Faculty for Tomorrow Webinars

This free webinar series, developed by the Faculty for Tomorrow Task Force, provides fundamental knowledge and skills that new faculty and residents as educators need to thrive in a career in academic family medicine.

The Faculty for Tomorrow Webinar Series, which was developed by the Faculty for Tomorrow Task Force, provides fundamental knowledge and skills for new faculty and residents as educators to thrive in a career in academic family medicine. The 10-part webinar series began in 2016 and concluded in 2018.Some of the webinars were revised as video modules in 2026. Thank you to the STFM Graduate Medical Education Committee for helping to produce the video modules.

Faculty for Tomorrow Webinar Recordings

What Is Academic Family Medicine?
Roles and Relationships Between Residents and Faculty
Effective Clinical Teaching
Feedback That Works: Practical Strategies for Faculty
How to Get Started Producing Scholarly Work
How to Give an Awesome Grand Rounds

What Is Academic Family Medicine?

Webinar originally published April 2016

Updated into a video module July 2026

Original Webinar Panelists: Natasha Bhuyan, MD; Rob Freelove, MD; Annie Rutter, MD, MS

Video Module Authors: Leigh Morrison, MD; Annie Rutter, MD, MS

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Define and describe the spectrum of academic family medicine 
  2. Review strategies for finding support and building your academic portfolio 
  3. Review the basics and goals of academic scholarship
  4. Prioritize your goals and values to find an academic career that is the right fit and fits your desired work-life balance 
  5. Introduce academic promotion and the promotion dossier

Roles and Relationships Between Residents and Faculty

Webinar originally published October 2016

Updated into a video module July 2026

Original Webinar Panelists: Timothy Daaleman, DO, MPH; Sarah Marks, MD; Randall Reitz, PhD

Video Module Authors: Randall Reitz, Phd; Keith Dickerson, MD, MS; Teresa Giandonato, MSW; Ryan Hellstern, PhD

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify the range of formal and informal roles faculty commonly occupy with residents
  2. Analyze case studies to distinguish appropriate boundary-crossing from problematic boundary violations 
  3. Summarize research findings on the prevalence of social, healthcare, and transactional relationships between residents and faculty
  4. Apply best-practice strategies to navigate multiple-role relationships responsibly 
  5. Recognize the ethical and institutional obligations that shape faculty responsibility for resident well-being

Effective Clinical Teaching

Webinar originally published June 2017

Updated into a video module July 2026

Original Webinar Panelists: Tracy A. Rydel, MD; Kenya Sekoni, MD

Video Module Authors: John Emerson, MD; Tracy Rydel, MD

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Compare and contrast differences between teaching learners at the UME vs GME level
  2. Discuss evidence-based onboarding strategies for your learner
  3. Identify ways to use the pre-clinic huddle to individualize your teaching
  4. Choose and apply a time-saving framework for teaching both within and after the encounter
  5. Appraise different rubrics for learner assessment

Feedback That Works: Practical Strategies for Faculty

Webinar originally published October 2017

Updated into a video module July 2026

Original Webinar Panelists: Cathleen Morrow, MD; Roshini Pinto-Powell, MD

Video Module Authors: Ecler Ercole Jaqua, MD, MBA; Soumya B-Sridhar MBBS, MSc

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe evidence-based principles of effective feedback
  2. Apply structured feedback models in clinical teaching
  3. Use language that promotes reflection and growth

How to Get Started Producing Scholarly Work

Webinar originally published December 2017

Updated to a video module July 2026

Original Webinar Panelists: Christopher Morley, PhD; Col. Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH

Video Module Authors: Dean A. Seehusen, MD, MPH; Christopher P. Morley PhD, MA

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Review the ACGME philosophy on scholarly activity
  2. Review the basics of scholarship and goals  of scholarship 
  3. Define characteristics of scholarship
  4. Define “Practical Scholarship”
  5. Share some tools for generating and evaluating ideas
  6.  Identify common mistakes in research

How to Give an Awesome Grand Rounds

Webinar originally published October 2018

Updated to video module July 2026

Original Webinar Presenter: Randi Sokol, MD, MPH, MMedEd

Video Module Author: Randi Sokol, MD, MPH, MMedEd

 

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Learning Objectives

  1. Use Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction as an organizing framework for your Grand Rounds presentation
  2. Create a focused Grand Rounds presentation with a few clear and succinct learning objectives that meet learners' needs
  3. Implement various techniques for creating interactive learning sessions that play to the different ways people learn

Watch More STFM Webinars

Want to watch more webinars hosted by STFM? We have webinars not all specific to one topic and covering academic family medicine as a whole. There are also other topic-specific webinar series available to view.

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