Preceptor Expansion Oversight Committee Discusses Next Steps on CMS Guidelines and Creating Efficiencies and Incentives for TeachingThe Preceptor Expansion Oversight Committee met in Kansas City on April 9 to provide input on the progress of the five teams implementing tactics to address the shortage of high-quality clinical training sites for students.
Shots by AAFP/STFM App ReleasedShots by AAFP/STFM is available as an applet in the AAFP mobile app and as a stand-alone app for Android and IOS devices. The completely new resource combines elements from the original Shots Immunization App from STFM and the Immunizations applet from AAFP.
Attend an STFM Collaborative or Special Project Team Meeting at the Annual Spring ConferenceSTFM Collaboratives and Special Project Teams will meet on Monday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8 at the STFM Annual Spring Conference in Washington, DC. Interested in joining a Collaborative? Log into STFM
Connect to find collaboratives on topics that interest and challenge you.
Blog Post
Seeing ThroughMedical Student Christopher Lee writes a poignant poem about a man's optimism throughout his life living with ALS. This poem is a part of a series published on the STFM Blog in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Don't Miss the Twitter Chat on Gun Violence and Public HealthJoin STFM members on Twitter for the #STFMchat to talk about gun violence and public health Wednesday, April 25, at 7 pm CT. The guest expert for the chat will be Christopher Morley, PhD, chair of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University and vice chair for research in the Department of Family Medicine. He is also the associate director of SLAT-Net, the
Department of Family Medicine's practice-based research network.
Have Open Faculty Positions to Fill?Did you miss your chance to post your open positions in the Spring Positions and Opportunities Book given to every Annual Spring Conference attendee? STFM can still help you reach this target audience through position placement on our Onsite Job Board at the STFM Annual Spring Conference.
Recognize a Resident Teacher With an STFM AwardEncourage and reward the teaching efforts of your residents by presenting an STFM Resident Teacher Award to a third-year resident who has demonstrated an interest in and commitment to family medicine education.
Blog Post
Now and ThenNancy Baker, MD, asks in her poem, what if we lived this day as our last? And with illness and old age, what if this day was truly the last? This poem is a part of a series published on the STFM Blog in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Member KudosCongratulations to Ronald Epstein, MD, on receiving the American Cancer Society’s Clinical Research Professorship. ACS awards only two of these professorships each year. These grants to mid-career professionals provide up to $80,000 a year for 5 years and are renewable once. Dr Epstein will use these funds to continue his studies of doctor-patient communication.
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