2015 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education Sunday Morning General Session Annie Rutter, MD, MS Albany Medical College Chair-2016 STFM MSE Conference
2015 STFM MSE Conference Thank you for attending!! Special recognition to the Society of Student Run Free Clinics PLEASE COMPLETE EVALUATIONS
2015 STFM MSE Conference What a conference! Hold on to this enthusiasm! Continue to innovate and inspire Connect with colleagues after leaving here
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Good Morning and Welcome Closing General Session Sunday, February 8, 2015 “Building the Pipeline” David Keegan, MD Lana Fehr, MD University of Calgary Medical School
STFM Conference on Medical Student Education Building the Pipeline David Keegan MD Lana Fehr MD
Objectives By the end of this session, you will be able to: 1.describe key elements of a strategy to increase the FM presence in the MD curriculum and attract more students to the career of FM, 2.develop a brief but powerful action plan for your own next steps to make these changes happen,and 3.create opportunities to engage and nurture medical students who have made the decision to pursue family medicine as a career choice.
% Students Choosing FM as 1 st Choice Canada UC 42.5% 38.2%
Rule 1 Have a focused strategy.
Strategy Illuminating the specialty of family medicine. - NEVER convincing.
Rule 2 Be lean.
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W Gossett, 2007, Creative Commons, flickr.com
Lean Interventions New FM projects/events Trojan horse stuff
Family Medicine Clinical Experience Courses 330 & 430 Family Medicine Medical Student Research Development Program F AMILY M EDICINE L ECTURE S ERIES
Rule 3 Invest in the success of your residency program.
Pierre Trudeau Living next to the USA “is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. “No matter how friendly and temperate the beast, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” National Archives of Canada, C , pm.gc.ca
Rule 4 Leverage your learners.
Key Relationships
Ideas + Skills Ear to the Ground Energy Key Relationships Rex Bennett, 2008, Creative Commons, flickr.com
I ❤ Family Medicine
SHINE
Passion + Opportunity
Approachable Visible Available
Student Projects Committees Research
Pipeline of Learners
Future Leaders of FM
Rule 5 Embrace the complexity of being a predoctoral FM director.
Build relationships Help out with big MD curriculum challenges Develop advanced skills – Crucial Conversations – Financial – MedEd Get ready to pounce on opportunities Be the FM consultant for the MD program
Rule 6 Get senior management support.
Rule 7Getunallocatedtime.
Rule 8 Prepare for the backlash.
% Students Choosing FM as 1 st Choice Canada UC 42.5% 38.2%
2. Be lean. 3. Invest in residency program success. 4. Leverage your learners. 5. Embrace predoctoral complexity. 6. Get senior management support. 7. Get unallocated time. 8. Prepare for the backlash. 1. Have a focused strategy.