STFM Innovative Program Award

STFM announces its call for nominations for the 2008 STFM Innovative Program Award. This award is offered to honor excellence in the development of an original educational program or activity for family practice residents, students, or faculty. The award is intended to recognize a broad interpretation of innovative family medicine programs to include innovative residency programs, clerkships, services, curricula, or other activities that have had a significant, positive impact on family medicine education.

The 2007 award will be presented during STFM's Annual Spring Conference in Baltimore, MD, April 30 - May 4, 2008.

Nominations must be made by STFM members, although candidates may be members or nonmembers; self-nomination is acceptable.

a) innovativeness of the program or activity,
b) sustained impact on home institution, and
c) regional/national impact on family medicine education.

A nominator who is an STFM member (Self-nomination is acceptable.)
A statement from the nominator citing the nominee's involvement in the program or activity development, the program/activity's impact on improving resident, student, or faculty education, and the regional or national significance of the program/activity
Up to an additional three letters of support from individuals familiar with the program or activity, whether participants, graduates, or supervisors
Appropriate program materials
Curriculum vitae of the nominee(s)

Nominators are asked to accumulate the items listed in the form and forward them as a packet to the STFM office. The STFM Communications Committee will screen the nominations, and the STFM Board of Directors will make the final selection. Eleven copies of the information packet must be received in the STFM office by October 1, 2007. Send nominations to STFM, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211. Contact Traci Nolte with questions, 800-274-2237, ext. 5420, tnolte@stfm.org.