Group on Information Resources (GIR)

Heather Sacks
Director, Constituent Engagement

Natalie Floyd
Senior Administrative Specialist

To reach a member of the GIR program staff, please contact GIR@aamc.org. 

The GIR provides a forum for individuals in relevant roles of leadership and responsibility to promote excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine, including medical education, clinical care, and health sciences research. In an age when information technology is a strategic asset, GIR’s research, professional development, and policy setting is vital to the advancement of medical teaching institutions.

The GIR engages and informs members across the health education continuum on numerous topics including technology application and innovation, legislation and compliance, medical simulation, patient privacy and security, infrastructure guidance, educational resource delivery, medical informatics, and developing industry leadership.

The GIR has over 900 members, from medical schools and teaching hospitals, where they hold positions as CIOs, associate or assistant deans, IT directors, education technologists, informaticians, and librarians. It meets once a year during the spring at the Information Technology in Academic Medicine Conference and offers additional engagement and networking opportunities.

Members are appointed or can request to join the group. 

Per the GIR Rules and Regulations, “The membership shall consist of persons appointed by the dean of member medical schools, including affiliate and provisional members and persons appointed by chief executive officers of member teaching hospitals or health systems of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The appointed group member(s) shall serve at the pleasure of the respective appointing authority. Each appointing official at an AAMC member institution may appoint up to three voting members to the GIR. Faculty, staff, residents, and students of AAMC member institutions who are not appointed as voting members may join the GIR as non-voting individual members.”

To join the GIR, please email gir@aamc.org.

GIR Community Engagement

In late 2024, the GIR listserv was decommissioned. The AAMC is in the process of exploring appropriate communications platforms for the GIR community. If you would like to engage with colleagues in the IT space in the meantime, please visit the AAMC Virtual Communities Network (login required) and request to join the Information Technology in Academic Medicine Community.

GIR Work Groups

Each GIR Work Group has a home in the AAMC Virtual Communities Network (login required). Request to join the Group on Information Resources (GIR) Work Group Hub, then select the Work Group(s) where you are a participant. Don’t have an AAMC Virtual Communities account established? Request an account.

AAMC Communications Policy

Find more information about the AAMC Communication Policy (PDF).

Viewpoints

• Digital Professionalism
• It is Time to Teach Technology: Thoughts on Digital Literacy in the Medical Curriculum
• Learning Analytics: The Possibilities and the Unknowns for Medical Education
• Distributed Medical Education: Lessons in Change
• Do Medical Students, Interns, and Residents Need National Provider Identifiers?
• Web 2.0 and Medical Education: It's Here. Are You Ready?
• The MedBiquitous Specification for Virtual Patient: A Tool to Facilitate Sharing Is Nearing Readiness
• ePortfolios and Assessing Competence: The Western Reserve2 Curriculum
• A Learner-Centered Infrastructure: The Next Generation Learning Management System
• The Data Concierge
• Encouraging Medical Students to Develop Mobile Apps

Webinars

• AAMC Webinar Series: Pulse Check – Medical Education After COVID
• 2024 GIR Community Celebration
• 2021 GIR Community Celebration
• Bend or Break: Lessons Learned about the Strain the COVID-19 Pandemic Puts on a REDCap Installation
• Telehealth Competencies to Train the Current and Future Physician Workforce
• Data Governance in Academic Medicine
• EMRs in Medical Education: Reports from the Field
• FDA Regulations on Mobile Apps and Medical Devices
• GIR Webinar: A Disruptive Connector: Learning & Experimenting with Generative AI Together

Official governance and administration information for members of the Group on Information Resources. 

The GIR awards recognize member contributions to academic medicine information technology.

The Group on Information Resources offers numerous opportunities for members to collaborate and participate in group decisions and governance.

The GIR offers numerous opportunities for members to collaborate and participate through work groups.