Overview

This competitive, yearlong fellowship is for family medicine faculty who have responsibility for coordinating or teaching the behavioral science/family systems curriculum. Preference is given to applicants with 1–5 years of experience as a faculty member.

The Behavioral Science/Family Systems Educator Fellowship uses a structured learning curriculum of core content and formalized mentoring. The fellowship will help you:

Better understand the medical culture
Build a personalized professional development plan
Integrate behavioral science and family systems core principles into the practice of family medicine
Plan, create, and present a scholarly project at a national conference
Grow professionally through strong mentoring relationships with seasoned behavioral science/family systems educators and physicians

Benefits

Better understand the medical culture
Build a personalized professional development plan
Integrate behavioral science and family systems core principles into the practice of family medicine

Plan, create, and present a scholarly project at a national conference
Grow professionally through strong mentoring relationships with seasoned behavioral science/family systems educators and physicians

Fellows attend three events:

2025 STFM Annual Conference May 3–7, 2025 • Salt Lake City, UT
2025 STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement September 7–10 • Pittsburgh, PA
2026 STFM Annual Conference May 1–5, 2026 • New Orleans, LA

In addition to attending these great conferences, the fellowship experience includes:

A mentoring relationship with two seasoned behavioral science educators
Participation in a mentored group of four fellows, who will meet at designated times during the conferences and by phone monthly through the remainder of the fellowship year
A Professional Learning Contract that will include a mentored scholarly project to be completed and presented at the second STFM Annual Spring Conference
An opportunity to have your work highlighted in STFM publications and/or website
Being honored at a formal fellowship graduation ceremony at the second STFM Annual Spring Conference

The program fee is $2,605 and covers program materials and expenses, fellowship reception, and registration fees for two STFM Annual Spring Conferences and the STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement (CPQI). Participants pay travel expenses.

Underrepresented in Medicine Scholarship: The STFM Foundation is offering scholarships to cover the fellowship registration fee for underrepresented in medicine participants. See application form for details.

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Applicants must be current STFM members. If you're not a member and you're interested in the fellowship, you can join STFM online.

Underrepresented in Medicine Scholarship: The STFM Foundation is offering scholarships to cover the fellowship registration fee for underrepresented in medicine participants. See application for details.

Download the application.

Email your materials as a single PDF to Sydney Brown at sbrown@stfm.org. For questions about the application or fellowship contact Sydney Brown at sbrown@stfm.org.