STFM New Faculty Scholars Webinars

Turning your Presentation into a Publication

October 9, 2020 | Presenter: Suzanne Minor, MD, FAAFP

Suzanne Minor, MD, FAAFP, talks about how to turn a presentation into a publication through understanding the types of scholarship, noting the required elements of submission, and organizing submission for the correct journal. 

Objectives for the session include: 

• Recognize that using a scholarly approach will build a foundation for transforming work into presentations and publication
• Recognize that Glassick's Criteria can be used to assess scholarship and is a framework for creating one's own scholarship
• Create a SMART plan for your next step in working on your own scholarship

Thinking About Publication: Advice from Family Medicine Journal Editors

December 2, 2020 | Presenters: Christopher P. Morley, PhD, MA, CAS & John Saultz, MD

PRiMER and Family Medicine journal editors Christopher P. Morley, PhD, MA, CAS, and John Saultz, MD, give advice on how to prepare for publication. They cover practical tips on how to think about the purpose of your manuscript, identify the appropriate journal, understand journal guidelines, respond to a reviewer, publication timelines, and more. 

Combining Scholarship and Advocacy 

November 12, 2020 | Presenter: Tanya Anim-Fowler, MD, FAAFP 

Tanya Anim-Fowler, MD, FAAFP, describes how local and national advocacy work can be turned into scholarly work. Areas such as population medicine, social determinants of health, systemic racism and more can all be developed into presentations or publications, in part through collaboration with professional associations.

Objectives for this session are that learners will be able to: 

• Cite the ACGME requires for faculty scholarly activity
• List their passions which they can turn into ideas for scholarly work
• Develop a plan to pursue their advocacy work
• Prepare manuscripts, posters, or other publications to publicize their advocacy work

Bringing Scholarship to Quality Improvement and Clinical Innovation Efforts

January 21, 2021 | Presenter: Sally Kraft, MD, MPH

Leading Change

March 18, 2021 | Presenter: Richard Roberts, MD, JD, FAAFP, FCLM

Richard Roberts, MD, JD, FAAFP, FCLM, describes the challenges of research in terms of strategy and influence. He covers the types of leaders and decision-making styles and describes the key aspects of transformational leadership. 

The Scholarly Mindset

January 2022 | Presenter: Suzanne Minor, MD

In this webinar, Suzanne Minor, MD, offers guidance for early and mid-career faculty desiring to participate in scholarship in their academic careers. 

Content covered in this session includes:

• Identifying the barriers to scholarship
• Approaching scholarship
• Defining the types of scholarship
• Finding a research mentor
• Practical tips for participating scholarship

Publishing with Efficiency

February 2022 | Presenter: Nancy Pandhi, MD, MPH, PhD

In this webinar, Nancy Pandhi, MD, MPH, PhD, gives resources for publishing your academic writing including choosing a journal and finalizing your project for submission. Dr Pandhi also provides practical resources for those looking to start a project of their own or assemble a writing team. 

Questions to consider include:

• What audience is interested in the conversation I want to have?
• How quickly do I want to get this in print?
• What is my tolerance of rejection?
• Do I have resources to pay for open access journals?

Aligning Scholarship with our Work (2022)

March 2022 | Presenter: John Frey III, MD

In this webinar, John Frey, III, MD, offers guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills.

Content covered in the session includes:

• How the type of institution determines the type of training
• How to build a career anchor
• Determinants of an academic career

Approaching Research Design: Practical Steps and Considerations

April 2022 | Presenter: Nancy Pandhi, MD, MPH, PhD

In this webinar, Nancy Pandhi, MD, MPH, PhD, discusses the scholarly mindset necessary to design a research project. Dr Pandhi also compares the potential methodologies for conducting research. 

Overview:

• Creating interesting and answerable research questions
• Practical tips for completing a literature review
• Comparing study designs

How to Build Research Skills with CERA

June 2022 | Presenter: Heather Paladine, MD, MEd

In this webinar, Heather Paladine, MD, MEd, shares the vision and mission of CERA to provide excellent family medicine research and provide training and mentorship in educational research roles. She gives practical tips for the proposal process for contributing questions to a CERA survey.

Overview:

• Overview of the five CERA surveys
• Examples of CERA survey topics
• The CERA proposal process
• Developing a good research question and hypothesis

Patience, Persistence, and Partnership: Stories of Two Seminal Articles in Family Medicine Research

January 2023 | Presenter: John Frey III, MD

In this webinar, John Frey III, MD, shares ways of turning a series of leadership opportunities into a career while overcoming the pressure of promotion.

Overview:

• Developing a career anchor
• Choosing a supportive institution for your career
• Learning from failure

Time Management Strategies for Academic Success with Susan Johnson, MD, MS

May 2023 | Presenter: Susan Johnson, MD, MS

In this webinar, Susan Johnson, MD, MS, dispels the myth that you need large blocks of uninterrupted time before you can work on important projects by teaching key time management strategies for your projects, days, and weeks.

The agenda includes:

• Defining and organizing project work
• Tactical planning: the week and the day
• Finding time for project work and writing

Health Policy as Advocacy with Renee Crichlow, MD

June 2023 | Presenter: Renee Crichlow, MD

Health begins where you live, learn, work, and play. In this webinar, Renee Crichlow, MD, explains how public health policy affects patients and the impact of advocacy on shaping those policies.

Overview:

• Importance of the social determinants of health
• Improvements in public health from 1900-1999
• Bardach's Health Policy Checklist

Situational Leadership and Adaptability

February 2024 | Presenter: Natalia V. Galarza Carrazco, MD

Natalia V. Galarza Carrazco, MD, discusses the evolving healthcare landscape which puts physicians in leadership positions. She describes the attributes and skills of effective leaders as well as the model of Situational Leadership.

Learning Objectives:

• Outline the paradigm shift for successful leadership in medicine.
• Discuss the role emotional intelligence plays in physician leadership.
• Describe the model of Situational Leadership and how adaptability can reinforce leading strong teams.

Aligning Scholarship with our Work (2024)

March 2024 | Presenter: John Frey III, MD

In this webinar, John Frey, III, MD, offers guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills.

Content covered in the session includes:

• How the type of institution determines the type of training
• How to build a career anchor
• Determinants of an academic career

The Promotion Process, Telling Your Story

April 2024 | Presenter: Kendall M. Campbell, MD

Kendall M. Campbell, MD, discusses promotion within academic family medicine. This webinar is part of the STFM Foundation New Faculty Scholars Scholarship Series, offering guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills.

By completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Discuss seven basics of promotion
• Define a story as it relates to a career in academic medicine
• Define two flows for shaping scholarship
• Learn how to add CV entries that promote career growth and story development

Mentoring in Medicine to Achieve Academic Promotion

June 2024 | Presenter: Juan Robles, MD

Juan Robles, MD, shares path to academic family medicine as well as his passion for mentoring in medical education. This webinar is part of the STFM Foundation New Faculty Scholars Scholarship Series, which offers guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills.

Communicating Research and Scholarship in Uncertain Times

February 2025 | Presenter: John Frey, III, MD

This webinar is part of the STFM Foundation New Faculty Scholars Scholarship Series. Offering guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills. 

Content covered in the session includes:

• Communicating research and scholarship
• What to write
• How to choose a journal
• How to find journals
• Types of scholarship
• Misconduct in research and publishing

Avoid the Burn: Strategies to Protect Your Wellbeing

June, 13 2025 | Presenter: Alesia Jones, PhD

This webinar is part of the STFM Foundation New Faculty Scholars Scholarship Series. Offering guidance for early and mid-career faculty on how to align their scholarly work with their academic career and unique interests and skills. 

Objectives:

• Define burnout and discuss consequences of burnout
• Discuss individual and workplace factors that contribute to burnout
• Describe how to identify burnout in self and others (e.g. mentees, trainees)
• Discuss ways to combat burnout and protect wellbeing