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Committee Reports |
Program Committee Report
The theme of the Annual Spring Conference is “Conflict, Collaboration, and Resolution: Family Medicine Education in the 21st Century.” You will find many elements of the strategic plan for STFM and the Future of Family Medicine Project offered throughout this year’s program to make sure that the STFM membership is up to date on current events in family medicine and educated about the future direction of the Society. The number of presentations, almost 400 this year, was a near record high, providing the wonderful opportunity to offer educational presentations for everyone, no matter where you are in your career path. The conference program highlights tracks for senior faculty, preceptors, residents, and students. Abstracts for all presentations can be found on the STFM Web site, www.stfm.org. As attendees arrive at the New Orleans Marriott, they can take advantage of the different format offered on Saturday, April 30, with several preconference workshops—new faculty and community preceptors can enroll for the “Teaching and Learning Skills” Faculty Development Workshop I; mid-level faculty/preceptors wishing to work on career development can attend Faculty Development Workshop V, “Career Development for Clinician Educators.” Those members interested in participating in a full-day workshop on one of the FFM initiatives won’t want to miss “Developing FFM New Model Practices in Residencies: Learning From Experience.” The STFM Group on Women, and jointly the Groups on Physician-Patient Interaction and Evidence-based Medicine, will offer preconference meetings “Celebrating Women in Family Medicine” and “Integrating Patient-centered Care and Evidence-based Medicine,” respectively, showcasing the contributions of the STFM groups’ activities vital to the growth of STFM as an organization. The New Attendee Orientation on Saturday evening has activities planned to ease the transition of newcomers with networking opportunities and will open the “flood gates” of a warm Society welcome, a trademark of STFM. This year’s plenary sessions reflect a breadth of topics relevant to family medicine educators today. Opening the meeting on Sunday is Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH, director of education at the Center for Excellence in Nutritional Genomics, speaking on “Cultural Humility in the Era of Cultural Competence.” Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH, University of California, San Diego, STFM past president and a stalwart in family medicine, will present the Blanchard Memorial Lecture addressing the Future of Family Medicine report—“The End of the Beginning: The Redesign Imperative in Family Medicine.” The 2005 research plenary will be presented by Ron Epstein, MD, from the University of Rochester—“What Can Findings From Practice-based Research Contribute to the Training of Physicians?” Closing this year’s conference is Martha Medrano, MD, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, addressing the importance of relationship building in her presentation titled “What I Learned About Collaboration, I Learned in Kindergarten.” The plenaries are sure to invite thought and discussion. Congratulations to the 2005 Conference Program Committee: Karen Connell, MS, Drs. Sam Cullison, Craig Gjerde, Susan Hadley, Patricia Lebensohn, Jim Tysinger, and Steven Wilson for their ability to stay on task and make sure that this program is successful. We owe a debt of gratitude to the assistance of outside reviewers who give of their time and perspective to the review and planning process: Drs. Alison Dobbie, Peter Cantinella, David Quillen, Jacob Reider, Harry Strothers, as well as the STFM Research and Membership Committees. Finally to the STFM staff for all of their hard work, with special acknowledgement to Ray Rosetta, CMP, STFM meetings and programs director. Finally, laissez-le bon temps rouléz and have a great time! Crystal Cash, MD, Chair Program Committee Karen Connell, MS Craig Gjerde, PhD Susan Hadley MD Patricia Lebensohn, MD James Tysinger, PhD Stephen Wilson, MD STFM Staff Liaison |
Bienvenue á Nouvelle Orléans. The Program Committee welcomes
everyone to New Orleans. The excitement of the Jazz Festival and the French
Quarter are spilling over into the conference.