RESIDENCY PROGRAMS GEAR UP FOR NEW RESIDENCY CLASS WITH STFM RESOURCES

Family Medicine Residency Curriculum Resource

This online resource houses peer-reviewed, competency-based curriculum content organized by postgraduate year (PGY). The site currently houses presentations, facilitators’ guides, and quizzes for more than 90 residency topics. New curricula will be added throughout 2015. When all topics are complete, the Family Medicine Residency Curriculum Resource will comprise learning and teaching tools for the core content of family medicine education. Although the curriculum is available through a paid program subscription, AFMRD or STFM members can login with their username and password to access the core topic list with recommended readings at no cost. Learn more at http:/www.fammedrcr.org.

Residency Accreditation Toolkit

This practical toolkit gives residency faculty the background, tools, and training to meet ACGME requirements. The toolkit includes information on milestones and resident assessment, program accreditation, institutional accreditation, faculty development, a coordinator timeline, and other general accreditation resources.

Through use of this toolkit, faculty can become more familiar with the concept of competency-based education and implement new strategies to teach and assess residents to ensure graduates have the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform their roles as family physicians.

This resource is free to STFM members. AFMRD members can create an online account and receive access for just $75; non-members can purchase access for $250.

STFM On-the-Road Workshops

If a residency program is looking for tailored training, STFM can bring expert faculty to residency sites. A popular topic for STFM’s customized, 1-day faculty development workshops is accreditation. STFM presenters can help faculties efficiently and effectively plan and implement competency-based GME, with practical and concise information presented interactively. STFM’s Residency Accreditation Toolkit is a featured resource. Providing faculty with this training furthers a program’s ultimate goal of ensuring that graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to perform their professional roles. Skilled presenters promote discussion and encourage the adoption of evidence-based teaching principles. These customized workshops help residency programs define actionable plans and next steps. Learn more at http://www.stfm.org/Conferences/OnTheRoad

Residency Faculty Training Track

In a 2013 STFM Member Survey, 70% of respondents expressed “some need” or “great need” for both online faculty development and resources for recruiting, training, and retaining faculty. The ACGME program requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine state: “There must be a structured program of faculty development that involves regularly scheduled faculty development activities designed to enhance the effectiveness of teaching, administration, leadership, scholarship, clinical, and behavioral components of faculty members’ performance.”

The STFM Graduate Medical Education Committee is addressing this need for residency faculty training by developing the STFM Residency Faculty Training Track. The track will include a series of self-led online modules to provide foundational training for residency faculty. Completion of the training will require a significant commitment from participants, as well as support from residency programs.

Module topics will include:

Some modules will be available as stand-alone courses outside the track; some will be free to everyone; others will be free to STFM members only. There will be a fee to participate in and graduate from the defined track. Individuals who complete the entire track, with assignments, will receive a certificate. Track development is now underway with a targeted completion date of late 2016.