Clinician Educator Pathway

A path to certification for outstanding internationally trained and certified anesthesiologists working as faculty clinicians

How this works

The AEP program provides a pathway for outstanding international medical program graduates and certified anesthesiologists to pursue ABA certification. AEP program participants must successfully pass all ABA certification exams to achieve certification.

The Clinician Educator pathway provides a certification pathway for eligible anesthesiologists who are working as faculty clinicians in the United States. Candidates for the AEP program should demonstrate documented achievement in teaching and/or scholarship in the United States rather than the potential for future success.

AEP program participants will spend four years in an academic anesthesiology training program as fellows, researchers or faculty members. Participants are expected to actively participate in departmental educational activities and to otherwise retain or gain basic anesthesiology knowledge and experience that would help them earn ABA certification. Participants approved for the AEP program will take the staged exams for primary certification.

Program Guidelines
AEP Fast Track Guidelines

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Review eligibility requirements & additional details below.

Candidates must have the following:

  • 4+ years of post-graduate medical education, with at least three of those years being anesthesiology-specific training
  • A letter of support from the sponsoring program’s chair and program director
  • Board certification in anesthesiology from an ABA-approved certifying body
  • An active clinical appointment for a minimum period of four years after enrolling in the AEP program
  • An academic appointment in a department of anesthesiology with an
  • ACGME-approved residency and should be an outstanding clinician educator in the field of anesthesiology
  • A four-year mentoring plan for future academic development as a clinician educator, from the sponsoring program’s department chair and program director, co-signed by the physicianOur Credentialing Committee will review this for approval
    • We must receive the four-year plan no later than four months before the department enrolls the internationally certified anesthesiologist in the AEP program and the four-year period of continuous experience commences
  • A record of excellence in teaching and clinical anesthesiology during the four-year period specifically designed and identified for the physician
Checklist

Application Resources

Instructions & Mail-in Form
Online Application

At the time of application, the sponsoring training program will submit a detailed four-year mentoring plan for the applicant, along with other documentation. All applications are subject to a $2,500 fee, payment for which must be mailed to our office with the mail-in form immediately following the application submission.

In the four-year mentoring plan, please address the items listed on the AEP Clinician Educator Checklist.

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