The Association for Surgical Education

Impacting Surgical Education Globally

PROCEEDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ASE GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE (GTF)

INFORMING BYLAWS REVISIONS PROPOSED APRIL 2019

The GTF was formed in response to the recommendations from the ASE Strategic Planning Meeting of 4/29/18.  It is comprised of the ASE Executive Committee and four additional ASE Leaders. It was tasked to:

  1. Review Board and Committee structure, composition, roles and responsibilities and recommend change
  2. Compare and contrast committee goals and objectives, make recommendations for optimal governance structure
  3. Increase inter-committee collaboration on programs and projects and enhance mechanism(s) for open communication.

Board of Directors (BOD) Structure

  • Per BOD recommendations on 5/1/18, Vice Chairs will be encouraged to attend as non-voting members

Committee Structure

The GTF reviewed the Committee Survey Results collected from committee Chairs between July 18 – Sept 18, 2018.  Committees were reviewed for clarity of mission, engagement, contributions, overlap with other committees, and opportunities to improve communication and collaboration.

Recommendations as follows, all approved by the Board of Directors:

  • Combine Education Research Committee and Multi-institutional Educational Research Group
    • Renamed: Surgical Education Research Group (SERG)
  • Combine Assessment & Evaluation and Curriculum Committees
    • Renamed Assessment, Curriculum & Evaluation Committee
  • Membership Committee: Open committee structure
  • Development Committee: Closed structure

The GTF, in review of the activities and in consultation with the leaders of the Nurses in Surgical Education (NiSE) Committee, recommend that the NiSE Committee restructure as an Advisory Group.

New structure: Advisory Group

  • Group charged to:
    • Maintain communication among (energize) members with a common professional background
    • Recruit new ASE members in the profession
    • Advise the Program and Membership Committees on items of value / importance to the specialty
  • Group members encouraged to take active / leadership roles in the standing committees
  • One member from each Advisory Group serve on Membership Committee to foster growth in membership in these specialties
  • One member serves as non-voting member of the BOD and ad hoc member of Program Committee
    • Vetted by Exec Committee, similar to Vice Chairs of standing committees
  • Will have a liaison on the Exec Committee
    • Funding requests for networking events directly to Exec Committee

Larger project funding encouraged to go through one of the standing committees

Bylaws

  • ASE Secretary to serve as the “hub” for Bylaws revisions
  • Develop process for Bylaws revisions throughout the year by email (section XIII Ammendments)

 

Proposed Bylaws Changes

The proposed changes to the Bylaws will be brought forth to a vote at the Business Meeting during the ASE Annual Meeting on Friday, April 26th from 7:00-8:00 AM in the International Ballroom at the Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, IL.

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