Call for Applications: Aquifer Family Medicine Associate Editor

Make an Impact: Work with Aquifer to Advance Medical Education

Aquifer—a unique non-profit organization dedicated to advancing healthcare education—is soliciting applications to join our Aquifer Consortium as an associate editor on the Family Medicine Board. To achieve Aquifer’s goal of comprehensive curriculum coverage, we are looking for professionals who will enhance cases focused on clinical reasoning in Family Medicine for health professional students.

With 16 million virtual patient cases completed since our founding in 2006, Aquifer is the leader in developing clinical learning tools for medical and health professions education. Our cases are used by US and Canadian medical schools, PA programs, and NP/DNP programs.

Timeline

This position runs July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 with an option for renewal, beginning in July 2026, for the subsequent academic year.

Application Requirements

• Actively engaged in MD/DO/NP/PA student education in Family Medicine
• Possess clinical subject matter expertise related to the case content and able to commit to the proposed timeline.

Associate Editor Role

• Responsible for the review of content to ensure it is accurate, up to date and realistic and reflects best practices
• Complete training as needed to participate in content review and other related processes
• Provide strategic input into the content review process
• Participate in research and innovation projects
• Work closely with the editors-in-chief and Curriculum Specialists assigned to the Family Medicine Board
• Attend and participate in monthly Family Medicine course board meetings
• Attend and participate in the Aquifer Annual Wellspring Meeting
• Serve as an Aquifer ambassador by contributing to scholarship and/or peer-to-peer engagement opportunities related to Aquifer work
• Maintain confidentiality about the content as necessary to preserve the full value of discovery for learners entering the case for the first time

Aquifer will provide a detailed letter for your educator’s portfolio and acknowledgment on our website in recognition of your contribution.

If you are interested, please email Megan Hotaling, Manager of Consortium Operations & National Partnerships, at megan.hotaling@aquifer.org to answer your questions.