Advance Family Medicine by Joining an STFM Committee
Applications are being accepted for positions on the communications, graduate medical education, program, and research committees. STFM is also looking for two to three 3 survey directors for the CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA).
For consideration for the 2021 committee openings, please email your statement of interest and committee nomination form to Sandy VanTuyl.
Register by September 8: Transform Your Practice to Achieve the Quadruple Aim, Virtually
Take advantage of low registration fees, no traveling, and no travel expenses at this year's virtual STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement. Providers, researchers, educators, practice team members, and administrators are coming to reimagine health care education, delivery, and technology through interactive and collaborative platforms.
Submit a Proposal to the STFM Project Fund
This fund encourages STFM Collaboratives and Special Project Teams to plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate findings from educationally-related scholarly projects. The proposed project should provide students, residents and new faculty an opportunity to participate in a significant way in a scholarly project that introduces them to STFM.
John Saultz, MD, Named STFM Representative to CHFM
The STFM Executive Committee has selected John Saultz, MD, to be the STFM's Representative to the Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) Board of Curators.
Residency Curriculum Resource Associate Editor Position Now Open
STFM and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) are seeking an associate editor for the Residency Curriculum Resource. Associate editors are appointed for a 3-year term, and the position is renewable for an additional 3-year term.
Reviewers Needed for 2021 STFM Annual Spring Conference Submissions
The STFM Program Committee is seeking volunteer reviewers for the 2021 STFM Annual Spring Conference submissions. As a volunteer reviewer, you can expect to review 25-30 submissions, which should take about 3 to 4 hours.
Reviews will begin by September 14 and must be completed by October 21. If interested, email Ray Rosetta by September 11.
Recognize a Colleague by Nominating Them for a 2021 STFM Award
Nominations for the following awards are being accepted through October 15, 2020. The links below provide the details for each individual award, including submission requirements.
The Impact of Fluctuating Preceptors Recruitment and Retention in View of a Fluctuating Medical Class Size
According to a 2008 study commissioned by the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia was on the verge of a health care crisis due to a drought of physicians. Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) President Valerie Montgomery Rice recognized the state’s insufficient number of primary care physicians, including a specific lack of minority physicians, and how this negatively affected low-income areas in Georgia. MSM stepped in to develop a plan to address this physician shortage.
Unconscious Bias and Lower Expectations
Christina Johnson, MD, reflects on the ways her undergraduate deans and administrators underestimated her and other students of color.
AAFP's Student Organization Grant Applications Are Now Open
The Family Medicine Student Organization (FMSO) Grant Program is a new program that will fund a variety of medical student groups doing innovative work to grow and diversify the family medicine workforce and advance primary care. Applications will be accepted through March 2021.
PBS Documentary Highlights Immunization Action Coalition
As part its 24th season on PBS, Visionaries, Inc. selected Protecting Health: Saving Lives to be one of twelve featured stories offered to public television stations during 2020-21.
The documentary weaves the story of Dr Deborah Wexler's personal commitment to vaccination education with a great deal of information on vaccines and their delivery, including the challenges presented by anti-vaccination messaging. Wexler is the founder and executive director of the Immunization Action Coalition and a member of the STFM/AAFP Shots Immunizations coalition.
The Shots Immunizations app, provides easy-to-use, up-to-date vaccine information at the point of care and was developed by vaccine experts at AAFP and STFM. The app, available in the AAFP mobile app and as a standalone app, can be downloaded on iTunes and Google Play
Calendar
September 13-15: STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement
February 1-3: STFM Conference on Medical Student Education
Deadlines
September 11: Deadline to Volunteer to Review 2021 Annual Conference Presentation Submissions
September 14: Deadline for Proposals to Present at the 2021 Annual Conference
October 15: Nominations are due for the STFM Innovative Program Award, STFM Advocate Award, STFM Humanism Award, STFM Excellence in Education Award, and the Lynn and Joan Carmichael STFM Recognition Award
October 19: Applications Due for the 2021 STFM Committee Openings
October 19: Applications Due for the Residency Curriculum Resource Associate Editor Position
November 18: Deadline to Submit Proposals to the STFM Project Fund
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