STFM PROUDLY ANNOUNCES ITS NEW PREDOCTORAL DIRECTORS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Abstract

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s (STFM) Education Committee and the Group on Predoctoral Education have developed an exciting new fellowship program for current and aspiring predoctoral directors. The Predoctoral Directors Development Institute is a comprehensive educational program designed to give you the skills you need to be successful in the role of predoctoral director. STFM will launch this new Institute on January 25 prior to the 2007 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Memphis. You can expect to learn all aspects of the predoctoral director role, including practical instruction on how to: Direct a clerkship or preclinical course Obtain and manage resources Develop curricula and exams Assess students Deal with difficult students Recruit preceptors Write grants Negotiate support from the chair/dean Each fellow will form a relationship with a mentor and will complete a project geared toward his or her personal interests. A special outcome for participants will be the relationships you will develop with both participants and teachers at the Institute. We hope that you will forge enduring relationships that support and guide you throughout your professional career. The Institute will include 2 preconference workshops: January 25 prior to the 2007 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Memphis, Tenn and April 25 prior to the 2007 STFM Annual Spring Conference in Chicago, Ill. Fellows will also attend specific sessions that constitute a Predoctoral Directors Track at each conference. Fellows must commit to attend all educational sessions. Tuition for the fellowship is $1,950 for STFM members ($2,185 for non-members) and includes registration fees for both the 2007 Predoctoral Education Conference (January 25–28) and the 2007 Annual Spring Conference (April 25–29). Predoctoral Directors Institute Steering Committee: Katie Margo, MD, Steering Committee Chair, University of Pennsylvania; Jeff Stearns, MD, STFM Education Committee Chair, University of Wisconsin; Alec Chessman, MD, Medical University of South Carolina; Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska; Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, Dartmouth Medical School; Kent Sheets, PhD, University of Michigan. PDDI Registration is available at http://www.stfm.org. If you would like more information, please contact Katie Margo, MD, at moc.gnirpsdnim@ogramk.