Digital Learning Center

Now in its fourth year, the 12-week course for new education administrators Foundations of Academic Internal Medicine for Education Administrators (FAIM-EA) is designed for new administrators of programs in UME (undergraduate medical education) or GME (graduate medical education). The course is developed and taught by experienced Alliance member administrators.  

Registration will open Nov. 24, 2025. For more information, please contact meetings@im.org.

The 12-week course includes four 2-hour live virtual sessions in which you will have the opportunity to interact with leaders in the field of academic medicine. The live format is not about listening to lectures, but allows for social learning through panels designed to enable you to learn from each other's experiences, stories and suggestions. Attendance at the live Zoom sessions is highly encouraged but not required. All live sessions will be recorded and available in the digital learning center for course participants the week after the event.

The digital learning center will also present you with weekly assignments and enable asynchronous interaction and networking with fellow students and expert administrators on specific topics each week. Weekly assignments can include on-demand reading, interactive exercises, and video-based learning. This asynchronous required workload will not exceed 2 hours per week. 

 At the conclusion of this course, participants should be better able to:

• Develop strategies to effectively communicate with your clerkship/program director
• Identify timely and relevant ACGME requirements and LCME standards using online resources
• Compile resources and tasks aligned with the academic calendar