active Member (2016-2020), Scholar Member (2018-2020), Emerging Leader (2022-2024), Fellow of the Academy (2023-present)
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What prompted the implementation of these new membership designations?
Answer: Educators’ participation in Duke AHEAD should contribute toward their promotion. Promotions & tenure committees reviewing members’ CVs often seek to better understand the type and extent of members’ participation. Membership designations are meant to contextualize members’ engagement and highlight members’ contributions.
2. Who determines the membership designation for each year?
Answer: Members are asked to self-report their membership level, using the provided descriptions. Duke AHEAD Grand Rounds and Education Day events confer continuing education credits and are visible on your JA transcript, which can be accessed here and located by searching terms like “Education Grand Rounds” or “Education Day.”
3. Do membership designations change over time?
Answer: Yes. Each academic year, a member would assess the type and extent of his/her engagement with Duke AHEAD. If the member has not met the criteria for any of the named membership designations, he/she would use the term “Member” for that year. When, however, he/she has engaged with Duke AHEAD enough to meet one of the listed membership categories, he/she would use the appropriate term to describe his/her engagement for that year. Each academic year should be labeled with the most appropriate membership designation(s); moving “up” or “down” levels from year-to-year is expected, as is the possibility of simultaneously meeting two designations in a single year (see CV examples above). A Duke AHEAD Fellow would retain the Fellow designation year after year, unless the Fellow is selected as a Distinguished Member (which would supersede the Fellow title, and would be retained for as long as the individual is a Duke AHEAD member).
4. Can I use other educational activities, not mentioned above, as evidence of active involvement in Duke AHEAD?
Answer: Probably not. There are many ways to be an active educator within Duke Health (e.g., speaking on an education topic at a departmental conference, leading trainings for peers, or serving on a selection committee for the hiring of an educator). All of these important activities should be included on your CV, but not under the heading of “Duke AHEAD.” If there is a specific activity you performed with or in service to Duke AHEAD that is not listed in the membership designation descriptions, contact DukeAHEAD@duke.edu to see if it qualifies.
5. Can this be retroactive?
Answer: Yes. If you would like to apply these designations to your prior years of engagement with Duke AHEAD in order to illustrate your past involvement, you can use the new terminology to update your CV.
6. To whom do I reach out with questions?
Answer: Members, supervisors, or individuals on promotions & tenure committees can email DukeAHEAD@duke.edu.