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Family Medicine Wants You! Techniques to Improve Medical Student Recruitment Natasha J. Pyzocha, DO Megan B. Mahowald, MD Douglas M. Maurer, DO, MPH, FAAFP.

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1 Family Medicine Wants You! Techniques to Improve Medical Student Recruitment Natasha J. Pyzocha, DO Megan B. Mahowald, MD Douglas M. Maurer, DO, MPH, FAAFP

2 Disclosures The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author(s) and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of Defense

3 Goals and Objectives Identify factors that lead to successful medical student recruitment Describe techniques to improve recruitment Integrate these techniques into programs

4 Activity #1 Individually brainstorm unique characterisitics of Family Medicine that start with each letter of the alphabet 5 Minutes

5 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

6 Goals and Objectives Identify factors that lead to successful medical student recruitment Describe techniques to improve recruitment Integrate these techniques into programs

7 Our Residency Program Started as a QA/QI project –Resident led Medical Student Committee Three areas –Academic –Social –Communication

8 New Ideas LecturesPatient Diversity Pre & Post Rotation Surveys Existing Rotation InpatientOutpatientProcedures Our Outcomes: Academic

9 See Handout

10 New Ideas Scheduled DinnersProactive Retreat Invitation List Nearby Activities Existing Rotation Sporatic DinnersRetreat Invitation Our Outcomes: Social

11 Resident Activities (Picture) Maybe list some again too??

12 New Ideas Formal LettersThank-you LettersResident & Student Bios Existing Rotation Program Director LedChief Resident Led Our Outcomes: Communication

13 Thank-you Letter Dear Stacy: Thank you for coming to visit Madigan Army Medical Center to see what full spectrum Family Medicine is about. We really enjoyed having you here and hope you had a great experience and exposure to our specialty. The knowledge and clinical experiences you’ve learned here will serve you well throughout your future clinical rotations and practice of medicine. If you are considering Family Medicine as a prospective career, we strongly encourage you to consider us for your residency training. We have something to offer for everyone to meet your goals. Our strengths include having a fully functioning patient centered medical home to promote continuity of care and increase patient satisfaction, experienced faculty and staff with a plethora of military and combat experience, a strong didactics program that caters to the adult learner, direct access to subspecialist, ample research opportunities, and numerous potential fellowships after completing residency training including Wilderness Medicine, Colonoscopy, or Faculty Development. We were excited to have you and appreciate any feedback you have to make this experience better. If you have any questions or concerns about our program or residency training, please don’t hesitate to contact anyone listed below. We appreciate your decision to serve our country and take care of the medical needs for America’s sons and daughters!

14 Resident Bio Name and class year (R1, R2, R3): Medical School: Where you call “home”: Why did you go into medicine? What is your favorite activity? What is one unique thing about you?

15 Medical Student Bio Name: Medical School: Where you call “home”: Why did you go into medicine? What is your favorite activity? What is one unique thing about you?

16 Activity #2 Individually address each factor of recruitment and barriers to each –Academic –Social –Communication 5 Minutes

17 Activity #3 In small groups discuss strategies to overcome the barriers previously discussed Create a plan to improve recruitment Be prepared to present –Objective measures –Implementation –Pitfalls 15 Minutes

18 Goals and Objectives Identify factors that lead to successful medical student recruitment Describe techniques to improve recruitment Integrate these techniques into programs

19 Questions & Comments

20 Please evaluate this presentation using the conference mobile app! Simply click on the "clipboard" icon on the presentation page.

21 Our Statistics Overall Post-Rotation Surveys were improved from Pre-Rotation Surveys Of most benefit- write in answers

22 Examples of What Students Want Wide diversity 1 on 1 contact with attendings Freedom/encouragement to function on own Given responsibility More procedures Feeling comfortable asking questions Interaction with residents


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