AAW judges credentialing

Aesculapius Award Judges Credentialing/Selection

Credentialing criteria refer to the qualifications and experiences of individuals who apply to be judges. The Institute assesses applications based on criteria.
Selection criteria refer to guidelines for forming panels of judges (from among credentialed judges) to evaluate Award entries.
Separate panels are established to evaluate entries for each category of Award. Multiple panels may be established for the same category of Award if the volume of entries warrants.
Judges who evaluate entries must complete a "Declaration of Interest" pertaining to each entry that they judge.
For each category of Award, judges evaluate the quality of each entry, select those demonstrating excellence, and, if merited, select the year's best entry in a category to receive the Annual Award.

Credentialing criteria

Documented evidence that the applicant:

Is actively engaged in a field and role relevant to health communications
Has at least 5 continuous years of experience, or at least 10 years of total experience, in a field and/or role relevant to health communications
Has sufficient specific qualifications and experiences necessary to evaluate entries in one or more categories of Award (WWW sites and/or PSAs).
Does not have, nor has had in the past 5 years, any event that might create the appearance of unsuitability to be a judge
Once credentialed, professional performance as a judge (e.g., prompt and appropriate completion of judging forms) to permit recredentialing.

Selection criteria

Each panel generally consists of 3-5 credentialed judges, selected to represent relevant diversity with respect to health communications, for example:

Type of organization (e.g., media production company, health communication consulting company, government agency, consumer advocacy organization)
Role (e.g., producer, message designer, evaluator, health professional)
Professional background
Region of the country.

To become judge