FAMIA Eligibility Criteria

Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) recognizes AMIA members who apply informatics knowledge and skills in professional practice and demonstrate achievement in the field. Applicants are evaluated based on a set of core eligibility categories that reflect their education, certification, applied informatics experience, professional engagement, and contributions to AMIA.

To be eligible for FAMIA, applicants must satisfy all of the criteria below:

Eligibility Category	Certification Pathway
Education	Advanced Health Degree (MD/DO, MSN, DNP, PharmD, DPH, or equivalent) An advanced health degree is a post baccalaureate degree (master’s or doctorate) in a health related field, such as clinical practice, leadership, policy, research, or informatics (e.g., MSN, DNP, MD/DO, MHA, PharmD, MPH). Qualifying degrees include, but are not limited to, the following: • Advanced nursing degrees (e.g., MSN, DNP, PhD) • Medical and clinical professional degrees (e.g., MD, DO, PA, PharmD, DDS, DMD) • Health sciences and administration degrees (e.g., MHA, MSHCM, MPH, DrPH) • Health informatics degrees (e.g., MS, PhD) * Equivalency will be determined at AMIA’s discretion.
Certification	Completion of Approved Informatics Certification: ABPM Clinical Informatics Certification ABPath Clinical Informatics Certification ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC) The certification must be maintained and valid at the time of application
Applied Informatics Experience	2 years working experience in a position that has >25% applied informatics FTE duties after completion of education.
Peer Recommendation	Recommendation form completed by an active AMIA full member in good standing (digital members are not eligible). Membership status should be verified in the AMIA Connect membership directory.
AMIA Membership	Applicants are required to hold current AMIA full membership (digital memberships are not eligible) and have maintained membership for at least three of the past five years.
AMIA Engagement	At least one contribution to AMIA within last 5 years, such as: In-person presentation of a paper, poster, panel, workshop, tutorial, peer-review, or other formal contributions at the invitation of an AMIA conference program committee Publish a paper in an AMIA-endorsed journal Participation on an AMIA committee, task force, or equivalent Leadership in AMIA Working Group Other contribution by petition
Future Commitments	1. Commitment to maintain Certification requirements 2. Commitment to maintain AMIA full membership (digital members are not eligible) 3. Commitment to meet minimum participation requirements (See AMIA Engagement Criterion) 4. Commitment to adhere to AMIA policies and professional standards

FAMIA Eligibility Criteria

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