Committee Reports

International Committee Report

The International Committee is a special committee of STFM whose mission is (1) to promote the understanding and teaching of family medicine throughout the world, (2) to promote the training of family physicians able to address health care needs in their communities, and (3) to promote the spirit of international cooperation for the mutual development of all participants.

The committee membership consists of STFM faculty with expertise and interest in the development of family medicine around the world. Committee members work to foster mutual learning by encouraging exchange between teachers of family medicine, work to strengthen family and community medicine teaching throughout the world, and are involved in the development and distribution of culturally sensitive family medicine undergraduate and graduate curricula and teaching methodology.

Activities of the International Committee over the past year have included:
(1) Members participated in and contributed to the AAFP Workshop in Portland, Maine.
(2) The International listserve was maintained and continues to be a valuable communication system for developments and opportunities in international family medicine education.
(3) An International Committee workshop titled “Family Medicine Faculty Training for International Settings: An Ongoing Creative Frontier” was accepted for presentation at the 2006 Annual Spring Conference in San Francisco.

Special thanks to all the STFM International Committee members who have made these efforts possible.

Christine Holt, MD, Chair

International Committee
Christine Holt, MD, Chair

Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, Chair-elect for 2006–2007

Immediate Past Chair:
 Allen (Chip) Hixon, MD

Jeannette South-Paul, MD, Board Liaison

Steering Committee:
 William Cayley, MD, MDiv
 Elizabeth Garrett, MD, MSPH
 Cynthia Haq, MD
 Warren Heffron, MD
 Allen (Chip) Hixon, MD
 Vincent Hunt, MD
 Mark Huntington, MD, PhD
 Desiree Lie, MD, MSEd
 John McCall, PhD
 Ted Okada, MD
 Greg Raglow, MD
 Jonathan Rodnick, MD
 Stephen Spann, MD
Don Wedemeyer, MD

(This committee has more than 50 members)