SGIM Health Policy Education Subcommittee Chairperson Opening

The SGIM Health Policy Education Subcommittee is recruiting for the Co-Chair position, leading into a future Chair position. The HPC Education Chair and Co-Chair roles are highly visible roles with substantial opportunity to influence SGIM policy and advocacy direction and to become a national leader within SGIM.

Job Description:

This position would include an initial two-year commitment serving as Co-Chair with the opportunity to grow into the position of chair at the end of their co-chair role. This would include significant mentoring on HPC Education processes and content from the HPC Education Chair.

Specific roles for the Co-Chair include:

• Attending HPC Education meetings (currently 3^rd Wednesdays of the month at 12pm Eastern but subject to change)
• Facilitating HPC Education meetings in the absence of the Chair
• Attending HPC Executive Committee meetings (3^rd Friday of the month at 2pm Eastern), attended by subcommittee Chairs and Co-Chairs, Executive Committee Chair and Co-Chair, SGIM President, CEO, Senior Communications Director, Senior Policy Advisors, and CRD (SGIM’s government relations firm)
• Serving as a voting member of HPC Executive Committee in the absence of the Chair
• Working with the Chair and CRD to draft written policy and advocacy documents on behalf of SGIM
• Working with the HPC Education Chair on additional responsibilities as

Co-chair monthly time commitment varies from 2 hours to 5-8 hours per month.

After serving as Co-Chair, the individual would ideally assume the role of the Chair for the following three years. The former Chair will serve as Co-Chair for the first six months of the new Chair’s appointment, to continue to support and mentor, and to stagger transition of leadership for continuity purposes. A search for a new Co-Chair would begin after the first year of the new Chair’s tenure. Specific roles for the Chair include:

• Facilitating HPC Education Meetings
• Attending HPC Executive Committee meetings, including providing monthly report-out of subcommittee activities
• Serving as one of five voting members of HPC Exec (along with HPC Exec Chair and Co-Chair and the Research and Clinical Practice Subcommittee Chairs). Examples of voting situations:
  • When SGIM HPC is asked to sign-on to external coalition advocacy initiatives
  • When SGIM HPC is asked to endorse positions from internal SGIM groups or individuals
• Planning the annual HPC Education agenda, in conjunction with CRD
• Planning the monthly meeting agenda, in conjunction with CRD
• Leading SGIM HPC Education writing of relevant policy and advocacy documents

Chair monthly time commitment varies from 3-4 hours to up to 10-20 hours per month.

The SGIM HPC Education Subcommittee has traditionally focused on the overlap of health and education policy and advocacy. This involves staying abreast of federal policy consistent with the mission and values of SGIM in undergraduate and graduate level medication education, including advocating for ongoing and sufficient federal funding for Title VII programs, raising awareness of and protecting the role of the VA in medical education, and advocating that the overall governance and financing of the federal government’s graduate medical education system has accountability, and reflects health workforce needs.

Specific examples of recent work include:

• Ensuring that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to support workforce programs to support the growth of a well-trained primary care workforce to help Americans prevent and treat the chronic conditions burdening their health as the administration reorganizes the department.
• Advocating for robust investment and comprehensive reform in Medicare graduate medical education (GME), including expanding the number of GME slots available for primary care and other shortage specialties and establishing a transparent, outcomes-focused payment structure that holds institutions accountable and ensures an appropriately distributed and well-trained physician workforce equipped to meet the nation’s health care needs.

SGIM HPC does not traditionally focus on state-level issues, given SGIM’s structure.

Selection Criteria:

The SGIM HPC Education is seeking to actively diversify membership, perspectives and priorities, while maintaining alignment with SGIM overall values and mission. We are seeking to disseminate a clear job description and transparent selection process, using objective criteria, and thus seeking to minimize bias in the selection process. We seek to prioritize competence over experience. We seek to actively recruit from SGIM groups and members across SGIM, including those who have not been traditionally well represented within medicine and health policy.

If multiple candidates for the Co-Chair position are identified, SGIM HPC Education will use the following criteria:

• Demonstrated competence in leading or advocating for change in any area that is consistent with SGIM mission and values (1-10, weighted x2)
• Demonstrated competence in health policy (1-10, weighted x 1)
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in any area that is consistent with HPC Education longitudinal priorities related to funding of Education in areas of quality, high-value care, and health equity (1-10, weighted x 1)
• Demonstrated commitment to SGIM service (e.g., committee or interest groups, regional leadership, meeting planning) (1-10, weighted x1)

Evaluation will be conducted by the current HPC Education Chair, the HPC Exec Chair, and HPC Exec Co-Chair. HPC Education recommendation for Co-Chair must be approved by SGIM Council.

Please submit a CV and one-page letter of intent by the deadline.

Submissions will be received at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6ST9QCL

Deadline: December 5, 2025, at 11:59PM ET.

Additional questions about the position may be forwarded to HPC Education Chair Amirala Pasha at pasha.amirala@mayo.edu