Submit Narrative Works for Family Medicine Special Edition on Residency Redesign  
Family Medicine requests submissions of original narrative works (poems, essays, 55-word stories) and visual arts, that describe/illustrate challenges, conflicts, and opportunities in family medicine’s graduate medical education.
The journal's goal for this special issue is to publish narrative work that supplements a series of invited scholarly papers about this topic. It invites stories about the experiences of faculty, staff, or students working in family medicine education. All submissions should comply with the journal’s instructions for authors.

STFM Work Group to Host URM Initiative Scholarship Webinar
"Code Blue: Resuscitating URiFM Involvement in Scholarly Research Through Mentorship", a webinar created by the STFM URM Scholarship Work Group as part of the STFM Underrepresented in Medicine Initiative, will provide participants with strategies to engage in effective research mentorship – both as a research mentor and research mentee. The webinar is scheduled on October 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM CDT. 

CAFM Hosts Congressional Briefing on Findings of Rand Corporation Primary Care Research Study
This webinar briefing for Congressional staff presented findings from an independent Congressionally mandated study on primary care and health services research performed by the Rand Corporation. The panel presentation was jointly co-sponsored by CAFM, SGIM, ABFM, and PCC.

Renew Your STFM Membership  
To renew your membership for 2021, login to your account, go to the “membership” tab, hover over the green square, click “renew,” and follow the steps to checkout. 

Enhance Your Leadership Skills Through an Emerging Leaders Fellowship 
The yearlong Emerging Leaders Fellowship offers training, tools, and support for new faculty and those transitioning to leadership roles.

New Task Force to Develop Health Systems Curriculum
The task force, which is part of STFM's new initiative to position academic family medicine in health systems, will develop curriculum for residents that covers ACGME requirements for systems-based practice. The curriculum will be released in mid- to late 2021.

Family Medicine Organizations Reiterate Position on Universal Virtual Residency Interviews
Several family medicine organizations signed on to a letter recommending that programs exclusively conduct virtual interviews for the 2020-21 recruitment season. The signatories include STFM, the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, North American Primary Care Research Group, as well as AAFP and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

STFM President Tricia Elliott Discusses URM Pipeline Issues in New Podcast Episode
The second episode of the STFM president's podcast, featuring Crystal Cash, MD, and Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, discusses how to develop and strengthen the pipeline for underrepresented in medicine (URM) faculty. 

Nominate a Deserving Colleague for an STFM Research Award
Award recipients will be honored during the STFM Annual Spring Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Use the following links to access complete award information, including nomination forms and contact information: 

• The Curtis G. Hames Research Award
• STFM Research Paper of the Year Award

Reflecting on Creating and Sustaining Scholarly Activity in a Community Residency
The authors' reflect on the successes of a work group formed within their program to increase scholarly activity among residents. 

Apply to Be AAFP's Next Senior Vice President for Education 
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has initiated a search process for the position of Senior Vice President of Education. The SVP of Education, as a member of the executive management team, provides strategic leadership to the organization and operational oversight for several strategic priorities.

Family Medicine Organizations Re-Envision Family Medicine Residency Education
The Startfield Summit IV: Reenvision Family Medicine Residency Education website features family medicine organizations working together to best advise residency programs about what is needed to prepare family physicians for the future. The planning committee seeks meaningful input from all sectors of our discipline. A virtual national summit is planned on December 6–7, 2020.

The ACGME Seeks Milestones 2.0 Focus Group Volunteers
The ACGME has established a quality assurance program as a part of the Milestones 2.0 implementation process and is looking for 20 volunteers in family medicine. Volunteers should be actively involved in program leadership or a member of the Clinical Competency Committee. Over the next few years, the ACGME will collect feedback about the new Milestones through a combination of focus groups and surveys. 

The 4th Edition of Smiles for Life Oral Health Curriculum Is Now Available 
As the nation’s most comprehensive and widely used oral health curriculum specifically designed for health care students and providers, Smiles for Life includes an 11-module free, online curriculum about oral health across the life span and provides most health professionals with as many as 8 hours of free CME credits.

STFM Member Helps Form Coalition to Address Health Disparities Latinx Families Experience Regarding COVID-19
At the start of the pandemic, Viviana Martínez-Bianchi and a small cohort of Latina doctors and medical professionals in North Carolina came together to form a coalition to flatten the curve within the state’s Latino community. They call themselves the Latinx Advocacy Team and Interdisciplinary Network for covid-19, known as LATIN-19.