New STFM Foundation Events Let Donors Participate From Home
To adapt to social distancing needs, the STFM Foundation is hosting two August virtual events. We Are Family, a captivating and family friendly fund-raising evening, and Marathanaki, the Foundation's annual fun run/walk, raise money for annual scholarships for students, residents, and new faculty. 

The 2020 Annual Conference Is Now Virtual
You're needed at home, so we're coming to you. Gain knowledge and share ideas with hundreds of family medicine colleagues through a variety of interactive and collaborative virtual formats. Register today for the August 24-27 conference. 

Collaboratives and Special Project Teams Can Apply for Funding for Scholarly Projects
The STFM Project Fund supports the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of educationally-related scholarly projects. Projects selected for funding provide students, residents, and new faculty an opportunity to participate in a significant way in scholarly work that exposes them to STFM.

Nominate an Academic Family Medicine Leader for the Bishop Society
The Bishop Society is an STFM community of experienced senior leaders. It recognizes the contributions of these leaders and provides a forum for them to interact with one another and to contribute to STFM’s mission.

Nominations Now Being Accepted for the Marian Bishop Award
Established in 1990, the F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award is presented by the STFM Foundation to honor individuals who have significantly enhanced the credibility of family medicine through a sustained, long-term commitment to family medicine in academic settings.

PRiMER Accepted for Inclusion in PubMed Central
Peer-Reviewed Reports in Medical Education Research has been accepted for full-participation in PubMed Central®, an archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.

STFM Advocates for Telehealth Reform
STFM has joined 340 organizations in a letter to congressional leaders asking that they make permanent the access to telehealth services that was allowed during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The letter includes four reform priorities Congress should adopt. 

The 2020 STFM Foundation Fund-Raising Campaign Needs Your Support
Transforming the future of family medicine would not be possible without the generosity of STFM members and supporters. Giving to the Area of Greatest Need (through the General Fund) or the Underrepresented in Medicine Initiative lights the way for ourthe next generation of family medicine leaders.

Creative Reflections on the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Virtual Exercise to Promote Learning and Well-Being
By hampering the ability to gather physically, the coronavirus pandemic presents distinct challenges to residency programs attempting to promote resident well-being and connectedness. The authors describe a virtual creative reflection exercise to promote resident learning and well-being.

Improving Culturally Competent and Inclusive Health Care for LGBTQ Patients Through Resident and Staff Education
Research has shown that LGBTQ patients experience higher levels of discrimination, stigma, and stress and are at higher risk for poor health outcomes. Read how the authors improved LGBTQ cultural competency in their residency program. 

The AHRC Is Seeking a Chief Physician
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking an experienced, creative, clinical researcher to serve as Chief Physician. The Chief Physician is the senior clinical advisor to the AHRQ Director and program leaders on clinical aspects of health care, health services, and health systems research as they related to policy issues and research agendas.