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Preconference Workshops

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Attendees wanting to register ONLY for a preconference workshop will need to complete this registration form (PDF) and send it to ksevedge@stfm.org.

Preconference Workshops

Thursday, January 30, 2025 1–5 pm

PR1: Empowering Family Medicine Educators With AI Tools

John Hayes, DO; David Chartash, PhD; Hannah Soczka; Tavinder Ark; Katie McLaughlin, JD

This 4-hour workshop is designed to equip family medicine educators with essential Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, enhancing teaching efficiency and educational quality. The session begins with an introduction to AI technologies, highlighting their relevance in health care and medical education, followed by a deep dive into AI mechanisms such as machine learning and natural language processing. Participants will engage in hands-on activities during a session on prompt engineering, learning to craft effective AI prompts for educational content and assessments. The workshop includes interactive voting to identify key challenges that can be addressed with AI, leading into a collaborative design session where participants will develop AI-driven solutions. The workshop concludes with a brainstorming session on future AI applications and potential challenges in medical education. This dynamic and interactive workshop aims to prepare educators to integrate AI seamlessly into their curricula and administrative tasks, fostering a more engaging and effective learning environment for students.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Explain the basic principles of AI and how they are currently applied in medical education and healthcare settings
  2. Design educational sessions using AI tools that enhance learning in clinical courses, such as those that assist in generating differential diagnoses and grading clinical notes
  3. Create educational materials, including AI-assisted multiple-choice questions and structured activities for journal clubs, using AI functionalities
  4. Implement AI for administrative tasks, effectively utilizing AI to draft letters of recommendation, summarize Medical Student Performance Evaluations (MSPE), and identify biases in student comments
  5. Envision and plan for the integration of AI in future medical education scenarios, aiming to seamlessly incorporate technological advancements into the curriculum

Fee: $150 (includes CME and light refreshments)

Attendance Limit: 50


PR2: FMIG Faculty Advisor and Supporter Workshop

Adam Bradley, MM; Ashley Bentley, CAE, MBA; Sara Davis

Family Medicine Interest Groups and Student Associations of American College of Osteopathic Family Physician faculty advisors have both the opportunity and the calling to build and support medical student awareness, understanding, and commitment to family medicine at their institutions with the end goal of contributing to a more robust family medicine workforce. This goes far beyond simply helping a group of students reserve a conference room for a lunch lecture; it’s about giving students the opportunity to follow their passion for primary care and spread it among their peers in a meaningful way, engaging students in reform, giving them crucial experiences that their curriculum leaves behind, and ultimately leading more of them to find their fit in family medicine. Faculty and staff advisors from across the country will come together in this workshop to share successful strategies and get re-energized for this vital work. At its foundation, the workshop provides dedicated space to explore with peers the role these organizations play in developing the primary care workforce of the future and identify opportunities to make the programs, activities, and initiatives of family medicine student organizations more effective and successful. The workshop will bring in new and emerging research on the role of family medicine student organizations, models for engagement and management, and leadership skill development for faculty and staff.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Effectively provide leadership and mentorship for their family medicine student organizations
  2. Implement best practices for student engagement
  3. Advocate for their family medicine student organizations and students, and grow their institution's program

No Fee; Sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (includes CME and light refreshments)

Attendance Limit: 80