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Table 2 Professional subspecialty societies and programming for medical education 2018–19 and updates in 2022

From: How do internal medicine subspecialty societies support clinician-educator careers? A qualitative exploratory study

Specialty

Association

Dedicated Med Ed Website

Med Ed Journal

Med Ed Conference

Med Ed Networking

Updates in 2022

Cardiology

ACC

Yes

No

No

No

New “Fellows in Training” section on website w/ member networking but not dedicated to medical education

Endocrinology

AACE

No

No

No

No

New Fellows Training Series - comprehensive program to support PDs and train fellows, but more focused on ITE

Infectious Disease

IDSA

No -- > Yes in 2022

No

No - But dedicated poster & abstract session

IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice (MedEdCOP)

IDSA MedEdCOP includes workgroups d with multiple workgroups

Gastroenterology

AGA

Yes

No

No - but in 2022 annual MedEd plenary at national conference

AGA Academy Community Group

AGA Academy of Educators website with more robust offerings like grants

Nephrology

ASN

Yes

No

No

Yes - listserv

ASN Website with more robust modular online curricula for remote learning

Oncology

ASCO

No

No

No

New in 2022 - Education Scholars program focused on medical education

In 2019 ASCO started new Education Scholars program for MedEd

Pulmonary

ATS

Yes

Yes

No - But dedicated seminars & posters

ATS Section on Medical Education

ATS Section on Medical Education website now with more grants, active social media presence, more awards

Rheumatology

ACR

No -- > Yes in 2022

No

No -- > Yes in 2022, ACR Education Exchange

No

New ACR Education Exchange Conference focusing on Fellows-in-Training, Educators, PDs, New Rheum2Learn website with educational modules