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Articles by Traci Brazelton
The Challenges of External Letters for Promotion: Academic Family Medicine’s Attempts to Address the Issue
Academic promotion to the Associate Professor and Professor rank has traditionally required external letters of review from colleagues who are not personally connected to the individual being considered for promotion (“arm’s length”). Helping our family medicine colleagues achieve academic promotion is important. While we believe that the faculty promotion process ought to be rigorous, the “arm’s-length” letter of review is both burdensome and out of date.
FAMILY MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS TO PILOT STFM TELEMEDICINE CURRICULUM
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is piloting a telemedicine curriculum and conducting a national study to evaluate its effectiveness. The American Academy of Family Physicians Institutional Review Board has reviewed and approved this study.
STFM TASK FORCE RELEASES LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL TELEMEDICINE CURRICULUM
The STFM Telemedicine Curriculum Task Force recently shared learning objectives (https://www.stfm.org/media/3099/111820-telemedicine-learning-objectives.pdf) that will form the basis for a national telemedicine curriculum. The objectives are based on and mapped to the AAMC telemedicine competencies.
PEER-REVIEWED REPORTS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (PRIMER) ACCEPTED FOR INCLUSION IN PUBMED CENTRAL
STFM’s online journal provides a dissemination opportunity for new researchers and small studies Peer-reviewed Reports in Medical Education Research (PRiMER), was accepted for full participation in PubMed Central (PMC), an archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine. “We are excited about passing this scientific and scholarly milestone.
STFM Podcasts Launch With a Celebration of Family Medicine’s Critical Front Line Leadership (STFM)
In STFM’s inaugural podcast series, Academic Medicine Leadership Lessons: COVID-19, family medicine educators are rising to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by redesigning health systems, inventing new ways to train learners, and providing the best possible care to patients. Much has been accomplished quickly and with great ingenuity, and we’re sharing some of those stories of adaptability, resourcefulness, and learner engagement.
STFM Forms Task Force to Develop a National Telemedicine Curriculum, from STFM
Telemedicine or telehealth—defined as the long-distance delivery of medical care using technology— has grown exponentially in the United States in the past 20 years, and contemporary trends in the health care environment are serving to fuel this growth into the future.
STFM OFFERS MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY FUNDAMENTALS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
From the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine It can be challenging to onboard new faculty and ensure they have the foundational skills and knowledge to be effective teachers. Faculty development is critical.
STFM 2020-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINES FUTURE DIRECTIONS
From the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine STFM spent much of 2019 working on the 2020-2025 update to its strategic plan.
STFM FOUNDATION GIVES GRANTS TO 3 STFM COLLABORATIVES
The STFM Project Fund encourages STFM Collaboratives and Special Project Teams to plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate findings from education-related scholarly projects. Awarded projects are expected to also provide students, residents, and new faculty an opportunity to participate in a significant way in a scholarly project that exposes them to STFM. This year, the STFM Foundation has chosen to provide $15,000 in grants to the following projects.
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