MERIT Members have sustained and growing interest in Health Professions Education.

Benefits to becoming a MERIT Member include:

• MERIT affiliation
• your profile in MERIT communications
• the opportunity for project consultation with one of our scholars or scientists

Responsabilites of being a MERIT Member include:

• regular attendance at our monthly MERIT Rounds
• presentation at MERIT rounds

To apply to be a MERIT Member send your contact information form and letter of support from your Department/Program chair to merit@mcmaster.ca.

The membership committee will review all applications.

MERIT Scholars have demonstrated knowledge and experience in Health Professions Education research and / or innovation projects.

Benefits to becoming a MERIT Scholar include:

• eligibility to compete for conference funding, limited research assistance support
• access to Internal peer review of applications and publications and academic mentorship
• access to tele- or video-conferencing for project communication
• your profile in MERIT communications
• the opportunity for project consultation with one of our scholars or scientists

Responsabilites of being a MERIT Scholar include:

• peer consultations with Scholars and Scientists
• scholarly paper review
• membership on HSEd thesis committee(s)
• regular attendance at our monthly MERIT Rounds
• presentation at MERIT rounds

To apply to be a MERIT Scholar send your contact information form, a letter of support from your Department/Program chair, an up-to-date CV, and 500-1000 word description of why you want to become a MERIT Scholar and how MERIT aligns with your academic career to merit@mcmaster.ca.

The membership committee will review all applications.

MERIT Scientists have graduate training and lead a program of Health Professions Education research with an established track record in HPE scholarship.

Benefits to becoming a MERIT Scientist include:

• office space, conference funding, research assistance support
• SPSS / NVivo subscription, CV management, expense management
• access to senior academic mentorship
• assisting with welcoming and hosting visiting scholars / scientists and eligibility for 1:1 consultation time
• access to tele- or video-conferencing for project communication
• your profile in MERIT communications
• the opportunity for project consultation with one of our scholars or scientists

Responsabilites of being a MERIT Scholar include:

• competing for peer-reviewed grants, producing first or senior author peer-reviewed publications, supervising HSEd thesis students
• collaborating with Scholars
• regular attendance at our monthly MERIT meetings
• regular attendance at our monthly MERIT Rounds
• presentation at MERIT rounds

To apply to be a MERIT Scientist send your contact information form, a letter of support from your Department/Program chair, an up-to-date CV, and 500-1000 word description of why you want to become a MERIT Scholar and how MERIT aligns with your academic career to merit@mcmaster.ca.

The membership committee will review all applications.