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teaching, continuous quality improvement, educational research, and scholarship.<\/li>\n<li>Providing the LSOM and its departments with a mechanism to support career development for medical educators.<\/li>\n<li>Building the academic recognition and prominence of LSOM faculty who make a career commitment to medical education, including through awards and support for promotion and tenure.<\/li>\n<li>Achieving and sustaining educational excellence throughout the LSOM to earn a national reputation for outstanding educational expertise, research, and innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In doing so, we will facilitate and incentivize LSOM educators to join and build the Academy into a thriving participatory community of experts, mentors, and role models whose achievements measurably contribute to the institution, the profession, and the academic career advancement of self and others.<\/p>\n<h2>Bylaws<\/h2>\n<p>The Academy of Educational Scholars operates in accordance with its established bylaws, 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