SUMMIT WILL ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF HIGH-QUALITY FAMILY MEDICINE COMMUNITY PRECEPTORS

Aims of the Summit Include

• Decrease the percentage of allopathic family medicine clerkship directors who report difficulty finding clinical preceptor sites from 47% to 35% by 2020 (as measured by AAMC Report).

• Increase the percentage of students completing clerkships at high-functioning sites (as measured by CERA surveys. Baseline will be determined in 2016).

Problems Summit Attendees Will Tackle

While there are several factors (drivers) contributing to the shortage of preceptors at high-functioning sites, summit participants will look first at addressing time and quality challenges (Table 1).

What Attendees Will Do

Summit participants will reach consensus on which drivers to address and develop a plan to meet the aims. The plan will include:

• A list of tasks that will be undertaken to address the drivers and meet the aims

• Assignments (which organizations will do what)

• Identified point persons for each task. These individuals will be responsible for regular communications with the STFM project lead and others, as needed

• A timeline

Summit Funding

STFM and FMAHealth are seeking funding to support this FMAHealth Workforce Core Team activity. If not successful in acquiring funding, participating organizations will fund their own representatives and STFM will fund other invited guests (Chair, Clerkship Director, CEO, Community Preceptors, FPs who do not precept, etc) and pay for meeting expenses.

What Will Happen After the Summit

Organizations that have agreed to take on tasks will get necessary approvals from their Boards for the task(s) they’ve agreed to lead. They will submit work plans to an STFM Oversight Committee that will review the plans and provide feedback, if needed, to ensure they align with the project aims and don’t duplicate or interfere with the work of others involved in the plan implementation. The Oversight Committee will include STFM staff and 2 to 3 STFM members involved in medical student education. In addition to reviewing the plans, the committee will monitor the progress of the work, answer questions from point persons, and communicate with STFM members about the work being done.