Predoctoral Directors Development Institute

Predoctoral Directors
Development Institute

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's (STFM) Education Committee and the Group on Predoctoral Education have developed an exciting new fellowship program for current and aspiring predoctoral directors. The Predoctoral Directors Development Institute (PDDI) is a comprehensive educational program designed to give you the skills you need to be successful in the role of predoctoral director. The format of the Institute will be based on the successful model used by the National Institute for Program Director Development.

The next PDDI will take place in 2009 prior to the Predoctoral Education Conference in Savannah, Georgia. You can expect to learn all aspects of the predoctoral director role, including these practical topics on how to

Direct a clerkship or preclinical course
Obtain and manage resources
Develop curricula and exams
Evaluate students
Deal with difficult students
Recruit preceptors
Write grants
Negotiate support from the chair/dean

Each fellow will form a relationship with an advisor and will complete a project geared toward his/her personal interests. A special outcome for participants will be the relationships you will develop, with both participants as well as teachers at the Institute. We hope that you will forge enduring relationships that support and guide you throughout your professional career.

The Institute will include two special day-long sessions:

January 22 prior to the 2009 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Savannah, Georgia.

April 29 prior to the 2009 STFM Annual Spring Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Institute fellows will also attend specific sessions that constitute a PDDI Track at each conference.

Fellows must commit to attend both full-day special sessions and the PDDI educational sessions. Tuition for the fellowship is $2,095 (Non-members $2370) and includes conference registration fees for both the 2009 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference (January 22-25) and the 2009 STFM Annual Spring Conference (April 29 - May 3) and the advisor/peer support during and between meetings.

If you pay the tuition for the PDDI fellowship program, you should not register for the Predoctoral Education Conference and the Annual Spring Conference. Your fellowship fee includes registration for those conferences and STFM staff will automatically register you for those conferences.

Predoctoral Directors Development Institute Steering Committee:
Katie Margo, MD, Steering Committee Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Stearns, MD, STFM Education Committee Chair, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Alec Chessman, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska
Kent Sheets, PhD, University of Michigan
Alison Dobbie, MD, University of Texas
David Little, MD, University of Vermont

To register for the PDDI fellowship program, click the link below, print off and complete the registration form and send it to STFM along with your payment.

If you would like more information, please contact Katie Margo, MD, at kmargo@mindspring.com.