Welcoming New Faculty to Family Medicine Group on New Faculty STFM 2011

Seminar Outline Introductions “Ice breaker” activity Group discussions of challenges and resources Large group sharing and problem-solving/brainstorming Sharing our resources Making the most of STFM and Annual Conference

Introductions Use the Spectrum Pages Name/title University vs. Community Based GME only/UGME only or both MD vs. other (PhD, MS, MA) Straight out of Residency vs. Career change Career “Track” – clinical, teaching, tenure? Research expectation

Ice Breakers Photo removed due to copyright

Ice Breaker Answers AAFP – American Academy of Family Physicians AAMC – Association of American Medical Colleges ABFM – American Board of Family Medicine ABMS – American Board of Medical Specialties ADFM – Association of Departments of Family Medicine AMFMRD – Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors CAFM – Council of Academic Family Medicine

Ice Breakers Answers CBE/CBME – Competency based (medical) education FMDRL – Family Medicine Digital Resource Library MK – Medical Knowledge MOC – Maintenance of Certification NAPCRG – North American Primary Care Research Group PC – Patient Care PBLI – Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Ice Breaker Answers QI- Quality Improvement RRC – Residency Review Committees RPS – Residency Program Solutions SBP – Systems Based Practice STFM – Society of Teachers of Family Medicine UME – Undergraduate Medical Education

Small Groups Year in academics Job responsibilities Discuss goals for small group Challenges as new faculty What systems, resources or programs have made your life easier?  Mentoring available? How do you find the right mentor(s)? how useful are they? What solutions have you found to your challenges?

Group Brainstorming Themes Feedback Mentorship Working with senior faculty/power structure issues and understanding Working as a team of faculty or sub-groups/teams; finding these identities Teaching skills Identity: Job gets redefined every day

Challenges How to identify learning needs, feedback needs, areas for improvement Selling ideas to faculty; getting buy-in Gaining respect Managing emotional reactions to change and relationships How do you learn how to teach Not re-inventing the wheel; finding resources Finding out: what exactly is my job

Challenges Finding out criteria for promotion and/or tenure Managing multiple identities in different groups, especially if clinical and academic work are business-separated How and when to actually say “No” Dealing with administrators who are also new or changing

Challenges How to get evaluation or feedback that is both accurate and actually helpful?

Ideas/Solutions Buy-in: present change ideas from regional or national conferences Collect your own resources/articles Building liasons/coalitions behind the scenes before presenting to whole faculty or leadership Use questions most important to you to figure out your job description, even if not on paper

Ideas/Solutions Talk to peers and other junior faculty about “hidden” job responsibilities or expectations Keep track! – CV, meetings, portfolios Share faculty and academic development opportunities with both superiors and peers Appreciate the freedom and flexibility of less specific contracts Find out your “track” and

Ideas/Solutions Meet with your supervisor/chair at least 2x/yr Choose mentors with respect to getting feedback and be clear about what kind you want (most of us need more than one mentor) Ask for feedback when giving feedback to learners and peers Maintain relationships from residency/ prior jobs/ conferences to serve as mentors & references

Ideas/Solutions Look for mentors outside the department and outside medicine Identify your needs and seek out/ask mentors according to those

Resources Family Medicine Digital Resource Library http://www.fmdrl.org/index.cfm MedEdPortal. sponsored by AAMC. http://www.aamc.org/mededportal Academic Medicine. http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/pages/default.aspx

Resources ACGME. http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/home/home.asp http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/navPages/nav_120.asp http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/navPages/nav_commonpr.asp http://www.jgme.org/loi/jgme Harvard Medical School CME course: Principles of Medical Education www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/foundations

Resources Harvard Macy Institute programs, at http://www.harvardmacy.org/Programs/overview.aspx Canadian conferences: http://www.mededconference.ca/home.php http://rcpsc.medical.org/icre/ University of Virginia Fellowship http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/faculty_dev_fm/Curriculum.cfm

Resources Dr-Ed ListSerrv (Michigan State): http://omerad.msu.edu/dr-ed/index.php University of Houston Faculty Development ListServ: FACDEVMEDED. http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/clinical-educators/medical-education-listserv/

Resources Oklahoma State : http://www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/college/fammed/faculty_development/index.cfm NAPCRG http://www.napcrg.org/resources.cfm Robert Graham Center http://www.graham-center.org/online/graham/home.html FMDRL http://www.fmdrl.org/index.cfm

Resources Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars: http://www.rwjfleaders.org/programs/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-clinical-scholars-program University of Washington: http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/research/training/nrsa University of Wisconsin: http://www.fammed.wisc.edu/fellowships/research University of North Carolina: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/training_programs/nrsapc/

Annual Conference To know for next time: 6-7pm, New Member/Attendee Orientation Dine-around groups Group on New Faculty Lunch/Breakfast STFM Village – “stations” that showcase STFM associated or sponsored opportunities and activities Positions and Opportunities book

Contact Information Cheryl Seymour Cheryl.Seymour@mainegeneral.org Keith Dickerson Keith.Dickerson@stmarygj.org Kristen Goodell kristengoodell@gmail.com Rahmat Na’Allah ummsaarah@yahoo.com Keith Nokes KNokes@glfhc.org Keisa Bennett keisa.bennett@gmail.com