Final review and nominations are made after a discussion between these two groups. The current AΩA student members engage in a parallel review and ranking of applicants. Points are awarded for significant activities in leadership/teaching, service to the school/ community/profession, research, professionalism/ethics and high-quality patient care for senior AΩA. Preliminary review and ranking of eligible students will be made by the Faculty Executive Board using an internally created scoring rubric with each application being reviewed by 2 faculty members. The University of Maryland Chapter holds elections for junior AΩA in February of the third year and senior AΩA in August of the fourth year, and selected students will be notified prior to the deadline for submission ERAS applications. Non-student members are elected annually, and student elections as outlined below. Finally, we select one community physician for recognition. Additionally, we select up to 5 faculty members, 5 residents or fellows and 5 alumni for nomination. Nominees must be in good academic standing and must not have had any professionalism concerns identified during medical school. Up to one-half of that 15% of students may be selected as juniors. We review the top one-third of the class by academic rank to select up to 15% of students for nomination into AOA. The UMSoM AOA Beta Chapter values diversity and inclusion and is committed to recognizing excellence in all of our students. Chapters are provided the flexibility to value the diversity of qualities that contribute to high quality patient care, leadership, service and scholarship. The AΩA Constitution states that individual chapters should establish evidence-based methods for determining eligibility based upon AΩA’s mission and values and the school’s mission and definitions of excellence in physicianship. Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation (CARTI).Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases.Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD).Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine.Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research.Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC).Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health & Brain Development.Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT).Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology.Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine.Program for Aging, Trauma, and Emergency Care (PATEC).Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science.Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.Department of Microbiology and Immunology.Department of Medical and Research Technology.Department of Family and Community Medicine.Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.

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