FAMIA Eligibility Criteria

Given the diversity of our membership and the dynamic ways in which informatics knowledge is being applied to practice, FAMIA includes two pathways: the Certification Pathway and the Long-Term Experience Pathway. The Long-Term Experience Pathway (LTE Pathway) has been extended through the 2025 application period.

The purpose for this dual track is to recognize those AMIA members who have been applying informatics skills and knowledge for several years, but are ineligible to sit for an approved informatics certification exam.

Eligibility Category	Certification Pathway	Long-Term Experience Pathway
Education	Advanced Health Degree (MD/DO, MSN, DNP, PharmD, DPH, or equivalent)	At least a bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
Certification	Completion of Approved Informatics Certification: ABPM Clinical Informatics Certification ABPath Clinical Informatics Certification ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC) In order to qualify through the Certification Pathway your approved informatics certification needs to be valid and current at the time of application.	Not Applicable
Applied Informatics Experience	2 years working experience in a position that has >25% applied informatics FTE duties after completion of approved informatics certification.	10 years of >25% applied informatics work, or equivalent effort AND Demonstration of Informatics Competency Qualifications (ICQs) across all four of the following domains: Individual/Population Health; Organizations; Informatics Tools & Methods; and Team & Change Management.
Peer Recommendation	Completion of Recommendation Form	Completion of Recommendation Form
AMIA Membership	Current member with history of membership for at least 3 out of the last 5 years	Current member with history of membership for at least 3 out of the last 5 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	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	Commitment to maintain Certification requirements; Commitment to maintain AMIA membership; Commitment to meet minimum participation requirements (See AMIA Engagement Criterion); Commitment to follow the AMIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct	Commitment to maintain AMIA membership; Commitment to meet minimum participation requirements (See AMIA Engagement Criterion); Commitment to follow the AMIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Long-Term Experience Pathway

The Long-Term Experience Pathway (LTE Pathway) has been extended through the 2025 application period, after which time FAMIA applicants will need to have an Advanced Health Informatics Certification (AHIC), or other approved informatics certification, to be eligible.

Informatics Competency Qualifications (ICQs) help FAMIA applicants opting for the Long-Term Experience Pathway articulate how their efforts have:

Impacted individual/population health;
Impacted organizations;
Leveraged Informatics & Technology; and
Led Team & Change Management.

Long-Term Experience Pathway applicants must download and complete the ICQ form to successfully submit their FAMIA application.