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AUR Membership benefits include:
- Roster of Active Members of the Association of University Radiologists.
- 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 AUR.
- An invitation to attend the AUR 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 AUR 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 AUR 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.
To be eligible for ACER membership, you MUST be a member of AUR.
To Join AUR and ACER
Click here to download an AUR membership form. When completing the application, be sure to check the ACER box and include the $75 ACER fee with your dues payment.
If you're already an AUR member and want to join ACER
Click here to download an Alliance dues payment form.
Contact the AUR office at 630-368-3730 or by email at AUR@rsna.org if you have any questions.
