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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Ice Breakers
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5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. Resources
Family Medicine Digital Resource Library
MedEdPortal. sponsored by AAMC.
Academic Medicine.

18. Resources ACGME. http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/home/home.asp
Harvard Medical School CME course: Principles of Medical Education

19. Resources
Harvard Macy Institute programs, at
Canadian conferences:
University of Virginia Fellowship

20. Resources
Dr-Ed ListSerrv (Michigan State):
University of Houston Faculty Development ListServ: FACDEVMEDED.

21. Resources
Oklahoma State :
NAPCRG
Robert Graham Center
FMDRL

22. Resources Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars:
University of Washington:
University of Wisconsin:
University of North Carolina:

23. 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

24. Contact Information
Cheryl Seymour
Keith Dickerson
Kristen Goodell
Rahmat Na’Allah
Keith Nokes
Keisa Bennett