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

Work of the Scholarship Committee is organized under three active subcommittees:

Status of the Discipline
Advance research in the discipline of CPD by assessing, defining, and reporting on the status of the discipline.

Members: Craig Campbell, Ronald Cervero, Robert D'Antuono, Nicolas Fernandez, Helena Filipe, Tanya Horsley (Vice Chair), Ginny Jacobs, Gabrielle Kane, Mila Kostic, Gyusung Lee, Don Moore, Olivier Petinaux, Carol Pizzuti, Suzan Schneeweiss, Nikhita Singhal, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Sophie Soklaridis (Chair), Martin Tremblay, Mary Turco, Betsy Williams

Capacity Building
Build the competency of members to perform scholarly activities including CPD research. 

Members: Sharisse Arnold Rehring, Miya Bernson-Leung, Linda Caples, Nels Carlson, Robert D’Antuono, Helena Filipe (Vice Chair), Lisa Fore-Arcand, Joyce Fried, Mila Kostic, Tania Noreen, Kate Runacres, Janine Shapiro (Chair), Nikhita Singhal, Jessica Walter, Betsy Williams

Review abstracts and enable members’ research and best practice presentations, identify and recognize outstanding presentations, and grant awards including the Manning and Mazmanian Awards.

Members: Amish Dave, Joyce Fried, Joann Goldman, Caitlin Hurley, Ginny Jacobs, Adrienne Madhavpeddi, Asha Maharaj, Morag Paton (Co-chair), Janine Shapiro, Nikhita Singhal, Stephanie Sliekers, Jessica Walter, Dillon Welindt, Betsy Williams, Nathaniel Williams (Co-chair), Bita Zakeri

Meeting Attendance: Open to all SACME members who are interested in CME/CPD scholarship.