Education Committee Report
 The Education Committee has been active and productive this year. Our energetic
committee continues to be involved in many areas of family medicine education
and represents a breadth of knowledge and expertise.
Predoctoral Education Conference
The 31st Predoctoral Education Conference was held January 27–30, 2005,
in Albuquerque, NM. Registration for the conference was 392. Conference Chair
Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, with the able assistance of Cochair Alec Chessman,
MD, did an outstanding job of creating opportunities for attendees to enjoy
the meeting as well as the culture of the Southwest. Initial feedback from
the meeting has been positive.  We had strong participation from students both
presenting and attending the conference, and we continued our scholarship program
that paid for four students to attend the meeting. A mentoring process for
new attendees was implemented at the conference and will be expanded in the
future. Under the guidance of Education Committee member Heidi Chumley, MD,
selected presentations were reviewed to have abstracts published in Teaching
and Learning in Medicine. The committee will continue this process in future
years. Dr Chessman will chair the 2006 Predoctoral Education Conference, which
will be held in Charleston, SC, February 2–6, 2006. The theme for the
conference will focus on redesigning the educational system to focus on student
needs and learning opportunities.
NBME Collaboration
Under the leadership of the Education Committee, a delegation of predoctoral
faculty have met with representatives of the National Board of Medical Examiners
(NBME) at the last two predoctoral education conferences. These meetings
have focused on developing a process for creating an improved NBME examination
for family medicine clerkships. The NBME is eager to work with family medicine
educators to develop a better exam that can be customized for individual
program differences. The NBME has proposed, as the next step, that a task
force be convened in the fall of 2005 to begin this effort, and the STFM
Board of Directors approved a proposal to have the Education Committee oversee
this process. This task force would participate in designing the exam and
selecting family medicine test writers, with a target date of having a new
examination available in 2006.
Faculty Development
The Education Committee, at the direction of the Board, has been developing
a lifelong learning matrix to meet the needs of all STFM members. The first
step has been to access the current faculty development offerings. The next
step will be to examine gaps and develop new faculty development programs
where necessary to meet the needs of faculty at all levels. More news on
this will be available this fall.
Faculty Development Series Workshops
Gregory Smith, MD, and Dr Chumley coordinate the Faculty Development Series
workshops held at STFM national conferences. For the first time, STFM held
a regional Faculty Development Series Workshop November 20, 2004, at Loyola
University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Evaluations were strong from
the 45 attendees. Special thanks to Education Committee member Dr Smith and
STFM Board member Janice Benson, MD, for leading the local planning group
and revising the curriculum to meet the needs of local faculty. The consensus
from the committee is that STFM should explore holding another local workshop,
possibly in the Northeast. STFM Deputy Executive Director Stacy Brungardt
has been in contact with Larry Bauer, MD, who is getting input from Northeast
faculty about a potential host for a workshop in 2005. This was a successful
pilot program to offer regional faculty development workshops.
Academic Track
Harry Strothers, MD, MMM, coordinated another successful Academic Track at
the 2004 AAFP National Conference for Family Medicine Residents and Medical
Students. He, along with co-coordinator John Delzell, MD, coordinated the
sessions and presented some of the offerings. Dr Delzell also coordinates
the Education Columns in the STFM Messenger and welcomes suggestions from
the membership for topics and authors of future columns.
I want to thank all of the members of the Education Committee for their dedicated
and creative contributions to the committee and to STFM. It has been my honor
and privilege to serve as the chair of this outstanding committee for the last
4 years.
William Shore, MD, Chair
Education Committee
William Shore, MD, Chair
University of California, San Francisco
Jason Chao, MD, MS
Case Western Reserve University
Heidi Chumley, MD
University of Kansas
John Delzell, MD, MSPH
St Francis Family Practice Residency
Memphis, Tenn
Andrea Manyon, MD
State University of New York at Buffalo
Ann O’Brien-Gonzales, PhD
University of Colorado
Gregory Smith, MD
UPMC St Margaret
Pittsburgh, Pa
Harry Strothers III, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine
Liaisons to Education Committee
Mari Ricker, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Nykki Boersma
Indiana University
AAFP COE Liaison
Inis Bardella, MD
Indiana University
2005 Predoctoral Education Conference Chair
Catherine Florio Pipas, MD
Dartmouth Medical School
2005 Predoctoral Education Conference Cochair
Alec Chessman, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
STFM Staff Liaison
Stacy Brungardt, MA, CAE
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