Benefits

AAR Membership benefits include:

• Roster of Active Members of the Association of Academic Radiology.
• Opportunities to network with current leaders in academic radiology (e.g., chairs, program directors, medical student clerkship directors, and researchers).
• 12 issues per year of Academic Radiology, the official journal of the AAR.
• An invitation to attend the AAR Annual Meeting, featuring scientific presentations and discussion forums about current topics affecting academic radiology.
• Discounted annual meeting registration fee ($240 less than other registration categories).
• Opportunities to present research findings.
• The opportunity to compete for national awards specifically designed for AAR members.
• The opportunity to participate in radiology organizations that focus on clinician-educator faculty pathways, medical student and resident education, radiology research and health services research.

Along with these AAR benefits, ACER Member benefits include:

• Faculty development opportunities.
• Organizational opportunities to prioritize and advance the common interests of clinician-educators.
• Increased awareness of the important role of the clinician-educator pathway.
• Coordination of efforts to provide a tangible set of common goals and skills dedicated to successful advancement in this career path.
• A common voice through an established constituency:
• What roles clinician-educators can play in their department and institution.
• How clinician-educators can optimize their chances for promotion in a clinician-educator track.
• What resources chairs can provide to enable clinician-educators to be successful.
• How clinician-educators can earn additional resources to accomplish their educational goals.

• Exchange of ideas with APDR and AMSER members regarding current LCME and ACGME regulations that directly affect the role of clinician-educators in fulfilling the educational mission of their department and institution.
• Development of peer-to-peer review and mentoring programs.
• Help in developing a teaching portfolio.
• Learning to navigate your promotion process.
• Learning web-based teaching methods and creation of electronic teaching files.
• Learning effective presentation skills.
• Development of a national standard or benchmark for promotion in the clinician-educator track.
• Instructional design.
• Educational learning theories.
• Creating an incentive plan for clinician-educators.